Emergency grants

Laos: Income support to help 17,000 garment workers hit by COVID-19

Submitted by cambrosio on

ilo.org (23.02.2021)

Up to 17,000 garment workers in Lao PDR affected by the COVID-19 pandemic are to each receive two months’ emergency income support worth 900,000 LAK (approximately US$100). Eligible beneficiaries, of whom 85 per cent are women, will receive the cash transfers by the end of March.

Regions / Country
laos
Global challenges
Topics
Unemployment
Cash transfers
Shocks & extreme events
COVID-19
Document Type

Lebanon: US$246 Million to Support Poor and Vulnerable Lebanese Households and Build-Up the Social Safety Net Delivery System

Submitted by cambrosio on

worldbank.org (12/01/2021)

The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors approved today a US$246 million new project to provide emergency cash transfers and access to social services to approximately 786,000 poor and vulnerable Lebanese reeling under the pressure of Lebanon’s economic and COVID-19 crises. The Emergency Crisis and COVID-19 Response Social Safety Net Project (ESSN) will also support the development of a comprehensive national social safety nets system to allow a better response to ongoing and future shocks. 

Regions / Country
Asia
lebanon
Global challenges
Topics
Financing
Shocks & extreme events
COVID-19
Document Type

France: financial aid in the form of emergency relief to help the most needy families

Submitted by cambrosio on

March 2020 (caf.fr)

Regions / Country
Europe
france
Global challenges
Topics
Family benefits
Housing
Social assistance
Food and nutrition
COVID-19
Document Type

Peru: Bonus of S / 930 to the ONP pensioners will be paid from January 11

Submitted by siha on

El Peruano (23.12.2020) The Government published the Emergency Decree No. 137-2020, which authorizes transfers to central government entities and regional governments, for the payment of extraordinary bonus established in Law 31083, equivalent to a minimum vital remuneration (930 soles) to pensioners of the Social Security Normalization Office (ONP). The extraordinary bonus will be paid from January 11, 2021. It will be paid automatically in the same account in which the pension is deposited, together with the pension for the month of January.

Regions / Country
peru
Topics
Old-age pensions
COVID-19
Document Type

Peru: First deposits to AFP affiliates would be before January 9

Submitted by siha on

El Peruano (03.12.2020) Law N ° 31068 approved on November 18 authorizes that people who have not worked on the payroll in the last 12 months will be able to withdraw up to four tax units (UIT), that is, 17,200 soles. The first deposits would be made before January 9, 2021.

Regions / Country
peru
Topics
Old-age pensions
COVID-19
Document Type