Wednesday, August 5, 2020
It is striking to me how quickly the narrative changed, from being told that the COVID-19 crisis affects everyone equally to evidence appearing all over on how different groups and communities around the world are impacted so much worse. More than 70 per...
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Governments around the world are implementing a variety of measures to dull the blow of mass income loss and unemployment caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and recession. Cash transfers, whether targeted or universal, have been one of the most popular...
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
One inadvertent effect of the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent economic downturn across Africa has been the harsh spotlight on shortcomings of social safety nets across the continent. In addition to boosting public health systems and infrastructure,...
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
Like other parts of the economy, the informal sector has taken a hit from the COVID-19 crisis. Governments have mandated workers to take costly protective measures, such as the regular purchase of masks, the reduction in the number of passengers for...
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
In the discourse, mean-tested benefits are often referred to as more “progressive” than universal alternatives. In a piece defending the EITC, Max B. Sawicky remarked: A means-tested children’s allowance is preferable to a universal one because it can...
Friday, May 22, 2020
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, a regional organism of the United Nations Secretariat has declared itself in favour of a new regime of welfare and social protection that includes the gradual, progressive and sustained...
