Key terms for social protection interventions and policies
| Types of social protection programmes | Specific programmes/policies or synonyms |
| Social assistance | Social transfer, public works programme, fee waiver, housing support, housing benefit, housing subsidy, public housing, welfare, social policy, social assistance, social security, food stamp, food assistance, food aid, in-kind transfer, disability benefit, family allowance, child benefit, income benefit, income supplement, income support, income maintenance, cash transfer, income security, basic income, guaranteed income and cash-like transfers |
| Social care | Social care, family support, childcare, eldercare, residential care and home care |
| Social insurance | Unemployment insurance, employment insurance, pension, sickness benefit, income benefit and injury compensation |
| Labour market programmes | Minimum wage, (earned) income tax credit, maternity benefits, active labour market, employment service, wage subsidy, vocational training, job-search services and work sharing |
| Other related terms | Austerity, deaths of despair and poverty reduction |