American Samoa

• Legal Document

  • An order to adopt provisions of the Hawaii Employment Security law for implementation of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and federal pandemic Unemployment Compensation programs | 27 May 2020 | Office of the Governor - American Samoa Government
     

Australia

• Blog

  • The budget misses the mark on child poverty | 21 May 2021 | Asia and the Pacific Policy Society

  • Public aid performance reporting: could less be better? | 30 June 2020 | Devpolicy

• Government Information

  • Economic Response to the Coronavirus | 2020 | Australian Government

  • $1.1 billion to support more mental health, medicare and domestic violence services | 29 March 2020 | Australian PM

  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) information and support | 23 March 2020 | Australian Government - Department of Social Services

• News Article

  • Covid 19, job retention schemes and productivity | 30 September 2021 | Vox Eu 

  • National cabinet to plot path out of lockdown, payments return to original JobKeeper levels | 28 July 2021 | Sydney Morning Herald

  • Australia revealed as a world leader in supporting children through COVID, but new UNICEF report highlights risk of withdrawing critical social protection too early | 11 December 2020 | United Nations Children's Fund

  • The poor bear the burden of the coronavirus downturn, but inequality is not inevitable in Australia | 13 April 2020 | The Guardian

  • Coronavirus stimulus: JobKeeper loophole means casual staff may not get $1500 | 06 April 2020 | news.com

  •  More casual workers may be included in $130bn job keeper coronavirus scheme | 05 April 2020 | The Guardian

  • Economic Response to the Coronavirus | 31 March 2020 | Australian Government

  • Federal Government offers $130b in coronavirus wage subsidies for businesses to pay workers | 30 March 2020 | ABC News

  • Coronavirus in Australia: Renters experiencing hardship will be protected by a relief model | 20 March 2020 | News.au

• ​Multimedia

  • ​JobSeeker payments and the approaching unemployment cliff | 22 May 2020 | Asia & the Pacific Policy Society

• Report

  • ​Partnerships for recovery: Australia’s COVID-19 development response | 29 May 2020 | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia
     

Cambodia

• Blog

  • Update: Cambodia's Social Protection to Leave No One Behind | 11 December 2020 | Joint Sustainable Development Goals Fund 

• Brief

  • Monitoring the Impact of COVID-19 on Households in Cambodia | 23 November 2020 | The World Bank 

• News Article 

  • Cash Transfer Programme giving lifeline to Covid-stricken families | 26 May 2022

  • Cash assistance for laid-off workers extends into third round | 04 February 2022 | The Phnom Penh Post 

  • Cambodia COVID-19 And Social Protection - Responses And Lessons Learned | 03 June 2021 | United Nations Development Programme 

  • Lifeline for vulnerable Cambodians as poverty doubles during COVID-19 pandemic | 21 February 2021 | United Nations News

  • Cambodia Issues Additional Support for Workers and to Revive Economy | 05 August 2020 | Association of Southeast Asian Nations Briefing 

  • Making Social Protection In Cambodia More Inclusive, Effective And Efficient | 15 July 2020 | United Nations Development Programme

  • Cambodia allocates $1.16 billion USD for economic, social supports during COVID-19 | 09 July 2020 | Khmer News 

  • ADB Approves US$250 Million Loan to Support Cambodia’s COVID-19 Response | 08 July 2020 | Agence Kampuchea Presse 

  • COVID-19 leads to possible food crisis in Cambodia | 29 June 2020 | Khmer Times

  • 83,000 poor households to receive food assistance from WFP | 26 June 2020 | Khmer Times

  • Getting help quickly to the very poorest | 24 June 2020 | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit

  • COVID-19 aid given to Cambodians abroad | 18 June 2020 | Khmer Times

  • Domestic workers struggling to make ends meet | 16 June 2020 | Khmer Times

  • Officials aid poor in virus fight | 13 April 2020 | The Phnom Penh Post

  • World Bank approves $20M to fight virus in Kingdom | 05 April 2020 | Phnom Phen Post 

• Op-Ed

  • Cambodia’s COVID-19 Recovery Must Include Microfinance Reform | 19 November 2020 | Fair Observer

• Report

  • Socioeconomic Impacts of the COVID-19 Cash Transfer Programme for the Poor and Vulnerable Households in Cambodia | 28 July 2022 | United Nations Development Programme

  • UN Cambodia framework for the immediate socio-economic response to COVID-19 | September 2020 | United Nations Sustainable Development Group
     

China

• Blog

  • China’s COVID-19 Pacific diplomacy | 27 May 2020 | Devpolicy

• Brief 

  • China Country Report | 19 June 2020 | CoronaNet 

  • Issue Brief - Universal Basic Income – Findings from China & Implications for Responses in COVID-19 | April 2020 | United Nations Development Programme

