Monday, May 27, 2024
Migration in the East and Horn of Africa (EHoA) is characterised as mixed migration. The region is a source, transit, and destination for various migratory flows, with forced migration and labour migration continuing to drive the main movement trends...
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Africa, Burundi, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania
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Thursday, July 8, 2021
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A recently released report highlights how socities could move closer to a more gender equal distribution of...
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Africa, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda
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Wednesday, June 2, 2021
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We know the economic impacts of COVID-19 have been severe. Advanced and developing countries alike have...
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Africa, Angola, Burundi, Nigeria, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Asia, North Korea
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Thursday, December 17, 2020
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With increased focus on the shortfall in learning outcomes around the world (the “learning crisis”!), one...
Sunday, November 22, 2020
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Carmen Almeida, 56, worries about keeping in touch with her fellow domestic workers. Most haven’t worked...
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Africa, Ghana, South Africa, Tanzania, America, Mexico, Peru, United States, Asia, India, Thailand, Europe, Bulgaria
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Wednesday, February 26, 2020
According to the Health Care Index, derived from a collation of data provided by the World Health Organization (WHO), health ministries and independent watchdogs in the health sector, South Africa topped the African rankings with an index of 64.14. The...
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Africa, Algeria, Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Zambia
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Wednesday, January 22, 2020
The Africa Public and Civil Service Unions Network (APACSUN) said social protection is a basic right to all workers, which would enable them to cope with life’s risks. The Network said a large proportion of workers in the informal sector in Africa were...
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Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Africa
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Friday, September 13, 2019
Over five million Tanzanians, more than half of them women, will benefit from improved social safety nets supported by new financing approved today by the World Bank Board of Executive Directors. The $450 million IDA credit to the Second...
Monday, April 22, 2019
OPINION: Many among those who advocate for cash transfers are frustrated with corrupt and inefficient governments and want to explore an easier way out. There is no easy way out. Poor people, like all of us, need strong states to provide law and...
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Benin, Tanzania, India, Africa, Asia
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Thursday, February 21, 2019
Richer African countries such as Botswana and South Africa have operated welfare schemes for many years. Poorer ones are now rushing to do the same. From 2010 to 2015 the countries of sub-Saharan Africa launched an average of 14 schemes per year, up from...
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Africa, Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania
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