Thursday, April 15, 2021
As part of the Government’s response to the negative economic effects resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Nutrition Agency quickly put in place basic delivery systems and provided support to over 78,000 households in 30 of the poorest...
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
2020 alone saw the Philippines hit by an unprecedented four typhoons in just two months and widespread flooding in Vietnam and the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Not surprisingly, there has been significant attention paid to how countries in the region...
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Asia, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam
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Wednesday, April 14, 2021
A bill seeking to distribute financial and production support amounting to P15,000 to at least one million small fisherfolks in the country has been filed in Congress. This, as the income of small fishermen already went down to as low as P150 per fishing...
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Governments need to tailor their financial support to citizens and organizations in response to COVID-19. The IMF recommends targeted support to vulnerable houses and focused support to viable firms. Support also needs to focus on a green, digital, and...
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America, United States, Asia, China, Europe, United Kingdom
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Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Health systems across the world are under severe pressure to contain and mitigate the infection rate of COVID-19. The pandemic is revealing serious vulnerabilities and gaps in the health systems of many countries. These are impacting the capacities to...
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Asia, Indonesia, South Korea
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Friday, April 9, 2021
Experience shows that innovative and evidence-based approaches, when executed well, can dent poverty. With the COVID-19 pandemic threatening to reverse hard-won global gains, the need for policy-relevant research, and for scaling effective solutions, has...
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America, Peru, Asia, Bangladesh, Pakistan
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Friday, April 9, 2021
The fourth and last section of the Policy in Focus magazine analyses the social protection responses to the COVID-19 crisis in Asian countries.
It starts with the case of Pakistan. The national lockdown—which lasted two months and was...
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Asia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Pakistan
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Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Oman on Wednesday restructured its pension and social protections systems, part of a reform push by the Gulf Arab state wrestling with an economy battered by low oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic.
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
COVID-19 has exposed the vulnerabilities in our social, political and economic systems and amplified pre-existing gender inequalities in these spheres. We have witnessed the public health crisis turn into a fully fledged economic and social crisis.
Monday, April 5, 2021
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