Thursday, February 2, 2023
Nepal’s newly elected government should prioritize coverage for all children and add coverage for millions of informal workers as it considers changes to the existing system, Human Rights Watch said today. Nepal’s social protection system fails to...
Thursday, September 15, 2022
Social protection measures have played a core part of the Pacific’s response to the impacts of COVID-19. More than 80 schemes have been implemented, using cash and in-kind benefits, subsidies, and adjustments to contributory schemes.
There is a common...
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Asia, Timor-Leste, Oceania, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu
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Monday, August 29, 2022
It’s 2pm on a sunny and humid afternoon in Fiji. Our team has just arrived in Sigatoka, a seaside town on a well-traveled section of the Queens Road, the main road that loops around the coast of Fiji’s main island, Viti Levu. We arrive in Nadroumai...
Monday, May 23, 2022
A combination of information and cash transfers is effective in changing maternal behavioural practices, which could bring down malnutrition
Friday, May 13, 2022
Social transfers are increasingly seen within the development industry as the go-to response to poverty, inequality, and economic crises, a trend that has only been reinforced by the response to the Covid-19 pandemic. This spread and expansion of...
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Africa, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, Asia, Bangladesh, Nepal
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Wednesday, March 2, 2022
Cash assistance from Save the Children to vulnerable families has successfully enabled them to manage the impacts of COVID-19.
The NGO’s reports show 85 per cent of the assisted families used the funds to purchase food and basic needs such as clothing...
Saturday, November 27, 2021
The International Labour Organisation says in 2020 over three-quarters of the world still do not have adequate social protection coverage and over three billion people lack any social protection. They often fall into poverty, economic loss and...
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, November 17, 2021
With frequent exposure to a range of shocks, leading to high rates of vulnerability, the risk of falling back into poverty has remained high for many in Nepal. The COVID-19 crisis has had severe economic impacts and is expected to bring pre-...
Friday, September 10, 2021
Eighty-five social protection program recipients were assisted by social welfare officers with their grocery shopping at the Sawani border, Naitasiri last week. In a government statement, recipients received shopping vouchers for the first week of every...