Mardi, 1 Octobre 2024
Social protection systems and programmes are crucial for both social and economic reasons. They safeguard individuals from falling into poverty due to social risks that prevent them from working and earning, such as old age, disability, loss of a...
Mardi, 9 Juin 2024
Yemen’s social protection system is failing to support its population adequately. Years of conflict have left millions vulnerable, struggling with poverty, hunger, and displacement. This is due to two main issues: a fragmented structure lacking a central...
Mardi, 10 Janvier 2023
osovo has been coping with the diverse ramifications of the pandemic since March 2020. The impact of COVID-19 on poverty in Kosovo has been intense, as the pandemic is still affecting businesses, households, people’s everyday lives and their physical and...
Lundi, 29 Août 2022
It’s 2pm on a sunny and humid afternoon in Fiji. Our team has just arrived in Sigatoka, a seaside town on a well-traveled section of the Queens Road, the main road that loops around the coast of Fiji’s main island, Viti Levu. We arrive in Nadroumai...
Vendredi, 18 Mars 2022
Since South Africa adopted its post-apartheid constitution in 1996, the country has made important strides in realising the right to social security and in reducing poverty and inequality.
Policies, legislation and administrative infrastructure have...
Mardi, 1 Mars 2022
The MGNREGS is not perfect in its entirety, but it has enormous potential in keeping the poorest of the poor households afloat, stopping them from further descending into abject poverty, and perhaps halting the cycle of poverty.
Jeudi, 10 Frévrier 2022
In Southeast Asia, women workers were disproportionately affected by the pandemic. Urgent policy action is needed to address the issue and improve the welfare of women in other areas as well.
Mercredi, 2 Frévrier 2022
International development experts see both risks and signs for hope. What might social welfare look like beyond the pandemic? Experts grappled with this question in a recent event in an ongoing speaker series hosted by Harvard’s Center for...
Dimanche, 30 Janvier 2022
In summation, both the 2022-23 budget and the finance minister’s ‘India at 100’ long-term vision blindly ignored – without making a mention – the need for establishing a robust social and economic safety net for the most vulnerable populations and...
Mardi, 18 Janvier 2022
A basic income would not necessarily mean that people would work less. This is the conclusion of a series of behavioural experiments by cognitive psychologist Fenna Poletiek, social psychologist Erik de Kwaadsteniet and cognitive psychologist Bastiaan...
