A number of policies and strategies that address social protection are common to almost every country. These include poverty reduction strategies, national and development plans, social safety net policies and food security. A characteristic feature of these strategies and policies is problems with implementation or delivery. This analysis reviews government strategy and effort in Social protection, particularly social assistance provision, in forms of social cash and non cash transfers, its character, failure and challenges. During recent years the “pro-poor” growth in Armenia was favorable for large numbers of the poor, who were able to leave poverty behind them. More than half a milion people escaped extreme poverty. Despite these efforts, many sources of vulnerability and many categories of vulnerable people are inadequately covered by existing social protection arrangements: poverty still affects around 1/3 of Armenia’s population.