The proposed cash transfer scheme to support the food needs of some of the most deserving urban poor has met quite some flak from commentators, including MPs. This sort of controversy is not unusual ...

One-fourth of Sri Lankans are living in poverty, yet more than 50% are not covered by social protection schemes Fragmentation and poor governance have resulted in an inefficient social protection ...

As an economy develops, economic policy and social policy tend to overlap. Reports of long queues of people in Ho Chi Minh City withdrawing their social insurance contributions after losing their jobs ...

CLIMATE change poses an existential threat to human societies, particularly in low- and middle-income countries that are disproportionately affected yet often lack the resources to mount effective ...

Countries across the world aim to provide social protection for all citizens or residents, generally by a combination of public social insurance and social assistance. Social protection, or social ...

If you have ever received financial support from the state because you were unable to work due to pregnancy, disability, sickness or old age, you’ve benefited from what is known as social protection.

The government has finalised a draft National Social Protection Strategy with a Nu 2 billion budget under the 13th Plan, Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay announced during the recent Meet-the-Press ...

Many of the 159 workers became sick during the so-called ‘meaningful Christmas’ in December 2020, when many pandemic-era ...

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