Monday, April 19, 2021
The experience of interstate migrant workers calls for a supportive policy framework. A multi-pronged strategy with the involvement of Central, State and local governments supported by community-based organizations is urgently required to address vexed...
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.
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
A bill seeking to distribute financial and production support amounting to P15,000 to at least one million small fisherfolks in the country has been filed in Congress. This, as the income of small fishermen already went down to as low as P150 per fishing...
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Governments need to tailor their financial support to citizens and organizations in response to COVID-19. The IMF recommends targeted support to vulnerable houses and focused support to viable firms. Support also needs to focus on a green, digital, and...
Country:
America, United States, Asia, China, Europe, United Kingdom
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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
The views, thoughts and opinions presented in this blog post belong to its author(s). They are not necessarily shared by socialprotection.org
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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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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Thursday, April 8, 2021
In the first quarter of 2021, compulsory state social insurance contributions to the Azerbaijani state budget amounted to 895 million manat that's $526 million (107 million manat ($62 million) more than forecasted), Trend reports on April 8 referring to...
