Social assistance
Policy Responses to COVID-19
Botswana: Government Supports Vulnerable Families
Inua Jamii beneficiaries to get Sh8,000 each from Monday
Gov't starts COVID-19 food distribution this weekend
Armenia - Government and institution measures in response to COVID-19
Kosovo: Fiscal Measures and Fiscal Emergency Package for Business Organizations
ICLG.com Briefing (05.05.2020) Decision No. 01/19, dated 30/03/2020 (“Decision”), approved by the Government of Republic of Kosovo, has enacted the Emergency Fiscal Package.
Payment of an additional sum of thirty (€30) Euros per month to all beneficiaries of social assistance and pension schemes who receive a monthly payment lower than one-hundred (€100) Euros, for April, May and June, provided that they are beneficiaries of only one scheme.
Kosovo: Fiscal Measures and Fiscal Emergency Package for Business Organizations
ICLG.com Briefing (05.05.2020) Decision No. 01/19, dated 30/03/2020 (“Decision”), approved by the Government of Republic of Kosovo, has enacted the Emergency Fiscal Package.
Double payment of the social assistance scheme to all beneficiaries of social assistance schemes for April and May, a measure amounting to seven million six hundred fifty thousand (€7,650,000.00) Euros, including payments executed for March;
Gambia: Gambia announces Covid-19 response food package
Apanews.net (25.04.2020) The Gambia government has shipped in a large consignment of rice and sugar to ease the livelihood challenges of the citizenry amid Covid-19 lock down. The over 300,000 bags of rice and sugar have been off loaded and packed at the Mcmarthy Square in Banjul, pending distribution to households in all regions in the country.
Afghanistan: Afghanistan distributes free bread as prices soar amid coronavirus
Reuters (05.05.2020) Afghanistan’s government began distributing free bread to hundreds of thousands of people across the country this week as supplies have been disrupted during the coronavirus shutdown and prices have soared, officials and experts said.Afghanistan distributes free bread as prices soar amid coronavirus.