Sunday, September 12, 2021
It was the devastation of the Second World War that gave birth to the UK’s welfare state, and now, argues Louise Casey, the covid-19 pandemic provides the government with a unique opportunity to fundamentally overhaul it.
Sunday, August 29, 2021
Social protection includes policies, programmes and measures aimed at ensuring a basic standard of living for a nation’s people, and protecting them against major shocks such as serious illnesses, injury and unemployment. The Covid-19 pandemic that...
Monday, June 28, 2021
The World Bank has approved additional financing of US$290 million for the Emergency Cash Transfer COVID-19 Response Project to provide cash support to poor and vulnerable households and workers affected by the economic impact of the...
Thursday, February 4, 2021
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COVID-19 has hit Latin America hard on the health, economic, and social fronts. Week after week, Brazil,...
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America, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru
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Wednesday, January 20, 2021
No fewer than One million Nigerians are going to benefit from the Federal Government’s COVID-19 Cash Transfer Project which aims to lift the urban poor affected by the pandemic out of poverty.
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
The World Bank Group announced today the launch of the Mission Billion Challenge “WURI West Africa Prize” to seek innovative solutions that augment inclusion of informal workers in social protection ...
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Africa, Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Niger, Togo
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Thursday, March 19, 2020
Este jueves, el presidente Sebastián Piñera junto al ministro de Hacienda, Ignacio Briones, anunciaron el plan económico de emergencia para enfrentar los efectos de coronavirus en Chile.
La medida tendrá un costo de US$11.750.000 debido a que “esta es...
Monday, April 9, 2018
To combat the high rate of youth joblessness, the South Korean government has announced plans to pump an additional S$5.1 billion into the economy. Of that amount, S$3.6 billion will come in the form of wage subsidies for small and medium businesses....
Saturday, January 6, 2018
Ottawa workers who feel they are being abused by employers reducing benefits or taking other cost-cutting measures in reaction to Ontario’s new minimum wage laws now have an outlet.
Friday, December 29, 2017
Residents of Ontario, Canada’s largest and most affluent province, will see a wide-ranging spike in their social benefits beginning Monday. The changes include a hike in the minimum wage (to $14 an hour from its current $11.60 an hour), free...