Tuesday, September 26, 2023
“We want our fundamental human rights and our right to development to be respected,” said Hipólito Acevei.
Acevei, who is the president of the Federation for Indigenous Peoples’ Self-Determination of Paraguay, has spent a lifetime fighting to improve...
Monday, September 18, 2023
Story of Walberto Valdez: "I have been fishing for 20 years to support my family". Join us in the fishing community of Villeta, on the banks of the Paraguay River, where Walberto Valdez, a dedicated fisher, makes his daily journey. This is the...
Thursday, September 15, 2022
Social protection measures have played a core part of the Pacific’s response to the impacts of COVID-19. More than 80 schemes have been implemented, using cash and in-kind benefits, subsidies, and adjustments to contributory schemes.
There is a common...
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Asia, Timor-Leste, Oceania, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu
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Monday, January 10, 2022
Today, more than a year after the outbreak of the pandemic, it would be difficult to find a Paraguayan who does not know of Pytyvõ, perhaps the most prominent economic initiative undertaken as part of the government’s National Emergency Plan to mitigate...
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
When COVID-19 hit Paraguay, the crisis and its associated lockdown measures quickly reshaped the way social policy is implemented in the country. Many programs that depended on face-to-face contact to reach participants suddenly found themselves unable...
Friday, November 13, 2020
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Timor-Leste, together with only a small number of countries globally, has to date successfully managed to...
Monday, June 15, 2020
COVID-19 has had a far greater economic impact than health impact on Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the Pacific. There has been extensive commentary about the likely macroeconomic effects of lockdowns and travel bans, but less attention has been given to how...
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Asia, Timor-Leste, Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu
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Tuesday, June 9, 2020
A Vice-Primeira-Ministra e Ministra da Solidariedade Social e Inclusão, Armanda Berta dos Santos, procedeu hoje, dia 9 de junho de 2020, ao lançamento oficial do pagamento do apoio monetário aos agregados familiares no âmbito da pandemia de Covid-19,...
Saturday, April 18, 2020
All of us in the international development space – in Australia, the region and worldwide – have had our work disrupted. What do we do now? We need to debate the big picture issues but we also need to trial and share practical solutions. We propose...
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America, Canada, Peru, United States, Asia, China, India, Laos, Nepal, Philippines, South Korea, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam, Europe, Germany, Oceania, Australia, Fiji, Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu
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Monday, March 30, 2020
Las autoridades nacionales desistieron de entregar kits alimentarios a todas las personas que perdieron sus trabajos o no pueden trabajar a causa de la cuarentena y optaron por transferir bonos a través de las líneas telefónicas para la compra de...