Monday, February 22, 2021
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For the first time in two decades, extreme poverty is rising around the world, as COVID-19 threatens to...
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Africa, Niger, Uganda, Zambia, America, Peru, Asia, Afghanistan
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Tuesday, December 15, 2020
New Oxfam research shows that over a third of the world’s population has had no public money to cope with the effects of the pandemic. A new report “Shelter from the Storm”, done in partnership with Development Pathways, reviewed government schemes...
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Africa, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, America, Bolivia, Guatemala, Asia, Cambodia, Indonesia
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Tuesday, November 17, 2020
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Covid-19 has catapulted social protection into the spotlight. From furloughing to school feeding...
Saturday, April 18, 2020
All of us in the international development space – in Australia, the region and worldwide – have had our work disrupted. What do we do now? We need to debate the big picture issues but we also need to trial and share practical solutions. We propose...
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America, Canada, Peru, United States, Asia, China, India, Laos, Nepal, Philippines, South Korea, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam, Europe, Germany, Oceania, Australia, Fiji, Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu
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Wednesday, December 4, 2019
China will take robust and multi-pronged measures to ensure that employment remains stable. The government will scale up support for flexible employment, boost job opportunities for people with disabilities, and tackle the stubborn issue of wage arrears...
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Starting 1 October, employers will have to provide better personal accident insurance (PAI) coverage for their foreign domestic workers (FDWs) under revised rules by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM).There are 239,700 FDWs in Singapore as of December 2016,...
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
A cultural revolution is required if the EU countries want to ensure adequate pensions for the generations to come. Social Agenda n°43 focuses on pensions at a time when the EU social partners are on the verge of launching negotiations on how to change...