Thursday, July 2, 2015
Social protection is the most direct tool that societies have at their disposal to combat poverty and inequality. This has been demonstrated time and again over the last decade or so. We also know that basic—and pivotal—elements of national floors of...
Thursday, June 25, 2015
Ghana has sealed a $5 million Child Protection Compact with the US. This is the first time the US is signing this kind of compact with any country.
Thursday, June 25, 2015
The Ministry of Social Solidarity has announced the first stage of two programs, Solidarity and Dignity, in the governorates of Assiut and Sohag. These programs offer cash support to the poor in the first conditional cash-transfer programs in Egypt....
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
WASHINGTON D.C., June 23, 2015—Aiming to improve the health of women and children by supporting the Lao Government’s free maternal and child health services, the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved funding of US$26.4 million from the...
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Worldwide, close to one in seven countries provide non-contributory child benefits on a universal basis, primarily being European and a few other OECD countries (see map below). This means that they give social security payments (or tax rebates) to all...
Monday, June 22, 2015
BPJS Ketenagakerjaan, one of the two Indonesian social security programme providers, is planning to extend the coverage of its programmes (namely Old age saving and pension plan) to informal sector workers starting in July 2015, through voluntary...
Monday, June 22, 2015
WASHINGTON, June 22, 2015 – The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved today an allocation of additional financing of US$12 million from the International Development Association for the Second Public Employment for Sustainable...
Friday, June 19, 2015
La labor coordinada del Gobierno, las centrales sindicales y los gremios empresariales permitió consensuar la Política Nacional de Seguridad Social (PNSS), cuya promulgación en breve promoverá el acceso universal y progresivo a la seguridad social en...
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
The European Commission is to push for minimum standards on social protection across member states to show citizens that the EU is not just an "economic" project.
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
In 2014, the Egyptian government adjusted the way they keep staple foods—like bread—affordable. Instead of subsidizing flour for bakeries making baladi (rustic) bread the focus has shifted to subsidizing the...
