Monday, February 20, 2023
Socios En Salud a través del Programa de Protección Social brinda acompañamiento y asistencia social, a fin de hacer frente a los determinantes sociales que rodean el cuidado, la atención y la curación del paciente, que ponen en riesgo el abandono de su...
Thursday, January 19, 2023
Seniors living in poverty or working to supplement their income are on the rise as Japan’s public pension system cracks under a super aging society.
In Japan, seniors are at the top of the social hierarchy. It’s a tradition that has led to a...
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
The world has changed in the last two years. Governments in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) face the massive challenge of rebuilding post-pandemic economies. But one thing is certain: Women in the region were hit the hardest during the COVID-19...
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America, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Lucia, Uruguay
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Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Some policies could act as barriers to women’s labour supply, holding back their income growth, and preventing an economy from utilising its full capacity (Borella et al. 2019, Doepke and Tertilt 2008).
In Japan, women's earnings are significantly...
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
In response to the impact of Covid-19 on poverty and inequality in the region, the Economic Commission for Latin America ECLAC has called for Latin American countries to build welfare states. Is this the right call? This blog, and two that will...
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America, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Europe, Sweden
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Tuesday, September 28, 2021
During the rapid spread of COVID-19 in Japan, the Japanese government decided to provide a Special Cash Payment of 100,000 yen per person to all residents as a part of its “Emergency Economic Measures to Cope with COVID-19”. This column uses publicly...
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
A menos de diez años para cumplir con la Agenda 2030 y con los 17 Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS), queda claro que necesitamos redefinir acciones prioritarias, articular esfuerzos y avanzar más rápido para lograrlos. Pocos países han hecho los...
Tuesday, August 10, 2021
El nuevo gobierno del Perú ha apostado por una serie de bonos que servirán para aportar un ingreso extra en aquellos hogares que por razón de extrema necesidad, sean de vital importancia para un correcto desarrollo del entorno. El último bono anunciado...
Thursday, June 17, 2021
Más de un año después de reportar su primer caso de covid-19, América Latina sigue siendo uno de los epicentros globales de la pandemia. El número de contagios y muertes en la región sigue aumentando, incluso en países como Chile, donde la vacunación ha...
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America, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela
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Monday, June 7, 2021
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Since its outbreak at the end of 2019, the Covid-19 pandemic has brought massive losses in well-being all...