America, Colombia Monday, May 10, 2021
The views, thoughts and opinions presented in this blog post belong to its author(s). They are not necessarily shared by socialprotection.org Like other low- and middle-income countries, Colombia introduced changes to its cash transfer programmes so as to...
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America, Ecuador Thursday, March 18, 2021
The views, thoughts and opinions presented in this blog post belong to its author(s). They are not necessarily shared by socialprotection.org Household incomes in Ecuador were badly hit by the pandemic, despite the government’s emergency grant to families. H...
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Europe, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom Wednesday, January 20, 2021
The views, thoughts and opinions presented in this blog post belong to its author(s). They are not necessarily shared by socialprotection.org. How do parties integrate the views of voters into their policy platforms? Drawing on a new study of social policy in...
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Europe, United Kingdom Monday, September 14, 2020
Intergenerational effects are everywhere around us, and no less so during the coronavirus crisis. One important aspect of this is understanding who has benefitted from the much-needed additional income support introduced by the government during the pandemic...
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Europe, United Kingdom Tuesday, March 31, 2020
With millions of families facing a catastrophic loss of income due to the coronavirus, 85 leading social policy academics from LSE and universities across the UK, have signed a letter calling on the Chancellor to raise Child Benefit to £50 per child per week...
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Monday, January 20, 2020
BLOG: Unemployment insurance was and still is one of the most contested social protection schemes. As a consequence, it was not only introduced at a relatively late stage in the development of modern societies, but is also still missing in many countries...
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