Jordi Sevilla discusses Minimum Subsistence Income - a new non-contributory Social Security benefit in Spain with two objectives: to reduce extreme poverty and to assist the labour integration of people at risk of exclusion.
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the pace of science around the world. But not all scientists have experienced the same level of disruption. Kyle R. Myers discusses the lessons learned from long-standing gender disparities in the workforce.
Movement and quarantine restrictions in Malaysia led to a “new normal” for business and consumers through digitization and e-commerce. Andrew Kam, Rashila Ramli and Sity Daud look into the role of e-commerce as an inclusive recovery opportunity.
Diahhadi Setyonaluri and Rachmat Reksa Samudra discuss thier research that shows how women, especially poor women, are suffering more due to the COVID-19 pandemic, putting them at profound risk of health and economic disadvantage.
This article originally appeared on The Conversation.
Poverty is expected to climb in Latin America. Social assistance will continue to play an important role in mitigating the effects of the economic crisis on living standards of disadvantaged groups. But what about inequality? Could social assistance contribute to addressing high and persistent inequality in the region? Armando Barrientos discussses in this article.
Several pandemics have in the past contributed to the reduction of income inequality. Will this happen this time around? Is COVID-19 likely to improve the distribution of income? Diego Sánchez-Ancochea dicusses in this article for the UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab.
This contribution to the UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab imagines a world in which rich countries agree to provide financial support for LICs and MICs during the crisis and outlines the broad strokes of how much such a hypothetical scheme might cost, how it could be financed, who could fund it, and how the money could be distributed across poor countries.
