Announcements

Opinions about the role of fertilizer subsidies in spurring agricultural development in Ghana have fluctuated significantly over the years...

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); the Government of Liberia (GOL) and the World Bank (WB), Wednesday commenced a 3-day discussion on the harmonization of the Social Cash Transfer (SCT) programme implementation plan in...

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has unveiled three social security schemes under Jansuraksha programme -two on insurance and one on pension at a function organised in Kolkata Saturday evening.The schemes were launched simultaneously at 115...

Experts from the European Social Policy Network published a report, which showed progress made by the some EU member states in implementing reforms toward the modernisation of the social protection systems. However, the states have to activate efforts...

WASHINGTON — DO government efforts to support low-income families work? Since the War on Poverty in the 1960s, skeptics have argued that even if these programs provide temporary relief, the only long-term impact is increased...

SLOVAK pensioners will be guaranteed a minimum pension as of this July. This stems from the amendment to the law on social insurance which the parliament approved on May 13.

If targets to end world hunger by 2030 are to be met, governments and donors in developing countries must spend more on cash transfers to poor farmers, school meals and other social protection schemes, a UN report has said.

China’s National Health and Family Planning Commission and State Council have been working to reform the health care sector, which faces excessive dependence on drug sales for income, low pay for doctors, insufficient support from...

Knowledge of nutrition should be included in transfer modality of the government’s social safety net programmes to get the best output in terms of achieving poor people’s nutrition, stated a research.The findings were revealed in a seminar organised...

The international conference, launched by the Haitian Government and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which ended Friday at the Hotel Montana, around the theme "Social Protection in Haiti, towards the development of...

The Cabo Verde archipelago – off the west coast of Africa – is known by many around the world for its traditional music made popular by singers such as Cesária Évora. But lately, this island country has become famous for another very important reason...

The Sweden Embassy near Monrovia and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality, and UN WOMEN have signed a six-month Gender Sector Support Program Preparatory Phase Project in Monrovia.