Sunday, August 15, 2021
Surendar Yadav from Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh, managed to get a Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) job card just before the Covid-19 lockdown imposed in March 2020, but over the next six months, was not able to find work...
Friday, August 13, 2021
The pandemic could have been an opportunity for India's welfare measures to shine. But poorly designed interfaces, centralisation, and lack of accountability have made access difficult, necessitating civil society organisations to step in.
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Monday, May 17, 2021
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This commentary turns to social protection policies, entering an area in which the United States struggles to...
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
To assess the impact of COVID-19 on households, the World Bank and Central Bureau of Statistics are jointly collecting data through a first-of-its-kind mobile phone survey. The first round of survey results revealed growing hardship for families who have...
Thursday, January 14, 2021
Entre 10% e 15% da população viverão com menos de R$ 155 por mês em janeiro, cinco meses após alcançar mínima histórica de 2,3%, prevê economista. Em meio à pandemia, opção seria pagar valor menor a menos pessoas.
Tuesday, June 9, 2020
Posiblemente habrá utilizado algún asistente por voz para preguntar qué tiempo hará, programar una reunión en su agenda o reproducir música, entre otras muchas tareas. Son aplicaciones tecnológicas que utilizan la inteligencia artificial y el lenguaje...
Saturday, June 6, 2020
La Defensoría de los Habitantes llamó la atención al Gobierno por la falta de información que enfrentan cientos de personas que solicitaron el bono Proteger.
De acuerdo con un comunicado de prensa enviado por la Defensoría de los Habitantes, ha...
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
El Bono Proteger pretende ayudar a los trabajadores afectados por la situación económica en Costa Rica. A este bono pueden acceder dos tipos de beneficiarios: uno para aquellos que su jornada laboral ha disminuido en un 50%, y el otro para trabajadores...
Thursday, October 10, 2019
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, in collaboration with the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, has commenced the implementation of a project to improve social safety nets and productive inclusion of the poor and the...
Thursday, January 10, 2019
The Japanese government has failed to pay out tens of billions of yen (several hundred million dollars) in unemployment insurance and similar benefits due to years of inaccurate labor surveys, according to an internal investigation.
The...