Tuesday, August 24, 2021
The National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP), launched on 15 August 1995, was aimed at providing benefits to poor income households having elderly members in the family or needing support after the death of a wage earner. The NSAP was formulated to...
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
A book on Welfare States, Rights and Basic Income in Latin America published in December 2019 has now become fully available online (only in Spanish).
The publication, co-edited and co-authored by Development Pathways’ Senior Social Policy...
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
The relative number of basic social assistance recipients is almost twice as high in Finland than in Sweden, reveals a study by the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL).
THL on Tuesday reported that the difference is attributable to factors...
Monday, January 18, 2021
The Wage Subsidy Programme 3.0 under the Social Security Organisation (Socso) will be improved, says Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Many Egyptians, especially the poor, are concerned by the government’s apparent intention to replace food ration cards with cash subsidies. The Council of Ministers has said it is considering the change, but has yet to unveil the details of its...
Thursday, January 30, 2020
Granger announcement Wednesday night at a 2020 general election campaign of his A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) at Anna Regina, a town on the Essequibo Coast. “We don’t want to put oil money into the hands of rich...
Friday, January 10, 2020
After two years of consultations and weeks of union-led strikes the French government has finally published its pension reform bill. Here's a look at some of the main points in it including the controversial "pivot age" of 64. The text, described as...
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
The Labour and Social Affairs Ministry plans to introduce stricter rules for job applicants as of July within its effort to reduce long-term unemployment and find jobs for handicapped job applicants, according to the draft amendment to the law on...
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
An alliance of social welfare advocates in Quebec are asking Quebec’s Labour, Employment and Social solidarity Minister Jean Boulet to reform the rules that make it harder for welfare recipients to get by. Specifically, the group wants the social...
Tuesday, December 31, 2019
BLOG: The 2010-decade was a challenging period for the world. Latin America’s economy was doing relatively well at the beginning of the decade. However, the region’s economy is stagnated. The European Union has been struggling too. Besides economic...
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