Monday, November 7, 2016
The World Bank on Thursday announced credit facility worth 95 million U.S. dollars towards Rwanda’s social protection initiatives.
Thursday, October 13, 2016
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has successfully implemented its first cash-for-work programme for conflict-affected people who have returned to their areas of origin in the South Waziristan Agency (SWA) of the Federally...
Monday, August 15, 2016
Governments can further expand and finance their social protection programs through an increased focus on and commitment to infrastructure investment, according to Naoyuki Yoshino, dean of the Asian Development Bank Institute.
Friday, July 15, 2016
The Government has abandoned a target of increasing the numbers of subsidised social housing places to 65,000, despite growing reports of families living in cars and garages. A pre-Budget report released by the Treasury today shows that the target for...
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
South Africa's government employees pension fund is investing nearly $750 million into lender SA Home Loans as part of plans to provide cheaper mortgages and build more houses in a country with glaring income disparities.
Thursday, June 30, 2016
The Government has increased the allocation for social protection programmes to $29 billion for the 2016/17 fiscal year, which is $2 billion more than the previous period.
Monday, May 2, 2016
Arguments over how to draw the poverty line are missing the bigger picture: how to allocate scarce resources to ensure social equity.
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Asia, Hong Kong S.A.R., China
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Thursday, April 14, 2016
On Tuesday, unwed mothers achieved a measure of relief.
Minister for Social and Family Development Tan Chuan-Jin announced that the Government is ready to extend the full 16-week maternity leave to them. Their children will also have access to a Child...
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America, United States, Asia, Singapore
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Sunday, January 31, 2016
Many people believe that senior citizens should not live in panti jompo, the elderly people’s accommodation from the Social Affairs Ministry, because it contradicts Indonesian culture. If panti jompo is not suitable for elderly people, how should...