Apart from documentation, gig workers’ digital identity should be linked to benefit schemes to ensure payouts through life ...

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 ...

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 ...

Governments and international organizations are expanding targets to conserve marine spaces to stem the depletion of biodiversity and fish stocks around the globe. A new study demonstrates the wide ...

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 ...

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.

Governments around the world are increasingly recognizing the necessity of robust social protection programs, and Jordan is no exception. In 2019, Jordanian authorities introduced the Unified Cash ...

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 ...