Tuesday, November 23, 2021
In the busy streets of Male, the capital of Maldives, Aminath Waheed picks up passengers, blazing a trail as the city’s only female taxi driver. In the hills of Nepal, 30-year-old Madhukala Adhikari works as a mobile mason, helping families rebuild...
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Asia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
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Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Experts have agreed that the alignment of federal and provincial social protection schemes is needed to create an optimal shock-responsive social protection system.
Friday, June 25, 2021
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Conditional cash transfer programs, in coordination with strategic policies, can improve the educational...
Monday, June 14, 2021
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Having hovered around 10 percent for over 20 years, female labor force participation (FLFP) in urban Pakistan...
Friday, March 5, 2021
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Bébé Agbodoglo a merchant in Avépozo, Togo, has seen her sales plummet during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bébé...
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Africa, Niger, South Africa, Togo, Asia, Pakistan
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Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Pakistan has made important strides in poverty reduction, but it remains an unfinished agenda. While the country has lifted more than 23 million people out of poverty between 2001-02 to 2013-14, there are significant disparities in poverty rates between...
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Home workers in Sindh province are celebrating new social security benefits, after being denied lockdown funding.
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
By the time COVID-19 reached South Asia, it had already penetrated most other regions of the world. Pakistan was one of the first in the region to be hit. In late February, Shia pilgrims who had come in contact with Chinese pilgrims while visiting holy...
Thursday, May 14, 2020
For many households, the urgent need is basic sustenance. The World Food Programme anticipates that without action the number of people suffering acute hunger will almost double to 265 million. Meanwhile, millions of children are missing out on school...
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Africa, Ethiopia, Liberia, Asia, Lebanon, Pakistan
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Thursday, March 5, 2020
The World Bank has approved a $300-million financial package for human development in Pakistan, including a loan of $200 million to improve social and health indicators in about a dozen poorest districts of Punjab.The loan has been approved under the...