What is Social Policy?

Social policy is a term that is used often, and explained rarely. A lot of work at the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) at the United Nations focuses around social policy and development. UNDESA, with the gauge of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), uses social policy as a tool to address the pressing issues that face our world today.

Watch the video below to learn how Professors at the London School of Economics define social policy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d9GN3f5wsE

Source: London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Learn more about our work on social policy and development at: social.un.org