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The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is an agency of the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service (MOFPS). The PIOJ is the foremost planning agency of the government that seeks to initiate and coordinate the development of policies, plans and...
This report is part of a series of national case studies aimed at disseminating knowledge on the current status of social protection systems in Latin American and Caribbean countries, and at discussing their main challenges in terms of realizing of the...
Instituciones y agencias involucradas: United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, UNECLAC
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Minister of Health Dr Fenton Ferguson said countries must put in place social protection and health interventions to deal specifically with the elderly, as they are facing a situation where the population is ageing. He was speaking...
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) – Civil servants are to receive several improved benefits under the new wage agreement for the 2015 to 2017 contract period. ..
National case studies on social protection systems in Latin America and the Caribbean, published by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC),1 reveal that over the past 10 years social protection systems and, in...
Instituciones y agencias involucradas: International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, IPC-IG
"Social protection systems are a crucial fundament of society. Since consumption continues after retirement, particularly as individuals may be confronted with significant spending on medical treatment and other forms of care, saving for this consumption...
Instituciones y agencias involucradas: United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, UNECLAC
The Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH) is a conditional cash transfer (CCT) programme. It provides cash transfers to poor families, who are subject to comply with conditions that promote the development of the human capital of...
This paper was commissioned for the 1st Meeting of the Poverty Reduction and Social Protection Network held on June 11 and 12, 2001 in Washington, D.C. This paper is the initial systematization of the responses to the Questionnaire on Social Protection...
Instituciones y agencias involucradas: Inter-American Development Bank, IDB