Thursday, September 5, 2024
With nearly 30% of the population living below the poverty line, Mauritania is now committed to promoting social protection as a solution to the socioeconomic challenges facing the country.
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
The centerpiece of these solutions is the “Digital Family Card” designed to ensure equal access for Kazakh citizens to state support in the social sector. One of the primary goals of the project is to serve as a signal source for identifying the...
Monday, August 19, 2024
Ongoing violence is taking a devastating toll on communities in Haiti, particularly the hundreds of thousands of people who have been internally displaced. Livelihoods have been destroyed. Essential services have been starved. Humanitarian assistance has...
Tuesday, August 6, 2024
Occupied Palestinian territory, (ILO-News)- A virtual workshop series of the Social Protection Cash and Voucher Assistance Thematic Working Group (SPCVA TWG), supported by the International Labour Organization, explored how partners can better meet the...
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Tuesday, August 6, 2024
Cash transfer programs have significantly reduced poverty over the years. The World Bank's Social Protection and Jobs (SPJ) Unit, in collaboration with ideas42 and the government of Ghana has enhanced these programs with cost-effective...
Thursday, July 25, 2024
Households that received the transfer were far less likely to go a day without eating, reported higher child food consumption and wellbeing after the floods hit, lost fewer assets, and had better earnings potential post-flooding. And these benefits...
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Local organizations understand the needs of their communities best, yet they only receive 2.1% of donor money as of 2022, according to research consultancy Development Initiatives. What is preventing international NGOs and implementers...
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Conditional cash transfers in Nicaragua during primary school led to higher schooling and earnings in adulthood, but mechanisms differed by sex. Interventions aimed at increasing the nutrition, health, and education of children are often motivated...
Thursday, July 11, 2024
Viet Nam’s social assistance schemes provide monthly unconditional benefits to the most vulnerable people in poor and disadvantaged households, including people with disabilities and orphans. Phuong’s story illustrates how social protection...
Friday, July 5, 2024
Conflicts undermine the ability of states to provide social protection and other social services. Yemen is no exception. The war caused a cumulative economic contraction of about 50% over the period 2014-2020 and reduced the annual GDP growth rate to...
