Thursday, July 30, 2020
Recent events have dealt a heavy blow to the past few decades of progress against extreme poverty. A recent brief by the International Growth Center (IGC) outlines that prior to the pandemic those most in need were already being left behind by...
Tuesday, July 28, 2020
New rules stripping those on unemployment assistance of their payments because they leave the State could be vulnerable to legal challenge, civil liberties and legal experts have said. Speaking after it emerged that 104 people have had their pandemic...
Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Many governments increased temporary sick-leave benefits in the wake of COVID-19, but the benefits are due to expire after a certain time. This column looks back at a 2012 policy change in Spain which radically altered the generosity of paid sick leave...
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America, United States, Europe, Spain
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Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Zambia on Tuesday launched an emergency COVID-19 social cash transfer scheme to help vulnerable communities affected by the pandemic. Kmpamba Mulenga, Minister of Community Development, said the emergency social cash transfer will help mitigate the...
Monday, July 27, 2020
On 7 July, the IPC-IG invited researchers from the Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) to presente the Basic Income Project of the city of Maricá to officials of the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labour and Social Welfare (MCLSW) of the Islamic Republic of...
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America, Brazil, Asia, Iran
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Thursday, July 23, 2020
Temporary basic income payments could stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic by allowing the world’s poorest people to stay at home, according to a new report from the United Nations Development Programme. A six-month guaranteed handout for 2.7...
Thursday, July 23, 2020
The immediate introduction of a Temporary Basic Income for the world’s poorest people could slow the current surge in COVID-19 and enable close to three billion people to stay at home, according to a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report...
Thursday, July 23, 2020
To cope with the unfolding economic crisis triggered by COVID-19, governments are increasingly turning to social protection to mitigate the consequences of a widespread economic downturn and to protect vulnerable populations in times of health risk and...
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Following the release of a UN study that shows at least 40 million children have missed out on early childhood education due to measures to combat COVID-19, the head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Henrietta Fore, warned that “the pandemic is making...
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
The current global spread of Covid-19 offers the latest clarion call for building universal systems as a cornerstone of health policy. The outbreak highlights that effective containment policies must provide ready access to quality healthcare for all,...
