Wednesday, April 7, 2021
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Equity in healthcare is a key goal of health policy in India. Analysing administrative data from Rajasthan,...
Monday, March 29, 2021
Since the mid-1990s, new approaches to poverty reduction have been introduced in countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America. Some have involved income transfer programmes that target poorer citizens based on various means tests. Most have targeted...
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Africa, South Africa, America, Brazil
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Monday, March 29, 2021
The collaboration between the agencies builds on existing efforts to accelerate the decent work agenda, including through the expansion of social protection architecture, as well as outlining new areas the partnership can support vulnerable populations...
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $73 million loan to improve social welfare support for the poor and vulnerable, especially women and children, to mitigate the socioeconomic impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in...
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
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Across the globe, over two billion people are engaged in informal labour. Informal workers continue to face...
Monday, March 8, 2021
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On International Women’s Day 2021, let’s think about pensions. Why? Women around the world still face highly...
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Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia
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Saturday, March 6, 2021
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A year into the pandemic, much discussion has been had on what a gender-responsive and inclusive social...
Friday, March 5, 2021
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Bébé Agbodoglo a merchant in Avépozo, Togo, has seen her sales plummet during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bébé...
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Africa, Niger, South Africa, Togo, Asia, Pakistan
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Thursday, March 4, 2021
A temporary basic income (TBI) given specifically to hundreds of millions of women in the world’s developing countries could prevent rising poverty and widening gender inequalities during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new United Nations...
Monday, February 22, 2021
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For the first time in two decades, extreme poverty is rising around the world, as COVID-19 threatens to...
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Africa, Niger, Uganda, Zambia, America, Peru, Asia, Afghanistan
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