Thursday, February 22, 2024
The Government of Timor-Leste, with support from the ILO, launches its Social Security Portal in three languages, providing easy access to information to all people of Timor-Leste. The Portal is organized in a simple, intuitive way and provides easy...
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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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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Wednesday, June 23, 2021
About one in three or 33.4 per cent of working Cypriots received support from special schemes to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, the second highest rate in the EU 27 and nearly double the EU 27 average of 1.5 per cent, Labour Minister Zeta...
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Asia, Cyprus, Europe, Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland, Latvia, Luxembourg, Poland, Sweden
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Wednesday, April 21, 2021
The relative number of basic social assistance recipients is almost twice as high in Finland than in Sweden, reveals a study by the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL).
THL on Tuesday reported that the difference is attributable to factors...
Sunday, April 11, 2021
Experts say that such a policy, despite being well-intentioned, might further entrench existing gender norms that confine women to the house.
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America, Bolivia, Asia, India, Europe, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Sweden
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Wednesday, January 20, 2021
The views, thoughts and opinions presented in this blog post belong to its author(s). They are not necessarily shared by socialprotection.org.
How do parties integrate the views of voters into their policy platforms? Drawing on a new study of social...
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Europe, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
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Monday, December 21, 2020
Climate change disproportionately impacts the world’s most impoverished. So, experts are asking, why can’t they receive direct compensation and support?
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Africa, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, Asia, Bhutan, India, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, United Kingdom, Europe
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Friday, November 13, 2020
The views, thoughts and opinions presented in this blog post belong to its author(s). They are not necessarily shared by socialprotection.org.
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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