Suriname Launches Strong Economic Package
Regions / Country
suriname
Topics
Family benefits
Status
poverty
Campbell outlines measures undertaken by Social Services in light of COVID-19
Regions / Country
bahamas
Topics
Unemployment
Social assistance
Food and nutrition
Status
Governo cria dois novos apoios únicos para trabalhadores e famílias que perderam rendimentos
Regions / Country
portugal
Topics
Family benefits
Children
Social assistance
Unemployment
Status
Gobierno hará los primeros pagos del bono solidario esta semana utilizando la cédula
Regions / Country
panama
Topics
Food and nutrition
Family benefits
Status
Thailand: Welfare Card Holders To Get 3,000 THB Handout
Samui Times (17.06.2020) Thailand’s state welfare card holders have been approved to get three handouts of 1,000 THB each as long as they have not fallen under other governmental financial aid campaigns surrounding the efforts to help those affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. it will be paid in three monthly installments which have been backdated from May.
Regions / Country
thailand
Global challenges
Topics
Social assistance
Cash transfers
Document Type
Bangladesh: Food Aid Before Eid: Free rice for 1 crore poor
The Daily Star (08.07.2020)
The government is set to distribute 10-kilogramme rice for free to each of over one crore "ultra-poor and destitute families" ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.
The food aid will be given to 1,00,06,869 vulnerable group feeding (VGF) card holders across the country to mitigate the consequences of disasters like flood and coronavirus outbreak.
Regions / Country
bangladesh
Global challenges
Topics
Service delivery
Food and nutrition
Shocks & extreme events
Document Type
COVID-19 and South Asia: National Strategies and Subregional Cooperation for Accelerating Inclusive, Sustainable and Resilient Recovery
United Nations ESCAP (25.06.2020) South Asia, a subregion with nearly a quarter of world’s population but over a third of world’s people living in extreme poverty and hunger, has been impacted severely given the vast proportion of population living at the margins, fragmented coverage of social protection, pervasive informality in economic activities and employment, and wide gaps in public health infrastructure.
Regions / Country
Asia
Topics
Social policies & programmes
Document Type
Status
Lithuania: What Help can the Low-Income Residents Expect from the State?: Social assistance
Ministry of Social Security and Labour (11.06.2020) Due to the coronavirus pandemic and the economic difficulties it has caused, the support granted in municipalities has been increased and the conditions for granting it have been facilitated, but most of the changes will be permanent.
Regions / Country
lithuania
Global challenges
Topics
Social assistance
Cash transfers
Document Type
Moldova: increase of the minimum monthly income guaranteed for the granting of social assistance
moldpres.md (24.04.2020)
The Government committed to the establishment of additional measures to support
citizens and business activity during the emergency. among those, the increase of expenses for the implementation of support measures during the state of emergency of disadvantaged families through the Social Assistance Program, as the increase of the minimum guaranteed monthly income to 1,300 lei and the increase of the minimum guaranteed monthly income for children from 50% to 75%.
Regions / Country
moldova, Republic of
Global challenges
Topics
Social assistance
Cash transfers
Document Type
A post-Covid-19 social protection architecture for India - analysis
Hindustan Times (11.06.2020) Stronger social protection led by an inclusive growth dividend will protect the vulnerable and drive India’s economic recovery
Regions / Country
india
Topics
Social policies & programmes
Document Type