Thursday, July 21, 2022
A high school drop-out, Evelyn Nakabuye, who lives on the outskirts of Kampala, survived years of joblessness. She lived in a small house with her four children and her mother. “I was jobless and stranded,” she says. That all changed in 2018 when Evelyn...
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for African governments to strengthen social protection systems and fulfill people’s rights to social security and an adequate standard of living. Many African governments introduced measures like cash...
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Africa, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda
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Thursday, July 8, 2021
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A recently released report highlights how socities could move closer to a more gender equal distribution of...
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Africa, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda
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Monday, June 28, 2021
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Labor markets continue to be a key transmission channel of the economic impact of COVID-19. As a result...
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Africa, Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, Uganda
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Monday, May 10, 2021
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Social security has been part of our national conversation for a long time. Covid-19 reignited the debate over...
Monday, March 8, 2021
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On International Women’s Day 2021, let’s think about pensions. Why? Women around the world still face highly...
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Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia
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Monday, February 22, 2021
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For the first time in two decades, extreme poverty is rising around the world, as COVID-19 threatens to...
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Africa, Niger, Uganda, Zambia, America, Peru, Asia, Afghanistan
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Thursday, December 3, 2020
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Accounting for 80.8% of jobs, the informal sector is the main source of employment and the backbone of...
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
INTERVIEW: Martin A. Nsubuga was confirmed as the Chief Executive Officer for Uganda Retirement Benefits Regulatory Authority (URBRA) in June 2019. He broadly spoke to The Independent’s Julius Businge about his plan and emerging issues in Uganda’s...
Saturday, March 30, 2019
A project supported by United Nations Development Program (UNDP) together with Japan Refugee Project has provided skills in business, income generating projects and employment to refugees in West Nile.
Kazuki Kameda, the Ambassador of Japan to...