Some key finds from this "living paper" include : Over the past two months, the number of countries that have planned, introduced or adapted social protection measures in response to COVID-19 has quadrupled...
The changing nature of work is upending traditional employment globally, and with it, social protection systems. As countries like India aspire to grow further and navigate a phase of rapid economic transformation...
The subjects of this migration research program are four countries in North Africa - Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, and Egypt. As it has for the broader Middle East and North Africa region, labor migration...
The subjects of this migration research program are four countries in North Africa - Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, and Egypt. As it has for the broader Middle East and North Africa region, labor migration...
Generating more and better quality jobs with higher productivity probably constitutes the most important challenge the Maghreb countries will face over the next decade. Despite relatively high and sustained...
It has long been recognized that political economy influences the design, implementation and outcome of safety nets, as well as other social programs, but there is no consensus about how to account for...
Las transferencias en efectivo se definen como la entrega de asistencia en dinero a los pobres o a quienes corren el riesgo de caer en la pobreza de no mediar el traspaso de estos fondos. En términos generales...
Cash transfers can be defined as the provision of assistance in the form of cash to the poor or those who face a probable risk, in the absence of the transfer, of falling into poverty. Cash transfers...
Por muchos años, los programas de trabajo en obras públicas han sido importantes intervenciones de seguridad social tanto en economías desarrolladas y en desarrollo. Proporcionando empleos con salario...
Governments and donor organizations increasingly recognize that rigorous evaluations of public interventions should be part of the social policy decision-making process. Yet there is frequently a gap between...
Los Gobiernos y las organizaciones de donantes reconocen cada vez más que las evaluaciones meticulosas de las intervenciones públicas deben ser parte del proceso de toma de decisiones en materia de políticas...
Public works programs have been an important safety net intervention in both developed and developing countries for many years. By providing temporary low-wage jobs to unskilled manual workers, income...
Cash transfers can be defined as the provision of assistance in the form of cash to the poor or those who face a probable risk, in the absence of the transfer, of falling into poverty. Cash transfers...
Governments and donor organizations increasingly recognize that rigorous evaluations of public interventions should be part of the social policy decision-making process. Yet there is frequently a gap between...
Public works programs have been an important safety net intervention in both developed and developing countries for many years. By providing temporary low-wage jobs to unskilled manual workers, income...