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Guinée : le PM Kassory décline un Plan de riposte économique de plus de trois mille milliards GNF au Covid-19

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guineenews.org (06.04.2020) L'Agence Nationale d'Inclusion Economique et Sociale (ANIES) a mis en place un ensemble de mesures pour faire face à l'urgence COVID :
- un nouveau programme de transferts d'argent de 250.000 francs guinéens par mois pour 240.000 ménages (1,6 millions de personnes) dans différentes régions de la Guinée, y compris Conakry;
- l’État prendra à sa charge pour trois mois les factures des abonnés au tarif social de l’électricité et de l'eau à compter de ce mois d’avril;

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Djibouti: Ministry of Social Affairs Continues to Provide Food Vouchers to the Needy (COVID-19)

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alqarn.dj (02.04.2020)

As part of the humanitarian and social response to preventive measures against the outbreak of the Corona epidemic and its efforts to reduce the social and economic impact of this epidemic on citizens, the Ministry of Social Affairs implemented a program to distribute food coupons. Thousands of food coupons have so far benefited thousands of needy families in various neighborhoods of the capital.

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Ecuador: Gobierno anuncia bono de contingencia de $60 a trabajadores que viven del día a día

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eluniverso.com (21.03.2020) El Gobierno dará un bono de contingencia de 60 dólares a quienes viven del día a día y por la emergencia sanitaria de coronavirus no pueden salir a trabajar.

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Tunisie: Mesures sociales en faveur des professions en chômage technique

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businessnews.com.tn (31.03.2020) Le chef du gouvernement Elyes Fakhfakh, a présidé ce mardi 31 mars 2020, un conseil ministériel dédié à la mise en œuvre des mesures sociales annoncées concernant les aides financières et les mesures liées aux institutions et professions en chômage technique.   Selon un communiqué publié par la présidence du gouvernement, l'Etat fournira, par le biais de l'Union tunisienne de sécurité sociale, 60.000 colis de denrées alimentaires, qui seront livrés au domicile des bénéficiaires à partir du vendredi 3 avril et jusqu'à la fin du mois du Ramadan.

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Malta: Government unveils Coronavirus financial aid package

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bdo.com.mt (18.03.2020) Financial assistance for families and unemployed persons: Where one of parents is required to stay at home to take care of children due to school closure and neither of the parents is able to telework– the Government will pay a benefit of €800 per month per family (expected to be for 2 months). Individuals which ended up unemployed due to the employer’s mandatory suspension of business, will benefit from 2 days per week based on a salary cap of €800 per month covered by government.

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Malta: COVID-19 Update: More fiscal measures to support businesses and individuals in Malta

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whpartners.eu (24.03.2020)

Salary and wage support for Maltese employers

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Sri Lanka: Food packages to low income persons

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dailymirror.lk (23.03.2020) Samurdhi Authority should issue title certificates to Samurdhi and low income families immediately for issuing nutritious food items to low income persons. They should be provided with rice, dhal and salt on a weekly basis with their food cards.

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Bahamas: Unemployment assistance for self-employed in the tourism sector

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nib-bahamas.com (23.03.2020) The Government of The Bahamas, in collaboration with the National Insurance Board (NIB), is responding to bring financial support to self-employed Bahamians in the tourism sector whose income sources have been disrupted by COVID-19. While the programme will be administered by the National Insurance Board, it is outside of the NIB package of benefits; it is not an earned entitlement; does not require the satisfying of National Insurance contribution conditions; and does not require Department of Labour involvement.

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Greece: Placement of the Minister of Finance Mr. Christos Staikouras, for the second set of measures to deal with the effects of the coronavirus

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minfin.gr (24.03.2020) All employees for whom their employment contract is temporarily suspended, due to the suspension of the operation of the company with a state mandate, will receive compensation in early April, from the state budget, amounting to 800 euros. The measure concerns about 500,000 workers, at a cost of about 400m euros.

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Lebanon: launches coronavirus aid measures with cash payments

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aljazeera.com (08.04.2020) Lebanon's Social Affairs Ministry announced it is launching an aid programme for those most in need as the country's worst economic crisis in a generation is exacerbated by a nationwide lockdown to stem the spread of coronavirus.

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