Indonesia is struggling to fill a massive hole in the finances of its compulsory national health insurance system. BPJS Kesehatan, the government agency that oversees the program, has suffered deficits in five of the six years since...

Para su realización, el Plan de Acción de Juventudes 2015- 2020 contempló las siguientes líneas estratégicas que incluyen el acceso y la continuidad de la integración educativa, la emancipación, que permite el desarrollo de...

Expectativa generó entre vendedores informales de Cali la expedición de la Ley 1988 del 2019, con la que el Gobierno Nacional definió la ruta para los lineamientos para la formulación, implementación y evaluación de una política...

Con el propósito de estimular el desarrollo y competitividad de micro y pequeños empresarios, la Asamblea Legislativa aprobó, con la concurrencia de 55 diputados, una reforma al artículo 30 de la Ley de Fomento, Protección y...

BLOG: Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, which provides the poor clean cooking fuel through a LPG (liquid petroleum gas) connection, is one of the largest social transformation programmes aimed at safeguarding the health of women. It is...

 Employment Insurance (EI), the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and Old Age Security (OAS) provide important support to millions of middle-class Canadians every year. At times, people may disagree with decisions made regarding their...

The 'Kanyashree Prakalpa' has so far helped over 60 lakh girl children in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed on August 14. The chief minister said that her government has spent over Rs 7,000 crore on the scheme...

This week, the Department of Homeland Security announced a new “public charge” rule aimed at disqualifying applicants legally in the United States from obtaining green cards that will enable them to stay permanently. People who...

OPINION: After the billions of dollars spent by government and communities to fight poverty, you might ask: has there been any measurable impact? The answer: an unequivocal “yes, we have had an impact.” So why is fighting poverty...

BLOG: “IDs are taken for granted by those who have them. But lack of identification creates barriers for each individual affected and for the countries they live in,” said Makhtar Diop, World Bank Vice President for Infrastructure...

BLOG: The Trump administration is about to make it harder for laid-off workers to get government assistance. The White House is reviewing a new rule that will allow states to expand the number of people who have to pass drug tests to get unemployment...

The Union Ministry of Agriculture has started taking registrations for the ambitious Pradhan Mantri Kisan Pension Scheme from Friday. Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said his ministry is working closely with the state...