Friday, July 2, 2021
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Fiji's initial closure of borders allowed the country to keep the COVID-19 virus at bay, a significant...
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the growing importance of employee insurance, according to the report, "Shaping a brighter future of work: Global and local market insights", released by Zurich Insurance Group last month.
There has been more...
Monday, June 7, 2021
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Lower-middle-income countries spend 1.4 percent of GDP on social assistance that reduces relative poverty by...
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America, Brazil, Asia, China, Oceania, Australia, New Zealand
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Thursday, May 27, 2021
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Australia must consider taking up the mantle of other governments and begin to budget for policy measures...
Thursday, May 27, 2021
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COVID-19 has brought unprecedented economic and development challenges but it also offers opportunities for...
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Asia, South Korea, Oceania, Australia
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Thursday, May 20, 2021
New Zealand’s centre-left government has unveiled what it called the largest boost to welfare payments in “more than a generation” as the centrepiece of its budget, and pledged to fuel a Covid-19 recovery by addressing the country’s most pressing social...
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...
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Pension funds in the UK are being urged to step up their infrastructure investment, as speakers at a pensions conference this week emphasised the need to preserve the long-term sustainability of the UK economy.
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Europe, United Kingdom, Oceania, Australia
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Saturday, April 18, 2020
All of us in the international development space – in Australia, the region and worldwide – have had our work disrupted. What do we do now? We need to debate the big picture issues but we also need to trial and share practical solutions. We propose...
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America, Canada, Peru, United States, Asia, China, India, Laos, Nepal, Philippines, South Korea, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam, Europe, Germany, Oceania, Australia, Fiji, Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu
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Thursday, April 9, 2020
With the impacts of the pandemic on food and nutrition being felt around the region, planning is needed to avoid higher food prices, decreased nutrition and reduced food security.