• Government Information

  • Banks to back employment, work recovery | 09 July 2020 | Government of the People's Republic of China 

  • Govt policy moves from past week | 16 June 2020 | The State Council of the People's Republic of China

• News Article

  • A slump exposes holes in China’s welfare state | 07 May 2020 | The Economist

  • China ups support to firms to ensure employment amid COVID-19 epidemic | 25 March 2020 | XinHua News

  • China Focus: Job-hunting moves online to ease employment pressure amid epidemic | 20 March 2020 | XinHua News
     

Federated States of Micronesia

• Government Information

  • ATTENTION FSM CITIZENS: Lost Your Job Due to COVID-19? Here’s How You Can Apply for the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program | 17 June 2020 | The National Government of the Federated States of Micronesia

  • ATTENTION FSM CITIZENS STRANDED ABROAD: You Are Entitled to $1,000 Per Single Adult or $1,500 Per Family Application; Here’s How You Apply | 10 June 2020 | The National Government of the Federated States of Micronesia
     

Fiji

• Blog

  • Together for Fiji: COVID-19 and the road to recovery | 02 July 2021 | World Bank 

  • How to Build Back Better After the COVID-19 Crisis? A Practical Approach Applied to Fiji | 17 September 2020 | The World Bank 

  • The Economic Impact of COVID-19 around the World: Remittances, Updated Growth and Poverty Projections, and the Reintroduction of Barter in Fiji | 21 May 2020 | Center for Global Development

• News Article

  • Digital cash transfers to be made to over 19,000 Fijians affected by COVID-19 | 11 January 2021 | Xihua News 

• Op-Ed

  • Fiji civil society solidarity driving the COVID-19 humanitarian response | 04 June 2020 | Devpolicy
     

Guam

• News Article 

  • Coronavirus: Guam children get free Grab-N-Go meals starting Monday | 20 March 2020 | Pacific Daily News
     

Indonesia

• Blog 

  • Adapting in the pandemic to provide water and sanitation to Indonesia’s rural poor | 02 June 2020 | The World Bank

  • Life or livelihoods? Indonesia’s social policy response to COVID-19 | 01 May 2020 | Marco Schaefer

  • Indonesia and COVID-19: KSBSI facilitates pre-employment card and SPMI assists returning migrant workers | 09 April 2020 | Asia Network on the Right to Social Protection

• Brief

  • The impact of COVID-19 on child poverty and mobility in Indonesia – Policy brief | March 2021 | Indonesia - Ministry of Finance, United Nations Children's Fund 

  • Situation Update: Response to COVID-19 in Indonesia  | 31 August 2020 | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs 

  • COVID-19 Economic and Food Security Implications for Indonesia - 3rd edition | August 2020 | World Food Programme 

  • Indonesia COVID-19 Response Situation Report | 14 July 2020 | United Nations Children's Fund 

  • UN Women Indonesia COVID-19 Response | 11 June 2020 | United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women

• Multimedia

  • Pathways' Parspectives Podcast - The impact of COVID-19 on child poverty in Indonesia | 26 June 2021 | Development Pathways 

  • Podcast: A precarious position – Indonesia’s workers in the pandemic | 31 July 2020 | Asia & the Pacific Policy Society 

• News Article 

  • Indonesian Govt to Prioritize Covid-19 Vaccine Purchase and Social Protection in 2021 | 06 November 2020 | Kompas 

  • Economic Reforms and Investments in Health, Social Protection and Infrastructure will Support Indonesia Sustainable Recovery | 16 July 2020 | The World Bank

  • Indonesia: Health and social security in a pandemic | 04 May 2020 | Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

  • Seniors left to face COVID-19 without social security | 26 April 2020 | The Jakarta Post

  • Social protection, food supply crucial to prevent unrest amid pandemic: Economists | 14 April 2020 | The Jakarta Post

• Reports

  • Strategy for Strengthening Social Safety Nets for the People of Pangkalpinang City in the Covid-19 Pandemic Era | January 2022

  • Investing in People: Social Protection for Indonesia’s 2045 Vision | 20 May 2020 | World Bank Group
     

Japan

• News Article 

  • Japan’s Official Development Assistance for the COVID-19 crisis response support loan for social protection | 08 January 2021 | OrrisaDiary.com 

  • How to get the ¥100,000 coronavirus payout from the Japanese government | 21 April 2020 | The Japan Times

