Friday, September 2, 2022
IMF last week announced a provisional $2.9bn loan to Sri Lanka for recovery from an economic crisis which has caused extreme inflation, shortages and protests. But once the loan is approved, the country has decisions to make on how best to spend the...
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
A book on Welfare States, Rights and Basic Income in Latin America published in December 2019 has now become fully available online (only in Spanish).
The publication, co-edited and co-authored by Development Pathways’ Senior Social Policy...
Thursday, March 11, 2021
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As part of recent COVID-19-related legislation, the US Government has committed to provide a quasi-universal...
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
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Indonesia, an archipelago of over 13,000 inhabited islands, faces strong regional diversity and geographical...
Monday, February 8, 2021
“The UK has in place one of the least generous social security systems in the developed world” warns report titled: A Family Stimulus: Supporting children, families and the economy through the pandemic recently released by Institute for Public Policy...
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
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have just read a paper on social protection in Africa with which I profoundly disagree. It has a good...
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Friday, August 21, 2020
The purpose of financial inclusion is to incorporate individuals into the formal financial sector, by providing them with affordable financial products and services to meet their needs. Social protection programmes are often considered to be excellent...
Thursday, June 25, 2020
The Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement has highlighted the systemic racism that is deeply embedded within the attitudes and institutions of rich nations. While the immediate focus has been on police brutality, institutional discrimination permeates both...
Friday, June 19, 2020
The World Bank’s Global Director for Social Protection and Jobs has called for fundamental reform of our social protection systems to cover the “missing middle” of workers in the informal economy who are most vulnerable to the unprecedented job impacts...
Friday, April 24, 2020
The COVID-19 crisis is forcing governments and organisations to assess their fiscal strategies in response to the severe economic downturn triggered by the pandemic. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released the first part of a Special Series on...