Sunday, September 12, 2021
Men have been getting the lion’s share of emergency income support during Sydney’s winter lockdown even though women have borne the brunt of job losses. The total number of workers in NSW relying on the federal government’s COVID-19 disaster payment has...
Monday, July 5, 2021
A common fear among policymakers is that government-provided benefits for households with young children – including cash transfers – may increase incentives to have children, to gain or maintain program eligibility. This is a topic we’ve had our eyes on...
Monday, May 31, 2021
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The Oxfam-led response program to Covid-19 and TC Harold in Vanuatu has passed a 6-month milestone. We’re...
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Growth in the Pacific subregion for 2020 has been further downgraded as the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic continues to squeeze the region’s economies.
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Oceania, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
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Monday, November 30, 2020
The supports to which new mothers - and fathers - are entitled lag far behind the realities of life in 21st century Ireland, writes Elaine Loughlin. Work practices and family life have changed drastically in recent years but maternity leave has...
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Europe, Estonia, Ireland, United Kingdom, Oceania, Australia
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Sunday, November 22, 2020
People living with disability are leading the way in the designing of Samoa’s first social protection programme that specifically focuses on them. At the height of the COVID-19 global pandemic around June this year, the opportunity to develop the...
Monday, June 1, 2020
As COVID-19 grips the world, market economies have shuttered, schools have closed, and nearly half of the global population is confined to their homes. Yet millions of care workers step out every day to keep the lights on and support those in need, for...
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Asia, Bangladesh, India, Oceania
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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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Friday, December 13, 2019
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved US$7.5 million in grant support to Tuvalu to strengthen the management of the country’s public finances, improve the resilience of infrastructure, and meet the needs of people with disabilities...
Friday, November 1, 2019
Simply by going to work every day, Linda Randeh—a woman who leads a team comprised mostly of men at a food retailer in Solomon Islands—is changing the culture. That’s because gender inequality has always been pronounced in this remote archipelago in the...