Thursday, November 25, 2021
While great strides in poverty reduction have taken place in Colombia in the last decade, the number of people living below the poverty line increased by 6.8 percentage points since the start of the pandemic, reversing a decade of economic and...
Monday, July 5, 2021
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The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated socioeconomic inequalities within and across countries. The policy...
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
Coronavirus pandemic recovery efforts should provide comprehensive social protection, fight climate change and ensure vaccines reach the poorest people quickly.
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in March 2020, we have seen some remarkable developments in the fight for the labor rights of essential workers. This is in no small part related to the fact that many of us have finally understood and recognized...
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Africa, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, America, Chile, United States, Asia, Thailand, Europe, Poland
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Tuesday, December 15, 2020
New Oxfam research shows that over a third of the world’s population has had no public money to cope with the effects of the pandemic. A new report “Shelter from the Storm”, done in partnership with Development Pathways, reviewed government schemes...
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Africa, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, America, Bolivia, Guatemala, Asia, Cambodia, Indonesia
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Thursday, November 26, 2020
On November 16th, INCLUDE held the third session of its 2020 Platform Meeting with members, special guests and experts from various fields. The session aimed to understand the changing perspectives of African policy stakeholders on social protection (SP...
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Africa, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda
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Thursday, May 14, 2020
Sri Lanka, which has been sending workers abroad for employment for decades, is now faced with the formidable challenge of repatriating large numbers of migrant workers affected by COVID-19. Having successfully brought back students from China, UK,...
Thursday, November 28, 2019
BLOG: Un nuevo informe de la CEPAL asegura que superar la pobreza en la región va más allá del crecimiento económico y debe incluir políticas redistributivas y fiscales que promuevan el verdadero bienestar entre los ciudadanos en áreas como la protección...
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America, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guyana, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin (French part), Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Uruguay, Venezuela
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Wednesday, December 20, 2017
Madurai: Activists involved in migrant workers' welfare activities have called for India signing the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, 1990. This was one of the five...
Monday, October 16, 2017
Cáritas Europa pide sistemas de protección social para "que la pobreza sea historia en 2030" Cáritas Europa urge a los poderes públicos de la Unión Europea a "poner en marcha sistemas y medidas de protección social apropiadas que cubran a...