The proposed cash transfer scheme to support the food needs of some of the most deserving urban poor has met quite some flak from commentators, including MPs. This sort of controversy is not unusual ...

The government has finalised a draft National Social Protection Strategy with a Nu 2 billion budget under the 13th Plan, Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay announced during the recent Meet-the-Press ...

CLIMATE change poses an existential threat to human societies, particularly in low- and middle-income countries that are disproportionately affected yet often lack the resources to mount effective ...

India's social protection coverage increased from 24.4% in 2021 to 48.8% in 2024, according to the ILO's World Social Protection Report (WSPR) 2024-26. This increase acknowledges existing central ...

If you have ever received financial support from the state because you were unable to work due to pregnancy, disability, sickness or old age, you’ve benefited from what is known as social protection.

If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that the oft-noted obstacles to putting robust social protection systems in place – a lack of finances, administrative constraints, etc. – can be ...

As an economy develops, economic policy and social policy tend to overlap. Reports of long queues of people in Ho Chi Minh City withdrawing their social insurance contributions after losing their jobs ...

PM K P Oli unveiled the contribution-based Social Security Scheme for formal workers amidst a program in Kathmandu last month. Photo: BIKRAM RAI The Nepal government’s announcement of a social ...