Monday, June 7, 2021
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Whilst young people (aged 15 to 24) are an important beneficiary group of cash transfer programmes, most...
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Africa, South Africa, America, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico
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Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Ha quedado en evidencia la falta de servicios estatales capaces de atender la enorme demanda sanitaria debido a la disminución y en gran parte privatización de los mecanismos de previsión social. Esto ha potenciado, en varios países de la región, agudos...
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America, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela
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Wednesday, May 26, 2021
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As climate-related natural disasters occur with increasing frequency, disproportionally impacting poorer...
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Africa, Ethiopia, America, Mexico, Asia, Bangladesh, India, Philippines, Vietnam
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Monday, May 24, 2021
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The need for higher allocation for the social safety net programmes (SSNPs) has never been felt so badly than...
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America, Argentina, Mexico, Peru, Asia, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, South Korea
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Wednesday, March 17, 2021
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While most of us understand the importance of housing, the nuts and bolts of how housing markets and...
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America, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Mexico
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Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Latin American countries are implementing conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs as a strategy to combat poverty and promote economic stability. CCT programs provide money to those living in poverty on the condition that the citizens fulfill specific...
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America, Brazil, Mexico, Nicaragua
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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 13, 2021
The dramatic increase in working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the poor working conditions experienced by many homeworkers who, prior to the crisis, numbered an estimated 260 million people worldwide.
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Africa, Egypt, Ghana, South Sudan, America, Argentina, Mexico, United States, Uruguay, Asia, India, Europe, France, United Kingdom
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Thursday, December 17, 2020
On 3 December 2020, the ISSA Social Security Virtual Summit for the Americas brought together more than 500 administrators, managers and experts in the field from across the region. Under the theme Towards a new normal: Challenges and opportunities, the...
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America, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Uruguay
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Sunday, November 22, 2020
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Carmen Almeida, 56, worries about keeping in touch with her fellow domestic workers. Most haven’t worked...
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Africa, Ghana, South Africa, Tanzania, America, Mexico, Peru, United States, Asia, India, Thailand, Europe, Bulgaria
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