Sunday, June 6, 2021
El presidente de Chile, el conservador Sebastián Piñera, promulgó este domingo la ley que amplía hasta septiembre la ayuda económica a las familias para paliar el impacto de la pandemia, que vive una dura segunda ola en el país y mantiene al límite los...
Thursday, May 27, 2021
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In this blog, we focus on the challenges related to achieving health-related outcomes through Cash and...
Monday, January 25, 2021
The ANC social transformation subcommittee said getting a decision from the government on a basic income grant, drawing up financing mechanisms for it and getting Parliament to approve it could take up to two years.
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
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Covid-19 has catapulted social protection into the spotlight. From furloughing to school feeding...
Sunday, May 17, 2020
The world is now in the grip of an unprecedented crisis, with the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic and the very adverse economic impact of containment measures. The pandemic has highlighted something that had been almost forgotten by policy makers across...
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Sweden is temporarily scrapping the 'karensdag' – the first unpaid day of your sick leave – in response to the coronavirus, the government announced as it outlined measures to handle the crisis.
Friday, March 6, 2020
BLOG: Decades of social and economic injustice were a driving factor in the social unrest that burst onto Lebanon’s streets in mid-October 2019, unfolding into a revolution. Lebanese had been pushed to breaking point by the effects of a longstanding...
Friday, January 24, 2020
El Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social expidió un decreto con el cual se garantiza la afiliación de la población colombiana que hasta ahora no se encontraba en el sistema de salud, así como la de migrantes y colombianos que han retornado de Venezuela...
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Thursday, January 10, 2019
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a £3.95 million (US$5 million) contribution from the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) to its 2018/19 Lean Season Assistance programme in Zimbabwe.
The...
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Africa, Zimbabwe, Europe, United Kingdom
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Sunday, February 18, 2018
In a world increasingly filled with risk, social protection systems help individuals and families cope with civil war, natural disaster, displacement, and other shocks. Social protection systems also help build human capital by connecting people to...