Tuesday, February 7, 2023
When discussing the human security impacts of climate change, climate-induced migration is often viewed as a distant and intangible concern. Despite widespread consensus on “loss and damage” at COP27 in Egypt last November, climate migration in...
Wednesday, January 4, 2023
Born on 29 October 1953, Michael joined the ILO in November 1986 with the Social Security Department as Senior actuary and health economist. Prior to joining the ILO, Michael worked in the German Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. Between 1992 and...
Friday, December 9, 2022
This blog answers two simple questions: how do migrant sending communities feel about temporary migration schemes, and does scheme participation affect these views? I use the Tongan household component of the Pacific Labour Mobility Survey to share some...
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
There is compelling evidence to show that supporting children’s development and enhancing women’s participation in economic activity increase economic development, reduce poverty, and improve household wellbeing. Providing affordable, quality childcare...
Friday, November 11, 2022
Poverty is a well-established risk factor for violence against women and children—but how much do we really know about this relationship and how to effectively break the cycle? The authors round up evidence from the recent biannual Sexual Violence...
Thursday, November 10, 2022
In just two decades since the early 2000s, social protection established itself as a vibrant social policy sector in countries across the Global South, from Latin America to sub-Saharan Africa to South Asia. Social protection appeared in several...
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
Improving the social protection of atypical workers has been high on the European agenda in recent years. With the European Pillar of Social Rights of 2017, the European Union sought to break away from a decade of austerity and strict economic monitoring...
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
Many countries, including in Asia, took extraordinary measures to finance and strengthen their welfare systems in response to the pandemic. While most of these programs were disappointedly short-lived (with an average duration of just 4.5 months), the...
Monday, October 31, 2022
An SP-ODE can be thought of as a unified, digital platform to access welfare schemes spanning different departments of the government. It is a multi-sided platform, always involving the citizen and the government and, in more mature systems, also,...
Friday, October 21, 2022
Singapore has recently announced a new healthcare reform plan that will shift the country’s healthcare strategy towards preventive care. The program is called Healthier SG and aims to provide a family physician and one health plan for every resident. The...