  • Declaring a National Emergency, Japan Responds with a Fully Universal 100,000 Yen ($930) Stimulus Check to All Citizens | 20 April 2020 | Basic Income Today

  • Japan offers $930 virus stimulus payment to all residents | 17 April 2020 | France 24

  • Gov't to earmark ¥1 tril for reserve fund to fight coronavirus | 06 April 2020 | Japan Today

  • ¥200,000 cash payout eyed for households affected by virus | 03 April 2020 | The Japan News

• Op-Ed

  • COVID-19 stimulus payments: Evidence from bank transaction data in Japan | 27 January 2021 | VOX Centre for Economic Policy Research

• Report

  • ​Consumption Responses to COVID-19 Payments: Evidence from a Natural Experiment and Bank Account Data | May 2021 | So Kubotaa,  Koichiro Onishib, Yuta Toyama 
     

Laos

• Brief

  • Impact of COVID-19: An Early Recovery Rapid Assessment in the Lao PDR | 07 September 2020 | World Vision

• Report

  • Developing a Shock responsive National Social Protection System to Respond to the Covid-19 Crisis in Lao PDR | November 2020 | United Nations Lao PDR

• News Article

  •  Income support to help 17,000 garment workers in Lao PDR hit by COVID-19 | 23 February 2021 | International Labour Organization
     

Maldives

• Blog

  • Reaching women migrant workers in Malaysia amid the COVID-19 health crisis | 19 June 2020 | International Labour Organization

• Brief

  • Rapid Livelihood Assessment: Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis in the Maldives | 28 May 2020 | United Nations Development Programme

• Government Information

  • ​Unofficial translation of the Statement delivered by His Excellency Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, President of the Republic of Maldives, regarding the current outbreak of COVID-19 in the Maldives | 20 May 2020 | The President's Office of the Republic of Maldives

• News Article

  • Maldives-UN sign project on digitising social services to protect women and children | 21 January 2021 | The Edition 

  • Pandemic tells us to extend social protection to all | 26 November 2020 | The Edge Markets

  • Supporting Vulnerable Workers in Maldives Amid the COVID-19 Crisis | 07 August 2020 | The World Bank

  • ADB President, Maldives Finance Minister Discuss COVID-19 Response | 01 July 2020 | Asian Development Bank
     

Malaysia

• Blog

  • Defending livelihoods in response to COVID-19 | 27 April 2020 | The World Bank 

• News Article 

  • New social protection solutions urgently needed to balance human development | 23 November 2021 | The Star

  • Lower-income families in dire need of targeted aid, loan moratorium | 09 February 2021 | The Malaysian Reserve

  • Better social protection needed for delivery riders, gig workers, says MP | 08 January 2021 | Free Malaysia Today News 

  • Malaysian workers’ social protection barely adequate, say experts | 11 December 2020 | Malay Mail

  • Malaysia’s social protection at minimal level, say experts | 11 December 2020 | The Sundaily 

  • Covid-19 highlights importance of safety nets, says Socso | 30 October 2020 | Free Malaysia Today News

  • Children and coronavirus: A social protection view | 25 March 2020 | Malay Mail

• Op-Ed

  • Commentary: What struggling Malaysians need from this Budget is a stronger safety net – and higher taxes | 05 November 2020 | Channel New Asia
     

Micronesia

• News Article

  • ADB Provides $14 Million Grant to Help FSM Respond to COVID-19 | 13 November 2020 | Asian Development Bank
     

Mongolia

• Brief

  • Monitoring COVID-19 Impacts on Households in Mongolia | 18 December 2020 | The World Bank 

  • Mongolia: Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation Report No. 4 | 12 August 2020 | United Nations Children's Fund

• News Article

  • Mongolia provides food packages for poor families amid pandemic | 20 November 2020 | XinHua Net
     

Myanmar

• Blog

  • Improving farming productivity in Rakhine State | 01 July 2020 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 

  • Every action counts: How NGOs are supporting Myanmar’s displaced - Part 1 | 18 June 2020 | InterAction

  • LIFT and DSW announce USD9 million in COVID-19 cash support to mothers, pregnant women and social pension beneficiaries | 27 May 2020 | Livelihoods and Food Security Fund

• Brief

  • WFP Myanmar COVID-19 Situation Report #10 | 02 September 2020 | World Food Programme 

  • Myanmar Child Protection Working Group - Emergency Preparedness and Planning 2020/21 | 17 August 2020 | Global Protection Cluster

  • Myanmar Child Protection Working Group - Emergency Preparedness and Planning 2020/21 | August 2020 | Global Protection Cluster 

• Government Information

  • FAO provides cash support along with agricultural inputs to vulnerable farmers | 11 August 2020 | Food and Agriculture Organization 

