Monday, September 5, 2022
Most of the 2.1-billion strong workforce in Asia and the Pacific are denied access to decent jobs, health care and social protection but there is an array polices and tools that governments can use to remedy these deficiencies and ensure that the rights...
Tuesday, August 24, 2021
This week, the Department of Social Protection issued weekly payments valued at €44.2 million to 149,436 people in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP). The greatest reduction this week is in the Accommodation and Food Services sector. The...
Tuesday, August 3, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the U.S. economy into a nosedive of unprecedented rapidity. Millions of workers have lost their jobs and are unable to work from home. GDP is plummeting, small business owners cannot meet their rent and other...
Monday, August 2, 2021
The Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development chaired the third (virtual) meeting of the Tripartite Social Security Coordination Forum (SSCF) on 22 April 2021.
The meeting featured presentations and updates by provincial Employees...
Wednesday, July 7, 2021
Four articles of the latest issue of the Policy in Focus magazine - “What’s next for social protection in light of COVID-19: challenges ahead”—discuss specific types of social protection responses during the COVID-19 pandemic: food security and nutrition...
Wednesday, July 7, 2021
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today approved a $250 million loan to the Government of Azerbaijan to help implement its comprehensive plan to mitigate the adverse health, social, and economic impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
Friday, June 18, 2021
Universal health coverage (UHC) is a global health priority and access to health care services is one of the most important components of social security. The COVID-19 pandemic has once again highlighted the need for universal access to affordable care....
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Africa, Rwanda, Asia, Indonesia, South Korea, Turkey
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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...
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
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COVID-19 has brought about an unprecedented global economic contraction that is threatening the progress...
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
The views, thoughts and opinions presented in this Op-Ed belong to its author(s). They are not necessarily shared by socialprotection.org
One of the questions I attempt to answer in this article is what we might learn from social policy and...
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Africa, South Africa, America, Brazil
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