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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Monday, April 12, 2021
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The recently enacted American Rescue Plan is a sea change in the federal government’s approach to the social...
Monday, April 12, 2021
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Governments are increasingly making registration in national ID systems mandatory for accessing social...
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Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Asia, India
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Sunday, April 11, 2021
Experts say that such a policy, despite being well-intentioned, might further entrench existing gender norms that confine women to the house.
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America, Bolivia, Asia, India, Europe, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Sweden
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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
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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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Monday, April 5, 2021
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How did cash actors delivering assistance to refugees in Jordan adapt to the COVID-19 crisis? What were the...
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
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The COVID-19 crisis has led to massive job losses and labor market disruption in developing countries. ...
