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Social protection and response to COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean: Innovations in registration and payment systems
Palomo, Nurth; Faulbaum, Luis Vargas; Machado, Anna Carolina - 2022
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has hit the foundations of the economy and provoked devastating social effects in all the countries in the world, being Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) one of the most affected regions. This report updates the regional overview of the response measures...
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Afghanistan: Needs assessment
Burattini, Beatriz; Osorio, Rafael Guerreiro; Wagner, Louisa - 2022
This assessment aims to understand how Afghanistan's demographic context, household characteristics and poverty are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013407255
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Protección social y respuesta al COVID-19 en América Latina y el Caribe: Innovaciones en los sistemas de registro y pago
Palomo, Nurth; Faulbaum, Luis Vargas; Machado, Anna Carolina - 2022
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The role of social protection in young people's transition to work in the Middle East and North Africa
Bird, Nicolò; Silva, Wesley - 2020
Understanding the factors that limit transitions to decent work remains a central concern for policymakers, as changes in the world of work considerably affect the availability and distribution of quality jobs. Many of these global issues are mirrored in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)....
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Social security, differential fertility, and the dynamics of the earnings distribution
Zhao, Kai - 2009
Economists and demographers have long argued that fertility differs by income (differential fertility), and that social security creates incentives for people to rear fewer children. Does the effect of social security on fertility differ by income? How does social security change the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292020
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Las transferencias en efectivo con enfoque universal en la Región de América Latina y el Caribe
Bacil, Fabianna; Burattini, Beatriz; Lang, João Pedro; … - 2022
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Potentials for improving the socioeconomic situation of Ghanaian cocoa farmers: The role of sustainability initiatives
Grohs, Hannes; Grumiller, Jan; Peham, Andreas - 2023
overview of both the global cocoa-chocolate value chain and the specifics of the cocoa industry in Ghana as well as the … communities in Ghana. The review includes both civil society and private sector-led initiatives, as well as state-led initiatives …, both in Ghana as one of two major global producer countries and in the EU as a major global consumer. On the basis of this …
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Integrating social protection and child protection services for better outcomes for children in the Middle East and North Africa
Pereira, Karen Codazzi; Araújo, Fernando - 2022
This Research Report, developed by the IPC-IG and the UNICEF MENA Regional Office for Middle East and North Africa, presents five case studies that demonstrate how integrated social protection and child protection systems enhance efficiency, especially of the social service workforce, and...
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The role of social insurance schemes in addressing the risks faced by agricultural workers in the Middle East and North Africa
Sato, Lucas; Mohamed, Nourjelha - 2022
This Research Report, the first in in the series "Expanding social insurance for agricultural workers in Middle East and North Africa (MENA): Identifying key constraints and discussing policy options", focuses on exploring the most adequate social insurance benefits and features capable of...
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