CAIRO, May 8 (Xinhua) -- President of the World Bank (WB) Group David Malpass praised the social protection program known as "Takaful and Karama" in Egypt, official news agency MENA said on Wednesday. "Takaful and Karama has become the largest cash support program in the Arab world and ...
Social protection is back on the development agenda. Long-time dismissed as ineffective, expensive or even detrimental to development in third-world countries, there is now an increasing understanding that assisting individuals, households and communities in dealing with diverse risks is needed fo...
JUBA, April 30 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank on Thursday has approved a grant of about 40 million U.S. dollars in social protection to provide income security for poor and vulnerable South Sudanese amid the COVID-19 outbreak. The UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on Thursday warned of a loom...
First, by outlining the likely policy implications of World Bank approaches to social protection for global social security standards and practice. Second, by questioning the short‐term contribution that SRM can make to poverty reduction, not least amongst the elderly poor.doi:10.1080/...
Social protection is moving up on the development agenda. Dismissed as ineffective, expensive or even detrimental to development in developing countries for a long time, it is now increasingly understood that assisting individuals, households and communities in dealing with diverse risks is needed for ...
Recently, the World Bank has approved USD 1 billion for accelerating India’s Covid-19 Social Protection Response Programme.With this announcement, commitment from the World Bank towards emergency Covid-19 response in India has reached to USD 2 billion. Earlier, a USD 1 billion support was ...
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ASTANA – The World Bank commended Kazakhstan’s progress in improving budget transparency and ensuring social protection, as well as covered complications in quasi-fiscal activities and revenue collectionduring the presentation of the Kazakhstan Public Finance Review 2023 at the Economic Research In...
World Bank revises Egypt’s growth forecast to 2.5%, assuming no regional conflict escalation Thu, 17 Oct 2024 - 11:36 GMT The forecast was lowered “due to weak manufacturing activity, import restrictions, a downturn in gas extraction operations, and reduced shipping through the Suez Canal...
"As household incomes and livelihoods improve, they have been able to increase their consumption of education and health services which are crucial for their eventual self-sustenance," said Manuel Salazar, World Bank Lead Social Protection Specialist and Task Team Leader for the PSSN. ...