Friday, November 22, 2024
Policymakers will need to act in coming years to shore up the long-term financing of Social Security, and when they do, they should also strengthen the program by improving its minimum benefit, which is intended to help the poorest recipients but is now...
Thursday, November 14, 2024
A partir desta quinta-feira (14.11), a parcela de novembro do Bolsa Família fica disponível para beneficiários de 711 municípios em situação de emergência ou estado de calamidade pública reconhecido pelo Governo Federal. O pagamento vai contemplar 2,67...
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
O Bolsa Família, maior programa de transferência de renda condicionada do mundo, completou 21 anos em outubro, sendo referência internacional no combate à pobreza. Além de garantir renda, o Programa integra políticas públicas, facilitando o acesso...
Friday, November 1, 2024
In Salvador, the vulnerable and impoverished are not hidden away but are a visible presence at tourist attractions, in every neighborhood, and in the makeshift dwellings that dot the cityscape. A solid social assistance system, with adequate funding,...
Friday, October 25, 2024
The impacts of a school feeding programme in Colombia go beyond school attendance and hunger relief, fostering learning, high school graduation and tertiary enrolment.
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
A member of the Kaqchikel Indigenous Mayan people, Ajú is one of tens of thousands of smallholder farmers across the country the World Food Programme (WFP) supports in improving production and locating viable markets. Smallholder farmers make...
Monday, October 14, 2024
Enfrentar o desperdício de alimentos se torna cada vez mais urgente quando nos deparamos com dados alarmantes do Programa das Nações Unidas para o Meio Ambiente (Pnuma) que indicam que 1 bilhão de toneladas de alimentos foram jogadas fora em 2022. Isso...
Monday, October 14, 2024
Confronting food waste becomes increasingly urgent when we are faced with alarming data from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) indicating that 1 billion tons of food were wasted in 2022. This amounts to about one-fifth of total global...
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Social protection systems and programmes are crucial for both social and economic reasons. They safeguard individuals from falling into poverty due to social risks that prevent them from working and earning, such as old age, disability, loss of a...
Thursday, September 26, 2024
Over 7,000 vulnerable children and adolescents in Paraguay have improved their living conditions thanks to a sponsorship program supported by benefactors from Korea and Taiwan.
