Tuesday, February 8, 2022
Government assistance to the poor—especially cash and similar benefits—has always sparked heated debates. Who deserves support? How much support, and for how long? Should poor people have to do something in return for the benefits? Won’t social...
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $73 million loan to improve social welfare support for the poor and vulnerable, especially women and children, to mitigate the socioeconomic impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in...
Thursday, January 2, 2020
Mongolia has raised its monthly minimum wage by 100,000 Mongolian tugriks (about 36.6 U.S. dollars), the country's Ministry of Labor and Social Protection said Thursday. In April 2019, Mongolia's Tripartite Council, which brings together representatives...
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
ULAANBAATAR, MONGOLIA (29 November 2017) — The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Board of Directors has approved a $25 million loan to ensure that people with disabilities in Mongolia are socially and economically integrated to help improve their...