  • Vice President U Henry Van Thio discusses post-COVID activities for PWDs | 09 June 2020 | President Office of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar

• News Article

  • COVID-19: Female leadership and livelihood opportunities in Myanmar | 24 July 2020 | The Lutheran World Federation 

  • Myanmar gov't provides social security benefits to COVID-19-affected workers | 26 May 2020 | XihuaNet

  • Myanmar to provide social security benefits for workers amid Covid-19 shutdown | 30 April 2020 | The Star

  • ‘Leaving no one behind’ – Myanmar COVID19 Economic Recovery Plan | 30 April 2020 | Mizzima

• Report

  • COVID-19 Early Recovery Rapid Household Needs Assessment | 15 July 2020 | World Vision International

  • Coronavirus policy response needs and options for Myanmar | April 2020 | International Growth Centre
     

Nepal

• Brief

  • ​COVID-19 Socio-economic Survey Report - Humanitarian Response Team DCA Nepal Office | 17 June 2020 | DanChurchAid

• Multimedia

  • ​COVID-19 Pandemic and Migrant workers: the experience from Nepal | 24 June 2020 | International Labour Organization

• Report

  • Social protection responses to COVID-19 in Nepal | June 2021 | International Labour Organization 

  • UN Framework for Responding to the Socio-Economic Impacts of COVID19 in Nepal | March 2021 | United Nations Nepal 

  • Socio-economic impact of COVID-19 and beyond on women domestic workers in Nepal | 08 February 2021 | International Labour Organization
     

New Caledonia

• Website 

  • Les mesures de soutien | Sécurité Sociale de Nouvelle-Calédonie
     

New Zealand

• Government Information

  • Resurgence Wage Subsidy announcement | 17 August 2020 | Ministry of Social Development

• News Article

  • New Zealand budget 2021: Ardern boosts welfare to fuel Covid-19 recovery | 20 May 2021 | The Guardian 

  • Working families, beneficiaries get boost from Government coronavirus package | 17 March 2020 | NZ Herald

• Op-Ed

  • Former Prime Minister of New Zealand has thrown her support a guaranteed minimum income | 26 June 2020 | Basic Income Today

  • Covid 19 coronavirus: Who gains and who misses out on new $490 a week income subsidy | 26 May 2020 | NZ herald

  • Bigger payouts for Covid beneficiaries could end up benefitting everyone | May 2020 | The SpinOff

• ​Website

  • ​Work and Income | New Zealand Government
     

Northern Mariana Islands

• Government Information 

  • PSS suspends meal distribution | 31 March 2020 | Saipan Tribune
     

Papua New Guinea

• Blog

  • How to spend K320m to support PNG agriculture, households and businesses | 18 June 2020 | Devpolicy

• Op-Ed

  • The impact of COVID-19 on livelihoods in Papua New Guinea | 12 June 2020 | Asia and the Pacific Policy Society

• Report

  • COVID-19 Multi-Sector Response Plan - Papua New Guinea Disaster Management Team (as of 21 May 2020) | 21 May 2020 | United Nations Country Team in Papua New Guinea
     

Phillippines

• Blog

  • Philippines’ COVID-19 employment challenge: Labor market programs to the rescue | 04 June 2021 | Asian Development Bank 

  • Realizing the “transformational trilogy” of social protection delivery in the Philippines | 14 January 2021 | The World Bank 

• Brief

  • The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Social Health Insurance Claims for High-Burden Diseases in the Philippines | 11 May 2021 | Center for Global Development 

  • Building resilience in the midst of ensuing chaos in the Philippines | 29 September 2020 | Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee

  • BULLETIN: COACHING THROUGH CRISIS: Graduation in the Philippines during COVID-19 and beyond | April 2020 | Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee

• News Article

  • Bill proposing to give financial subsidy to small fishermen filed | 14 April 2021 | Manila Bulletin

  • Humanitarian groups call for stronger social protection systems amid COVID-19 pandemic | 18 December 2020 | Alto Broadcasting System and Chronicle Broadcasting Network

  • Over 93% of P16 billion allocated to aid workers already downloaded | 08 December 2020 | The Inquirer

  • ADB Supports Philippines' Financial Inclusion Reforms with $300 Million Loan | 21 August 2020 | Asian Development Bank

  • Leave no one behind: UN-BARMM program launched to help build resilience of the Bangsamoro people | 16 August 2020 | The United Nations Children's Fund

  • COVID-19: Philippine President Duterte Approves Additional P5-B fund to help Filipino Expats | 09 August 2020 | Khaleej Times

