Friday, August 12, 2022
The Federal Government said the introduction of digitalized cash transfer payment will help in addressing some lapses while operating the analog payment system.
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya Umar...
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
When the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting recession pushed 120 million people worldwide into extreme poverty in 2020, many countries relied on social-protection measures to cushion the blow. By May 2021, a total of 3,333 such schemes had been planned...
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
While the COVID-19 pandemic and current cost of living crisis has exacerbated social inequalities and economic insecurity, it has also opened a window of opportunity to explore new forms of policy innovation to build back a fairer and more economically...
Thursday, July 21, 2022
COVID-19 has kept more than 168 million children around the world out of school for more than one year, but as schools reopen it is important not to forget another stubborn and powerful barrier keeping children out of the classroom—distance....
Monday, July 18, 2022
Human Rights Watch is not the first to lament the frailties of Spain's social protection. In 2019, the European Commission highlighted that "the capacity of social transfers other than pensions to reduce poverty remains among the lowest in...
Wednesday, July 13, 2022
Over the past 30 months we have been carefully tracking countries’ unprecedented social protection responses to Covid-19. But what are we learning from such wealth of experiences? A new paper – Cash Transfers in Pandemic Times: Evidence,...
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
In 2002, BRAC Bangladesh pioneered a programme as part of their Graduation approach to development interventions. The programme aimed to lift ultra-poor women above the extreme poverty line within two years through the provision of small...
Saturday, July 9, 2022
I’m a big fan of cash. Like most of you, I’m pro-people-giving-me-cash, but more generally I think handing out unrestricted currency, whether in paper or digital form, is an underrated and efficient way to help people. As we’ve covered at Future...
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Global, America, United States
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Friday, July 8, 2022
Imagine a strip of land - 41 km long, 6 to 12 km wide - with more than 2 million inhabitants and where half of the population are children. Imagine that a land closure coupled with an air and sea blockade restricts imports of vital supplies and prevents...
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Asia, Palestinian Territory
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Monday, July 4, 2022
Our recently concluded State of Exclusion study finds that payment failures during the back-end processing of a Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) payment are a significant concern. In this blog piece, we highlight the broad takeaways to help the...
