Thursday, January 19, 2023
Seniors living in poverty or working to supplement their income are on the rise as Japan’s public pension system cracks under a super aging society.
In Japan, seniors are at the top of the social hierarchy. It’s a tradition that has led to a...
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Some policies could act as barriers to women’s labour supply, holding back their income growth, and preventing an economy from utilising its full capacity (Borella et al. 2019, Doepke and Tertilt 2008).
In Japan, women's earnings are significantly...
Tuesday, February 8, 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...
Wednesday, November 10, 2021
The “Herder programme” is one of the joint activities the ILO Mongolia and UNFPA Mongolia as part of the ILO-led UN Joint Programme (UNJP) “Extending Social Protection to Herders with Enhanced Shock Responsiveness.” The programme is the first...
Monday, November 1, 2021
The ILO-led UN Joint Programme “Extending Social Protection to Herders with Enhanced Shock Responsiveness” seeks to extend social protection to herders, focusing on reducing herders’ vulnerabilities to poverty and extreme climate change. In this regard,...
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
In September 2020, 32 herders, herder cooperative representatives, lifelong education trainers, social insurance officers, and trade union delegates from five soums (lower administration unit of the province) in Zavkhan province attended a two-day...
Monday, October 4, 2021
While accounting for a third of the population, only 15% of herders in Mongolia contribute to the voluntary social insurance scheme. Most of such low rate is due to a lack of knowledge of herders about social protection. According to a study, 30%-40% of...
Tuesday, September 28, 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...
Monday, June 7, 2021
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Since its outbreak at the end of 2019, the Covid-19 pandemic has brought massive losses in well-being all...
Thursday, May 20, 2021
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The COVID-19 pandemic is exposing serious concerns about access to knowledge and services for people with...
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