Monday, February 10, 2020
OPINION: The 2018 poverty statistics are out. There were dramatic strides never seen before in decades: national poverty incidence fell to 16.6 percent in 2018 from 23.3 percent in 2015. In effect, the number of poor people went down by 5.9 million to 17...
Country:
Philippines, Vietnam, Asia
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Wednesday, January 8, 2020
The Labour and Social Affairs Ministry plans to introduce stricter rules for job applicants as of July within its effort to reduce long-term unemployment and find jobs for handicapped job applicants, according to the draft amendment to the law on...
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
An alliance of social welfare advocates in Quebec are asking Quebec’s Labour, Employment and Social solidarity Minister Jean Boulet to reform the rules that make it harder for welfare recipients to get by. Specifically, the group wants the social...
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
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 reduction, climate change...
Thursday, February 7, 2019
The World Bank Board approved today an IDA* additional grant in the amount of $9.16 million from the Refugee Sub-window and a second additional credit of $12.84 million - for the Lisungi Safety Nets System Project. The closing date of the parent Project...
Country:
Africa, Republic of the Congo
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Friday, September 14, 2018
The Federal Government established the National Social Investments Programmes (NSIP) in 2016 to tackle poverty and hunger across the country. NSIP focuses on ensuring a more equitable distribution of resources to vulnerable populations, including...
Friday, June 15, 2018
World Bank's IDA has announced Youth Employment and Productive Inclusion Project in Niger to increase employment of youth in the country.The project will help expand income-generating activities for youths in selected poor areas in Niger.
Thursday, January 25, 2018
The case for a basic income, a policy that would give all citizens cash payments at regular intervals throughout their lives, is gaining traction. Prominent tech entrepreneurs like Elon Musk, academics across the ideological spectrum from ...
Monday, December 11, 2017
Without a renewed commitment to policy change, commodity-dependent developing countries (CDDCs), are by 2030 set to lag behind countries with more diverse economies in their social and economic achievements, UNCTAD and the Food and Agriculture...
Thursday, August 10, 2017
The government will expand its state welfare subsidy program for some 890,000 people in the lowest income bracket beginning next year. The ministry will help about 930,000 such elderly with daily expenses, housing and medical expenses over the next three...