Monday, November 23, 2020
Christine Jardine, a Scottish politician who represents Edinburgh in the UK parliament, was not a fan of universal basic income before the pandemic hit. "It was regarded in some quarters as a kind of socialist idea," said Jardine, a member of the...
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Sunday, November 22, 2020
People living with disability are leading the way in the designing of Samoa’s first social protection programme that specifically focuses on them. At the height of the COVID-19 global pandemic around June this year, the opportunity to develop the...
Friday, November 20, 2020
Social protection must be seen as an investment in communities’ resilience. That was one of the key messages coming out of Cultivate Africa, a two-day online event (17-18 November) on COVID-19 response and recovery in Africa organized by the African...
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
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The recently announced Atmanirbhar 3.0 package offers important insights into the Centre’s approach to...
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
A universal income scheme for artists has been recommended by the Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce, which published its report today. The taskforce was set up in September to prepare recommendations on how the arts and culture sector can adapt...
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
The views, thoughts and opinions presented in this Op-Ed post belong to its author(s). They are not necessarily shared by socialprotection.org.
The pandemic has highlighted the fragility of social protection, especially in the developing world. A...
