Tuesday, July 12, 2022
COVID-19 brought into sharp focus the low level of social protection coverage of the self-employed through contributory schemes in African countries.
Friday, May 27, 2022
Crianças e adolescentes que perderam os pais em decorrência da pandemia da Covid-19 no DF podem ser atendidas em um programa de proteção social que inclui o pagamento de pensão até que atinjam a maioridade.
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has unveiled the state’s social protection policy to combat the socio-economic vulnerability to poverty and deprivation at all levels in the society.
The policy is a framework that will provide direction,...
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Latin American governments took the unprecedented step of including informal workers in emergency relief legislation. Informal workers comprise a significant share of Latin American countries’ economically active population...
Friday, October 15, 2021
Already facing severe climate-related disruptions, Bangladesh is now enduring the additional economic and human development setback of the COVID-19 pandemic. Both threaten to reverse the considerable gains made to reduce poverty and inequality in the...
Monday, October 11, 2021
The policy discussion which included nine government institutions and a host of local and International partners in the Social Protection sector, was led by the Minister of Gender Children and Social Protection, who chairs the National Social Protection...
Thursday, September 30, 2021
Job retention schemes during the pandemic prioritised preservation over reallocation, but evidence on their allocative and productivity consequences is scarce. Using tax data for Australia, this column shows that job reallocation and firm exit remained...
Thursday, September 16, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the life of labor migrants in Southeast Asia into chaos. Pandemic-related restrictions, business closures, government lockdowns, and mandatory quarantines have all impacted the livelihoods of migrant workers. One...
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Monday, August 30, 2021
The dangerous delta variant is spreading. The future of schools is unclear. And millions of workers are about to be kicked off unemployment. On Labor Day, expanded unemployment benefits put in place in response to the pandemic are set to expire, and...
Thursday, August 19, 2021
The World Bank forecasted in January 2021 that the COVID-19 crisis will result in an additional 10.9 million Nigerians entering extreme poverty, living on less than a dollar a day, by 2022. Prior to the pandemic, about 90 million Nigerians, more than 40...