Jeudi, 14 Avril 2022
The time has come for India to raise its poverty line from the existing extreme poverty line of $1.90 per person per day to the lower-middle-income (LMI) poverty line of $3.20, a level some 68 percent higher.
The views, thoughts, and opinions...
Mardi, 8 Frévrier 2022
Government assistance to the poor—especially cash and similar benefits—has always sparked heated debates. Who deserves support? How much support, and for how long? Should poor people have to do something in return for the benefits? Won’t social...
Mercredi, 8 Décembre 2021
Prime Minister Imran Khan here on Wednesday launched a historic and biggest ever Social Protection Program to provide maximum relief to the poor and make Pakistan a true Islamic welfare state like Riyasat-e-Madina.
He said that with Punjab government...
Samedi, 25 Septembre 2021
Today, at the Global Citizen Live event, Administrator Samantha Power announced nearly $297 million in humanitarian assistance to provide urgently needed food assistance, health care, water, and psychosocial support to address urgent humanitarian needs...
Lundi, 30 Août 2021
Food subsidies are central to Egypt’s social protection efforts. About 70 million people benefit from the Tamween ration-card system, and 83 million benefit from subsidized baladi bread, a staple for many Egyptians. Together these two programs account...
Mercredi, 25 Août 2021
Social protection includes policies, programmes and measures aimed at ensuring a basic standard of living for a nation's people and protecting people against major shocks such as serious illnesses, injury and unemployment.
Mardi, 10 Août 2021
Soon after the pandemic shuttered the U.S. economy, food banks were overwhelmed by demand, with cars lined up for miles as people in need waited to pick up groceries. As the hunger crisis worsened, the federal government stepped in to increase...
Mercredi, 4 Août 2021
India has the world’s highest number of undernourished children and the largest school-feeding programme – the Mid-Day Meal (MDM) scheme – but limited evidence is available on the intergenerational impact of the programme. Based on data from the National...
Mardi, 3 Août 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the U.S. economy into a nosedive of unprecedented rapidity. Millions of workers have lost their jobs and are unable to work from home. GDP is plummeting, small business owners cannot meet their rent and other...
Jeudi, 29 Juin 2021
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have welcomed $127 million in support, provided by the World Bank, for an interagency...
