OPINION: When employees suddenly lose their jobs, they have to find ways to hurdle their financial challenges to continue supporting their family while overcoming the mental and emotional trauma of sudden unemployment. How protected...

OPINION: The new Parliament passed the Code on Wages Bill, 2019 mandating a minimum wage across the country in its first session itself.  It is widely acknowledged that India has a serious wages problem. According to the Periodic...

Retired couple Teddie and Vesta always imagined they would live out their golden years with dignity. A year ago Teddie's monthly pension was worth $80 (£66), it's now worth $10. "I would love to give him a banana, an orange or a...

The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD), has launched new project in the Upper East Region dubbed," The Ghana Productive Safety Net Project (GPSNP)". It is aimed at contributing to jobs creation, poverty...

En el Día Internacional de los Pueblos Indígenas, el IMAS reitera su compromiso con el desarrollo inclusivo. Atención a familias, apoyo para que los estudiantes...

OPINION: In July the Trump administration announced it would clamp down on state-sanctioned efforts to provide food to the neediest Americans. Specifically, federal officials have proposed a stricter interpretation of existing laws...

ENTRETIEN: Entretien avec Abdellatif Mortaki, directeur général par intérim de la CNSS. Soixante ans après sa création, le régime de sécurité sociale géré par la CNSS permet à des millions de Marocains de bénéficier d’une panoplie...

The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Finance (DoF) have agreed to expand the Survival and Recovery (SURE) program to assist farmers in weathering the impact of low rice prices following the implementation of the...

Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Division (PASSD) has increased the pension of elderly poor from 5,250 to 6,500 for welfare through employees old age benefit institute. Talking to APP, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on...

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in collaboration with Vodafone Ghana Foundation has launched a digital financial inclusion project in the Upper East Region to boost poor rural women access to formal financial...

As flood water recedes from most parts of Bangladesh and tough challenges such as scarcity of drinking water and sanitation, and risks of spreading of water-bourne and other diseases emerge, BRAC allocates BDT 3.5 crore to fund post...

BLOG: In the discussion in the media of the endo-problem, it almost appears that it is a question of squaring the circle. The employers’ organisations are worried they get stuck with workers, they don’t need. And the trade unions are worried that they...