Friday, May 7, 2021
US employees are concerned about safety, others have caregiving responsibilities and some are using their job loss as an opportunity to find other work.
Friday, May 7, 2021
How the pandemic took the concept of universal basic income out of Silicon Valley’s hands—and turned it into something far more radical.
Friday, April 30, 2021
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Nine months after European leaders agreed the European Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) of €672.5...
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Europe, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Spain
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Thursday, April 29, 2021
After over a year since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, efforts to address existing and new social security coverage gaps due to extensive labour market disruptions continue to be at the forefront of governments’ agendas to minimize the negative...
Monday, April 26, 2021
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In the months after the first cases of COVID-19 appeared in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA),...
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Africa, Libya, Asia, Iraq, Syria, Yemen
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Wednesday, April 21, 2021
The relative number of basic social assistance recipients is almost twice as high in Finland than in Sweden, reveals a study by the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL).
THL on Tuesday reported that the difference is attributable to factors...
Friday, April 16, 2021
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Active labor market programs (ALMPs) have continued to expand during the COVID-19 crisis. As activity in many...
Thursday, April 15, 2021
Morocco’s plan to generalize social protection and safety nets is on track. Concrete measures, spurred by King Mohammed VI, have been taken to strengthen welfare with the aim of achieving social justice and promoting the health offer.
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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Wednesday, April 7, 2021
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The coronavirus pandemic has hit the developing world’s informal economy hard. Existing on the margins, with no...
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Africa, Rwanda, America, Costa Rica, Asia, China, Europe, Netherlands
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