Monday, July 19, 2021
Fewer women will regain jobs lost to the COVID-19 pandemic during the recovery period, than men, according to a new study released on Monday by the UN’s labour agency.
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
Chile will improve social equity and strengthen its public spending sustainability with a $500 million loan approved by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). This is the second loan of a series of two operations under the programmatic policy-...
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
"The pandemic exposed glaring inequalities in food access across the state and only made it harder for the many families who were already struggling with food insecurity," Governor Cuomo said. "By providing SNAP recipients with the maximum benefits...
Monday, July 5, 2021
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The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated socioeconomic inequalities within and across countries. The policy...
Thursday, July 1, 2021
Although the COVID-19 pandemic had triggered the roll-out of an "unprecedented number" of new and often innovative social protection measures, it was unable to stem a widening gap between rich and poor countries, according to a new UN report released on...
Thursday, July 1, 2021
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The pandemic provides an opportunity for Asia and the Pacific to undertake reforms that can make it more...
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
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A growing evidence base points to the gendered impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, with women and girls,...
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Africa, Central African Republic, South Africa, Asia, India
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Wednesday, June 30, 2021
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Last year, the word “shecession” was coined to describe what was happening to the global economy. Women were...
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
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There can be no excuse for the fact that child labour has increased for the first time in two...
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Global, Africa, Zambia, America, Brazil
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Friday, June 25, 2021
The article discusses the use of social invesment as a strategy to lift people out of poverty in Nigeria. In the last quarter of 2020, the unemployment rate increased to 33%. With a Gini coefficient of 35.1, Nigeria is one of the eight countries with the...
