Wednesday, December 8, 2021
he Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $603 million results-based lending program to strengthen and expand social protection programs in Pakistan. Using conditional cash transfers, the program will support the implementation of Ehsaas,...
Friday, June 25, 2021
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Conditional cash transfer programs, in coordination with strategic policies, can improve the educational...
Friday, April 9, 2021
Experience shows that innovative and evidence-based approaches, when executed well, can dent poverty. With the COVID-19 pandemic threatening to reverse hard-won global gains, the need for policy-relevant research, and for scaling effective solutions, has...
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Thursday, March 5, 2020
The World Bank has approved a $300-million financial package for human development in Pakistan, including a loan of $200 million to improve social and health indicators in about a dozen poorest districts of Punjab.The loan has been approved under the...
Friday, January 17, 2020
Hours after Imran Khan claimed victory in Pakistan's July 2018 general election, the former cricketer addressed the nation with his new vision for the country. Following a combative contest dominated by claims of corruption, ballot rigging and military...
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Monday, December 2, 2019
Prime Minister Youth Affairs Programme (PMYAP) has worked out its first comprehensive “Social Protection” programme aimed to provide social security and legal aid to the youth facing community issues and conflicts.
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
BLOG: The Copenhagen Consensus a US-based think tank that researches and publishes the best ways for governments and philanthropists to spend their money says that every dollar spent on nutrition in the first thousand days could benefit an average of US$...
Saturday, July 20, 2019
OPINION: The recently launched Ehsaas Programme by the PTI government is a positive step towards realising the importance of social protection in a developing country like Pakistan.
It is important to acknowledge that in spite of making substantial...
Tuesday, July 9, 2019
BLOG: The prime duty of the state and the governments running the state affairs is to promote the wellbeing of the people by pursuing policies aimed at poverty alleviation and providing safety nets for the vulnerable sections of the society in...
Monday, June 3, 2019
Special Assistant to Prime Minister on social protection and poverty alleviation Dr. Sania Nishtar Sunday said the amount for social protection would be doubled in the upcoming budget which portrayed the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan to bring...