  • Philippines: UN and partners launch major COVID-19 response plan to aid 5.4 million | 04 August 2020 | United Nations News

  • COVID-19 Response in the Philippines: Delivering Critical Aid to the Forcibly Displaced | 30 July 2020 | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

  • Life-saving aid given to 21,474 forcibly displaced individuals in Mindanao amid COVID-19 | 29 July 2020 | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

  • Social protection should be sector-specific – UP experts | 14 July 2020 | Manila Bulletin

  • DSWD-11 to distribute SAP 2nd tranche this June | 25 June 2020 | Republic of the Philippines News Agency

  • Philippines typhoon recovery, complicated by coronavirus concerns | 15 May 2020 | United Nations News

  • 4Ps beneficiaries in CV receive cash grants | 03 April 2020 | Philippines News

  • PhilHealth to cover expenses of COVID-19 patients with unpaid contributions | 02 April 2020 | CNN Philippines

  • 18 million families to get cash aid under Philippines' coronavirus stimulus | 25 March 2020 | ABS-CBN News

  • Duterte gets powers to aid poor, health workers | 25 March 2020 | Inquirer.net

  • A Philippine social protection and economic recovery plan | 22 March 2020 | Business World

  • PCCI proposes access to cash-transfer funds to provide relief for small firms | 18 March 2020 | Business world

• Op-Ed

  • Transforming Social Protection Delivery in the Philippines through PhilSys | 14 October 2021 | Wold Bank 

  • COVID-19: UN and humanitarian partners lending a hand to the most vulnerable Filipinos | 20 July 2020 | Manila Bulletin 

  • Ephemeral universalism in the social protection response to the COVID-19 lockdown in the Philippines | 26 June 2020 | International Institute of Social Sciences

• Reports

  • COVID-19 Socio-Economic Impact Assessment in Mindanao: Strengthening Recovery Towards Peace and Development in the Six Regions | 18 April 2022 | UNDP 

  • Toward More Accessible and Inclusive Social Assistance Delivery: A Geospatial Analysis in the Philippines | 2022 | World Bank 

  • Impact Evaluation of COVID-19 Crisis on Household Recipients of Pantawid Pamilya Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) | February 2022 

  • COVID-19 labour market impact in the Philippines: Assessment and national policy responses | 27 November 2020 | International Labour Organization

  • Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Situation Report 33 | 20 May 2020 | World Health Organization
     

Singapore

• News

  • ​Disruptions caused by COVID-19, support for hard-hit sectors among concerns raised by MPs | 27 July 2021 | Channel News Asia

• Report

  • Singapore’s Social Policy Response to Covid-19: Focusing on Jobs and Employment | April 2021 | Global Dynamics of Social Policy 

• Website

  • ​Support For Singaporeans Affected By COVID-19 | Ministry of Social and Family Development
     

South Korea

• Brief

  • Republic of Korea: A rapid assessment of the employment impacts of COVID-19 | 05 November 2020 | International Labour Organization

  • Covid19: The experience of the National Pension Service of Korea (NPS) | June 2020 | National Pension Service of Korea

• News Article 

  • In South Korea, Universal Basic Income is Having a Pandemic Moment | 18 March 2021 | Voice of America

  • After universal cash relief, South Korea is showing increasing interest in universal basic income | 12 August 2020 | Basic Income Today

  • President pledges plan to improve job insurance by year's end | 08 July 2020 | Korea.net 

  • Emergency relief payments breathe life into domestic consumption | 12 June 2020 | Korea.net

  • ROK to Scale up Humanitarian Assistance over COVID-19 | 05 June 2020 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea

  • S. Korea to dole out relief cash fund based on health insurance | 03 April 2020 | The Korea Herald

• Op-Ed

  • South Korea Considering Universal Basic Income Post-COVID | 15 June 2020 | Basic Income Today

  • South Korea’s Pension Fund to Adopt New Hiring Policy Amid Staff Exodus | 14 June 2020 | The Diplomat

• Report 

  • Tackling COVID-19 Health, Quarantine and Economic Measures: Korean Experience | 31 March 2020 | The Government of the Republic of Korea
     

Timor Leste

• Blog

  • Timor Leste’s COVID-19 cash transfer: good if you got it | 13 November 2020 | DevPolicy 

• Brief

  • COVID-19: policy responses in Timor-Leste | 08 September 2020 | International Labour Organization

  • Timor-Leste Covid-19 Household Cash Transfer: Initial Effects on Welfare and Gender Dynamics | 01 September 2020 | Australian Aid, The Asian Foundation

  • Governo assina acordos com o ADB e com o PNUD para programa de segurança alimentar | 09 July 2020 | Governo de Timor-Leste

