Mardi, 6 Septembre 2022
Together with a team of Spanish and international researchers coordinated by the Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros, J-PAL Europe is partnering with the Spanish Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security, and Migration to launch a Policy Lab focused...
Mercredi, 20 Avril 2022
Two years into a global pandemic, the world is still trying to contain the virus as well as make up lost ground on economic and social progress, especially for women and girls. Our work through CGD’s COVID-19 Gender and Development Initiative ...
Mardi, 12 Avril 2022
Economic inclusion programs are coordinated, multidimensional interventions that address multiple constraints for households to increase their incomes and assets. When done right, economic inclusion programs are effective. A growing body of...
Mercredi, 3 Novembre 2021
During 1994-1998, the state government of Haryana ran a conditional cash transfer programme to address the issue of child marriage: at the time of a daughter’s birth, parents from marginalised sections of society were promised a lumpsum cash transfer if...
Mercredi, 3 Novembre 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit women particularly hard, exacerbating existing gender gaps. Not only are women disproportionally represented in the worst affected industries such as retail, food services and hospitality, but many were forced out of the...
Samedi, 23 Octobre 2021
It’s difficult for kids to go to school ready to learn when they’re hungry, battling toxic stress or experiencing any number of the devastating effects of poverty. As a former teacher, I ask that Congress make the Child Tax Credit (CTC) benefit...
Jeudi, 7 Octobre 2021
The Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI) program is the flagship of Greece’s social protection reforms and particularly effective by international standards in reaching poor households. Its national launch in February 2017 aligned Greece with other EU...
Jeudi, 7 Octobre 2021
The World Bank, in collaboration with the Government of South Africa, released a new report assessing the country’s social assistance programs and systems. In an environment of high unemployment, persistent poverty, weak economic growth and shrinking...
Mardi, 28 Septembre 2021
During the rapid spread of COVID-19 in Japan, the Japanese government decided to provide a Special Cash Payment of 100,000 yen per person to all residents as a part of its “Emergency Economic Measures to Cope with COVID-19”. This column uses publicly...
Dimanche, 26 Septembre 2021
About 1,500 additional UK children a year would be removed from their families and taken into care as a result of the explosion in child poverty caused by the removal of the £20-a-week universal credit uplift, a study has predicted. The impact of the cut...
