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Lao People’s Democratic Republic launches its first social security mobile application

Submitted by pmassetti on
ilo.org (12.12.2025) Developed with the support of the ILO-China Partnership Programme, the app represents a milestone in modernising social protection.
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laos
Global challenges
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Mobile technologies
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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.

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laos
Global challenges
Topics
Unemployment
Cash transfers
Shocks & extreme events
COVID-19
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