• Government Information

  • Government initiates payment of monetary support to households in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic | 09 June 2020 | Government of Timor-Leste

• News Article

  • Timor-Leste Covid-19 Household Cash Transfer: Initial Effects on Welfare and Gender Dynamics | September 2020 | Australian Aid, The Asian Foundation

  • Governo inicia pagamento do apoio monetário aos agregados familiares no âmbito da pandemia de COVID-19 | 09 June 2020 | Government of Timor-Leste

• Op-Ed

  • Timor-Leste’s Coronavirus Response | 04 May 2020 | The Diplomat
     

Thailand

• Blog

  • The Thai economy: COVID-19, poverty, and social protection | 28 April 2020 | The World Bank

• Multimedia

  • ​Protecting the Poor in Thailand during COVID-19 | 20 July 2021 | World Bank 

• News Article 

  • Thailand approves $2.8bln more economic support measures | October 19 2021 | Zawya 

  • Thailand’s COVID-19 response an example of resilience and solidarity: a UN Resident Coordinator’s Blog | 04 August 2020 | United Nations News

  • $1.5 Billion ADB Loan to Support Thailand's COVID-19 Response | 04 August 2020 | Asian Development Bank

  • Thailand ranks 8th for protecting children’s rights under pressure due to COVID-19 | 02 June 2020 | Pattaya Mail

  • Covid-19 benefit boost sought | 07 May 2020 | Bangkok Post

  • Govt plans more stimulus, monetary policy flexibility | 03 April 2020 | Bangkok Post

• Op-Ed

  • Thailand needs to do more to support older people from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic | 07 July 2020 | HelpAge International

• Report

  • Socio-Economic Impact Assessment of COVID-19 in Thailand | March 2021 | United Nations Development Programme 
     

Tonga

• News Article

  • Tongan families being supported by Australia during COVID-19 impacts | 09 July 2020 | Government of the Kingdom of Tonga 

  • Over 1,000 Tongan Households Get Boost to Help Keep Students in School | 23 June 2020 | The World Bank
     

Vietnam

• Blog

  • The key to Viet Nam’s successful COVID-19 response | 01 September 2020 | United Nations Sustainable Development Group 

• Brief

  • Income security during public health emergencies: the COVID-19 poverty trap in Vietnam | June 2020 | British Medical Journal Global Health

• Multimedia

  • For Integrated and Inclusive Social Protection in COVID-19 | 22 December 2020 | Joint Sustainable Development Goals Fund

• News Article 

  • Vietnam: Many seniors lack pension support in fast aging society | 18 May 2021 | Asia Insurance Review 

  • Coronavirus: How 'overreaction' made Vietnam a virus success | 15 May 2020 | BBC News

  • Government ready to sacrifice economic growth to protect public health: PM | 03 April 2020 | Viet Nam News

  • Meeting reviews implementation of social policies | 25 March 2020 | Viet Nam News

• Report

  • The Distributional Impact of COVID-19 Fiscal Policies on Households, with Emphasis on Da Nang City | 1 November 2021 | World Bank 

  • ​Social Security Policy in Response to the Pandemic COVID-19: A Case Study from Vietnam | July 2021 | 
    Le Hoang Viet Lam 
     

Regional

• Blog 

  • The utility of cash transfers in a pandemic: Lessons from East Asia | 15-Nov-2022 | Global is Asia [New]

  • What Policies Saved Jobs During the Pandemic? Five Key Findings from Southeast Asia | 11 January 2022 | World Bank

  • COVID-19 is boosting inequality but government policies can help | 23 September 2021 | Asian Development Blog

  • Many thought the pandemic would imperil microfinance. It did the opposite. | 30 June 2021 | Asian Development Bank 

  • Improving accessibility for people with disabilities – a neglected priority in the response to COVID | 20 May 2021 | United Nations Development Programme

  • What are Pacific governments spending on in response to COVID-19? | 24 August 2020 | Devpolicy

  • Now is the time to reduce remittance costs | 21 August 2020 | Devpolicy

  • COVID-19 spending across the Pacific: the self-funded, the aid-financed, and the constrained | 20 August 2020 | Devpolicy

  • COVID-19 and learning inequities in Indonesia: Four ways to bridge the gap | 19 August 2020 | The World Bank

  • The New Poor Post-Pandemic: Time For Cushioning The Most Vulnerable In Southeast Asia | 04 August 2020 | Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

  • Developing Asia’s Social Protection Response to the COVID-19 Crisis | 07 July 2020 | International Monetary Fund

  • Poverty and the pandemic in the Pacific | 15 June 2020 | Development Policy Centre

