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Zimbabwe: Covid-19 relief cash transfers start today as virus cases rise

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herald.co.zw (15.04.2020) One million households identified through the Social Welfare Department to benefit from the $600 million kitty availed by the Government to mitigate the effects of Covid-19.

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Sweden: Expanded opportunities for temporary parental benefit

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Government Offices of Sweden (11.05.2020) Parents who have to stay home from work to care for children, whose schools are closed to limit the spread of the virus, will be eligible for temporary parental benefit. In such situations, parents will receive approximately 90 per cent of the daily allowance they would normally receive in temporary parental benefit.

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sweden
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Belgium: Temporary parental allowance for the self-employed

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Federal Public Service - Social Security (20.05.2020) May 16, 2020, the Council of Ministers approved a temporary parental allowance for the self-employed.

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Bolivia: El Gobierno inyectará Bs 156 millones a la economía

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PERIODICO BOLIVIA (05.04.2020) The Minister of Public Works, Services and Housing, Iván Arias, reported that the Government will inject Bs 156 million into the economy of the city of El Alto through the Family and Family Basket bonds, for the total quarantine stage. The municipality of El Alto, headed by the mayor Soledad Chapetón, also distributes a bonus of Bs 200 per year to 34 thousand pre-school children.

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bolivia
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Family benefits
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Argentina: Programa de Asistencia de Emergencia al Trabajo y la Producción- ATP

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boletinoficial.gob.ar (01.04.2020) Sistema integral de prestaciones por desempleo: las y los trabajadores que reúnan los requisitos previstos en las Leyes Nros. 24.013 y 25.371 accederán a una prestación económica por desempleo conforme las consideraciones estipuladas en el artículo 11 del presente decreto. Los componentes centrales del programas son:

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argentina
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El Bono Universial

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Se otorga por única vez un Bono Universal equivalente a Bs500.- (QUINIENTOS 00/100 BOLIVIANOS) a todos los bolivianos desde los dieciocho (18) años cumplidos hasta los menores de sesenta (60) años. Decreto Supremo 4215.

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bolivia
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Family benefits
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Moratoria en el pago de las hipotecas: qué es, requisitos y cómo solicitarla

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La crisis sanitaria del Covid-19 ha hecho que el Gobierno aplace el pago de las hipotecas a personas que han visto mermados sus ingresos.

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bolivia
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Housing
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