Difficult-to-cover groups

Covid-19 and social protection needs: who are the most vulnerable?

Submitted by pmassetti on Fri, 05/08/2020 - 16:46

Institute of Development Studies (07.05.2020) Covid-19 has created a multi-layered crisis in societies across the world. Apart from the devastating direct effects of the pandemic on those infected and their families, health systems, economies, education, social life and psychological wellbeing have all been compromised. Covid-19 exacerbates pre-existing vulnerabilities (‘Covid-intensified’) and creates new vulnerabilities (‘Covid-specific’).

Topics
Difficult-to-cover groups

Tags

Document Type

Brazil: Distribution of 323 thousand food baskets for vulnerable populations

Submitted by mmarquez on Fri, 05/08/2020 - 14:44

folha.uol.com.br (21.04.2020) The federal government will distribute 323,400 baskets to serve vulnerable populations - Indigenous peoples, quilombolas and settlers - during the new coronavirus pandemic.

Regions / Country
brazil
Global challenges
Topics
Difficult-to-cover groups
Food and nutrition

Tags

Document Type

Canada: Indigenous Community Support Fund

Submitted by mmarquez on Wed, 03/25/2020 - 19:22

canada.ca (23.03.2020)

A new Indigenous Community Support Fund

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, on March 18, 2020, the Government of Canada announced the COVID-19 Economic Response Plan. This plan includes $305 million for a new, distinctions-based Indigenous Community Support Fund to address immediate needs in First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities. This funding will also provide support to regional, urban and off-reserve Indigenous organizations.

Regions / Country
canada
Global challenges
Topics
Difficult-to-cover groups
Social assistance

Tags

Document Type

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.

Regions / Country
Africa
kenya
Global challenges
Topics
Difficult-to-cover groups

Tags

Document Type

France: Auto-entrepreneurs d’Uber, Deliveroo et autres plateformes - des indépendants devenus très dépendants

Submitted by dfabbri on Tue, 08/13/2019 - 09:54

France Inter (12.08.2019) Tandis que la grogne ne cesse de monter chez les livreurs de Deliveroo, la plateforme britannique de livraison de repas à domicile, dénonçant la baisse de leur salaire, Le téléphone sonne braque le guidon vers ces travailleurs de la nouvelle économie.

Regions / Country
france
Global challenges
Topics
Difficult-to-cover groups
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
Labour market
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags

Calidad del empleo se daña en Amèrica Latina: Cepal

Submitted by dfabbri on Tue, 08/13/2019 - 09:35

eluniversal (12.08.2019) México, Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador y Perú están entre los países en donde la calidad del empleo se deteriora, advirtió la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (Cepal). De acuerdo con el Estudio Económico de América Latina y el Caribe 2019, en esas naciones se ha incrementado el número de trabajos por cuenta propia, modalidad en la que hay menos prestaciones de protección social, así como remuneraciones y condiciones laborales menos favorables.

Regions / Country
latin america
Global challenges
Topics
Employment
Difficult-to-cover groups
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags
Document Type

France: L’aide médicale réservée aux sans-papiers dans le viseur du gouvernement

Submitted by dfabbri on Tue, 08/06/2019 - 09:54

Le Monde (96.08.2019)  A la demande du gouvernement, une mission de l’inspection générale des affaires sociales et de l’inspection générale des finances étudie des pistes de réforme de ce dispositif réservé aux sans-papiers.

Regions / Country
france
Global challenges
Topics
Difficult-to-cover groups
Document Type

India: PM may launch farm pension scheme next month, enrolment to start from Aug 1

Submitted by dfabbri on Tue, 07/30/2019 - 10:36

business-standard (30.07.2019) Enrolment for the much-talked-about pension scheme for farmers, called the Pbusiness-standard (3'.07.2019) radhan Mantri Kisan Mandhan Yojana, will begin from August 1 to enable a soft launch by Prime Minister Narendra Modi later in the same month.

Regions / Country
india
Global challenges
Topics
Difficult-to-cover groups

Tags

Document Type

World Bank: Build, Employ and Protect - Using Social Protection to Invest in People in a Changing World

Submitted by dfabbri on Tue, 07/30/2019 - 09:58

worldbank (29.07.2019) Social protection has been key to this effort and many countries have embraced social protection instruments such as safety net programs as a means of harnessing human capital.

Global challenges
Topics
Difficult-to-cover groups
Social assistance

Tags

Document Type