About ASPRA
Who We Are
Africa Social Protection Research & Advisory (ASPRA) is a Pan-African research and policy advisory institution dedicated to advancing evidence, innovation and effective practice in social protection and related areas of public and social policy.
ASPRA brings together a multidisciplinary community of scholars, researchers, practitioners and policy experts with extensive professional and academic experience. Our experts have worked across government, academia, social security institutions, international development organisations, civil society and the private sector.
Our collective expertise encompasses a broad range of disciplines and areas of professional practice, enabling ASPRA to provide integrated and multidisciplinary responses to complex policy and institutional challenges.
Our Human Capital
ASPRA is supported by a growing network of experienced professionals, including professors, PhD holders, PhD researchers, master’s-level and bachelor’s-level professionals, as well as experienced practitioners and subject-matter specialists. Our experts bring professional experience of more than 30 years, combining academic scholarship with extensive practical experience in public policy, social protection, social security, development practice, research, training and institutional advisory services. This combination of academic excellence and practical experience constitutes one of ASPRA’s principal institutional strengths.
Our Areas of Expertise
ASPRA operates at the intersection of research, policy and practice across a broad range of interconnected fields.
Social Protection & Social Security
- Social protection systems and policies
- Social assistance
- Social insurance
- Pensions and retirement systems
- Universal social protection
- Shock-responsive social protection
- Climate-responsive and adaptive social protection
- Social protection governance and institutional development
- Digitalisation of social protection systems
Social Protection Financing
- Social protection financing strategies
- Social budgeting
- Fiscal space analysis
- Expenditure analysis
- Financing sustainability
- Actuarial analysis
- Social protection investment analysis
Public Policy & Governance
- Public policy analysis
- Policy formulation and reform
- Institutional assessment
- Governance and institutional strengthening
- Regulatory and strategic policy frameworks
- Public-sector capacity development
Labour Markets & Employment
- Labour-market policies
- Employment and social protection linkages
- Informal economy and social protection
- Labour-market transitions
- Skills development
- Employment-intensive public programmes
Health Financing & Social Health Protection
- Health financing systems
- Social health protection
- Health insurance
- Universal health coverage
- Health financing policy and institutional analysis
Climate Change, Resilience & Social Protection
- Climate-responsive social protection
- Adaptive social protection
- Shock-responsive systems
- Disaster risk management and social protection
- Climate vulnerability and social risk
- Resilience-building interventions
- Green and sustainable public works
Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning
- Programme monitoring and evaluation
- Impact assessment
- Results-based management
- Theory of change
- Programme learning
- Institutional performance assessment
Research & Knowledge Management
- Applied and empirical research
- Policy research
- Knowledge generation
- Knowledge translation
- Policy communication
- Scholarly publication