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UN leads call to protect most vulnerable from mental health crisis during and after COVID-19 | | UN News

Submitted by btreichel on Tue, 05/19/2020 - 11:45

UN Secretary-General Policy Brief: COVID-19 and the need for action on mental health

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Africa
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australia
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Health promotion
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How the COVID-19 pandemic will affect informal workers. Insights from Kenya

Submitted by gfilhon on Mon, 03/23/2020 - 10:28

theconversation.com (22.03.2020) COVID-19 is going to have a devastating impact on economies. Africa has a particular vulnerability because so many people work in the informal sector. In an interview with Moina Spooner from The Conversation Africa, Njeri Kinyanjui explains how this could unfold for Kenya’s informal labourers and whether there’s anything that can be done to support them.

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Africa
kenya
Global challenges
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Difficult-to-cover groups

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[CSE] L'actualité Protection sociale : "Les trois réformes systémiques de l'avant-projet de loi sur les retraites"

Submitted by gfilhon on Thu, 01/23/2020 - 10:58

Pierre Mayeur, directeur de l'organisme commun des institutions de rente et de prévoyance (OCIRP) et ancien directeur de la Caisse nationale d'assurance vieillesse, donne sa lecture "personnelle et objective" des avant-projets de loi réformant les retraites.

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Africa
Europe
Global challenges
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Old-age pensions
Pensions
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Climate change in the Sahel: How can cash transfers help protect the poor?

Submitted by pmassetti on Thu, 12/05/2019 - 14:10

brookings.edu (04.12.2019) the countries of the Sahel are particularly vulnerable to climate change, undermining their long-term development prospects and the chances of the next generation.

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Africa
Global challenges
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Creating access to social services using digital identity

Submitted by pmassetti on Tue, 09/03/2019 - 14:39

Punch Newspapers (01.09.2019) Nigerian government has intensified the capturing of Nigerians all over the world into its identity database. IFE OGUNFUWA examines the benefits of the digital identity

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Africa
nigeria
Global challenges
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Information and communication technology
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Service delivery
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Kenya: Population data will help us come up with robust social protection policies

Submitted by dfabbri on Fri, 08/30/2019 - 10:44

The Standard (29.08.2019)  If there is a constituency that stands to benefit most from the ongoing census, then it is the population that is benefitting from the Government’s social protection programmes.  Although the Government runs a credible cash transfer programme covering the elderly, disabled, famine-sticken, orphans and vulnerable children, there is a general feeling that the data of potential beneficiaries of the programmes is not accurate If there is a constituency that stands to benefit most from the ongoing census, then it is the population that is benefitting from the Governmen

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Africa
kenya
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Conditional cash transfers
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En Afrique, « la couverture santé universelle est un enjeu moral »

Submitted by pmassetti on Thu, 07/25/2019 - 09:58

Lemonde.fr (10.07.2019) Elisabeth Paul, coordinatrice scientifique du projet ARC Effi-Santé à l’Université de Liège, décrypte les enjeux pour le continent d’une assurance de soins minimum.

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insight2impact | Africa’s digital platforms database

Submitted by rruggia on Tue, 07/23/2019 - 09:44

Search and navigate 277 online digital platforms across 8 countries. This interactive database provides a rare insight into the rise of African digital platforms and how they are connecting consumers and providers across Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. Use this tool to navigate through various attributes of digital platforms, including the types of products and services offered, and the types of payment methods allowed, on each platform.

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Africa
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Information and communication technology
Service quality
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
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