  • Women’s Unpaid and Underpaid Work in the Times of COVID-19 | 01 June 2020 | United Nations Women

  • Women are key to an effective COVID-19 Pacific response | 20 May 2020 | Devpolicy

  • The need for universal basic income | 06 May 2020 | United Nations Development Programme

  • How to protect Asia’s rapidly aging population from COVID-19 | April 2020 | Asia Development Blog

  • A “New Deal” for Informal Workers in Asia | 30 April 2020 | International Monetary Fund

  • Flattening the curve of COVID-19 | 13 April 2020 | United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

  • The Economic Impact of COVID-19 in Asia and the Pacific: A Round-Up of Analysis from the Past Week | 08 April 2020 | Center for Global Development

• Brief 

  • Promoting inclusive growth and social cohesion – Asia and the Pacific | 15 February 2022 | International Social Security Association

  • COVID-19 and employment protection policies: A quantitative analysis of the Asia-Pacific region | 06 July 2021 | International Labour Organization

  • COVID-19 Emergency response Asia-Pacific Situation Report | 07 August 2020 | Plan International

  • Macro Analysis of COVID-19 - Threats to Food Security and Livelihoods in Asia and the Pacific | 04 August 2020 | World Food Programme

  • COVID-19 and Social Protection in Asia and the Pacific | 04 August 2020 | World Food Programme

  • UNDRR Asia-Pacific COVID-19 Brief: Disaster-Responsive Social Protection | July 2020 | United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

  • COVID-19 ADRA Asia COVID-19 - Situation Report #12 | 26 June 2020 | Adventist Development and Relief Agency

  • COVID-19 Emergency Response: Asia-Pacific Situation Report | 12 June 2020 | Plan International

  • ADRA Asia Regional COVID 19 Situation Report No. 09 - as of June 5, 2020 | 05 June 2020 | Adventist Development and Relief Agency International

  • UNHCR Asia and the Pacific COVID-19 External Update | 03 June 2020 | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

  • Asia and the Pacific: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot (26 May - 1 June 2020) | 02 June | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

  • COVID-19: Opportunities for Resilient Recovery | 29 May 2020 | United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

  • COVID-19 Emergency response Asia-Pacific Situation Report | 29 May 2020 | Plan International

  • UNHCR Asia and the Pacific COVID-19 External Update | 27 May 2020 | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

  • Socio-Economic Response to COVID-19 : ESCAP Framework | 20 May 2020 | United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

  • The COVID-19 Outbreak and Gender: Regional Analysis and Recommendations from Asia and the Pacific | 19 May 2020 | CARE International

  • COVID-19 RESPONSE IOM Regional Office for Asia Pacific Situation Report 9 | 18 May 2020 | International Organization for Migration

  • COVID-19 Pandemic: A Brief Analysis of the Impacts on Employment, Government’s Initial Responses and Trade Union’s Actions in the Asian and Pacific Region | 05 May 2020 | International Trade Union Confederation

  • COVID-19 in Emerging Asia: Regional socio-economic implications and policy priorities | 27 April 2020 | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

  • COVID-19 and employment in the tourism sector: Impact and response in Asia and the Pacific | 24 April 2020 | International Labour Organization

  • The Economic Impact of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Developing Asia | March 2020 | Asian Development Bank

  • COVID-19 and the world of work: Social protection responses in Asia-Pacific | 25 March 2020 | International Labour Organization, Social Protection Department

• Government Information

  • Partnering with our neighbours to respond to COVID-19 | 29 May 2020 | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ausatralia

• Mapping

  • COVID-19 – the Pacific response | Asia & the Pacific Policy Society

• Multimedia

  • Podcast: Pacific policy responses to COVID-19 | 10 July 2020 | Asia and the Pacific Policy Society

• News Article

  • Rethinking Social Protection Programs: Cambodian Migrant Workers Deserve Better | 16 September 2021 | The Diplomat

  • Australia: COVID-19 highlights growing importance of employee insurance | 08 June 2021 | Asia Insurance Review 

  • Investment in health, social protection key to achieving recovery from Covid-19 pandemic: ADB | 05 May 2021 | Financial Express

  • Asia-Pacific policymakers call for ‘whole-of-society’ response to build back better from crises in the region | 29 April 2021 | United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific 

  • Building more resilient health systems | 13 April 2021 | International Social Security Association

  • Virus hits poverty reduction progress in Asia-Pacific: UN | 30 March 2021 | Anadolu Agency

  • Pacific children on frontline of global nutrition crisis | 18 February 2021 | Radio New Zealand 

