Monday, March 20, 2023
The World Bank, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) have announced an integrated new open-source software package to improve the management of social protection and...
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
“Despite the strategies Government has put in place to ensure sustainability of the SCG program, there is need for Government to demonstrate its commitment by clearing the accumulated arrears owed to the senior citizens. The government also needs to...
Monday, January 2, 2023
Crisis situations call for rapid assistance – without a lot of red tape. This was clearly illustrated recently by the flood disaster in Pakistan: the floods in August 2022 did not affect only those people who already relied on state support, they also...
Friday, October 1, 2021
Gobierno anuncia que otorgará pensión solidaria en favor de 3,000 envejecientes. Esta información se ofreció durante una ceremonia que tuvo lugar en el salón Las Cariátides del Palacio Nacional y fue encabezada por el...
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America, Dominican Republic
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Saturday, September 25, 2021
Today, at the Global Citizen Live event, Administrator Samantha Power announced nearly $297 million in humanitarian assistance to provide urgently needed food assistance, health care, water, and psychosocial support to address urgent humanitarian needs...
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
This week, the Department of Social Protection issued weekly payments valued at €41.4 million to 140,138 people in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP).
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Families in England will receive extra support with food and key utility bills, thanks to the final extension of the Government’s COVID Local Support Grant announced today.
Tuesday, June 1, 2021
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With pandemic lockdowns crippling labor demand and supply around the world, government interest in ...
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Africa, Kenya, Togo, Tunisia, America, Brazil, Asia, Sri Lanka
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Monday, May 31, 2021
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has donated 11,339 Food packages and 30 tablets valued at just over a $US1.06M to the Government of Jamaica. The items which were handed over to the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, forms part of the...
Monday, February 22, 2021
A sum of $81 million has been allocated in the 2021/22 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before the House of Representatives, towards the continuation of the Integrated Support to the Jamaica Social Protection Strategy project.
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