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Maya Hammad

Maya Hammad

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COVID-19 and Social Protection in the Gulf Region: Analysis and Lessons on Shock-Responsive and Child-Sensitive Systems

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le Fri, 17/02/2023 - 14:21
Written by Maya Hammad, former International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG) Countries in the Gulf region, such as Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the UAE experienced the pandemic as a ‘double crisis’ since its economic ramifications occurred simultaneously with a significant drop in oil prices (OECD 2020). Like the rest of the world, countries in the Gulf region were negatively affected by the pandemic and implemented various measures in the areas of social insurance, labour market and social assistance. This blog is a summary of a larger report which analyses the shock-responsiveness of the measures implemented by Gulf countries, assesses the extent to which those measures were child-sensitive and finally compares the response implemented to that of similar high-...Lire plus

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Zakat in the Social Protection Response to COVID-19

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le Mon, 09/01/2023 - 16:57
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Written by Maya Hammad, former International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG) What is Zakat and how is it institutionalised in social protection systems? Zakat is the third of the five main pillars of Islam and constitutes an obligatory donation that Muslims must make. In Arabic, Zakat comes from the word meaning ‘to purify’ as it is a mechanism to ‘purify’ the wealth of the rich and redistribute it to achieve social justice. Only Muslims whose wealth has reached above a certain point known as the Nisab are required to pay Zakat. Nisab is equivalent to the price of 85 grams of gold and a person becomes liable to pay Zakat if this amount is in their possession for a full year and after all personal...Lire plus

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Guidelines for inclusive shock-responsive social protection: lessons learned from the MENA region

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Proposé par Maya Hammad
le Wed, 01/06/2022 - 10:49
Written by Maya Hammad and Lucas Sato, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG) The strength of social protection systems in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and their ability to respond to shocks, varies tremendously from one country to the next, with some countries suffering from limited financing, inadequate coverage and a lack of coordination and digitised infrastructure (IBC-SP 2020). Generally, though, prior to the pandemic, social protection systems in the MENA region were characterised by the following features: low social protection coverage and considerable gaps in the social policy infrastructure to properly address the needs of the most vulnerable groups Reliance on manual cash delivery through post offices, which are sometimes unable to reach...Lire plus

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