  • UN agencies warn economic impact of COVID-19 and worsening inequalities will fuel malnutrition for billions in Asia and the Pacific — FAO-UNICEF-WFP-WHO | 20 January 2021 | United Nations Children's Fund

  • Health, Social Protection to Underpin Sustainable Recovery from COVID-19 | 16 December 2020 | Solomon Times

  • Enhanced social protection an opportunity Asia Pacific must grasp | 05 November 2020 | ModernDiplomacy

  • New projects to strengthen food security, access to clean drinking water & provide renewable energy access for Pacific people | 25 August 2020 | Pacific Community

  • FAO calls for more innovative policies in Asia-Pacific to ensure food security and nutrition in the wake of COVID-19 | 22 June 2020 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

  • Scaling up social protection can build resilience to COVID-19 | 01 June 2020 | United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

  • FAO warns multiple impact of viruses, plagues and economic damage will fuel hunger in Asia and the Pacific | 28 May 2020 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

  • Asia-Pacific nations commit the whole region to ‘defeat’ COVID-19 | 21 May 2020 | United Nations News

  • COVID-19 – the Pacific response: 20 May | 20 May 2020 | Asia & the Pacific Policy Society 

• Op-Ed

  • Social protection is pathway to pandemic recovery | 15 July 2020 | Joint Sustainable Development Goals Fund

  • End stigma and discrimination against migrant workers and their children during COVID-19 pandemic | 09 June 2020 | United Nations Children's Fund

  • Managing the Coronavirus: What the World Can Learn From Asia-Pacific Responses | 22 May 2020 | The Diplomat

  • Banned Travel Due to COVID-19 Could See Millions of Pacific Workers Slide Into Poverty: Report | 21 May 2020 | Global Citizen

• Report 

  • COVID-19 and Social Protection in Asia and the Pacific: Projected Costs for 2020–2030 | December | Asian Development Bank

  • Economic Recovery in East Asia and Pacific faces setback | 27 September 2021 | Wold Bank 

  • Resilience in a Riskier World: managing systemic risks from biological and other natural hazards | 25 August 2021 | United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

  • Labor Migration in Asia: Impacts of the COVID-19 Crisis and the Post-Pandemic Future | April 2021 | Asian Development Bank, International Labour Organization, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

  • Beyond the Pandemic: Building back better from crises in Asia and the Pacific | March 2021 | United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

  • The Protection We Want: Social Outlook for Asia and the Pacific | October 2020 | International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

  • Tackling the COVID-19 youth employment crisis in Asia and the Pacific | August 2020 | International Labour Organization, Asian Development Bank

  • Social protection responses to COVID-19 in Asia and the Pacific: The story so far and future considerations | 19 August 2020 | United Nations Issue-based Coalition for Inclusion and Empowerment

  • Unmasking the impact of COVID-19 on Asia's most vulnerable children | 07 July 2020 | World Vision

  • COVID-19 Pacific Island Response Matrix | 02 June 2020 | Australian National University

  • UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Region - Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation Report No. 7 | 22 May 2020 | United Nations Children's Fund

  • Fast-Tracking the SDGs: Driving Asia-Pacific Transformations | 20 May 2020 | United Nations Development Programme, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Asia Development Bank

  • Fast-Tracking the SDGs: Driving Asia-Pacific Transformations | 19 May 2020 | Asian Development Bank, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Development Programme

  • Pacific Humanitarian Team: COVID-19 Response Plan | 12 May 2020 | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

  • COVID-19 Global Health Emergency Response - Asia-Pacific Region Situation Report | 12 May 2020 | World Vision

  • East Asia and Pacific in the Time of COVID-19 | April 2020 | World Bank

  • Asian Development Outlook 2020: What drives innovation in Asia? | April 2020 | Asian Development Bank

  • ​COVID-19 in Emerging Asia: Regional socio-economic implications and policy priorities | 27 April 2020 | Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

• Statement

  • Asia’s Most Vulnerable Children on the Brink due to COVID-19 | 08 July 2020 | World Vision

  • Keep the well-being of children of East Asia and Pacific at the centre of COVID-19 response and recovery | June 2020 | United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children

  • Joint Statement of the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Social Welfare and Development – Mitigating impacts of COVID-19 on vulnerable groups in ASEAN | 18 June 2020 | Association of Southeast Asian Nations

• Website 

  • Mapping the Pacific COVID-19 response | 22 July 2020 | Asia and the Pacific Policy Society

  • Asia Pacific COVID-19: Humanitarian Data Portal | 28 May 2020 | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

  • COVID-19 Economic Impact Assessment Template | 28 March 2020 | Asian Development Bank / ERCD