Protecting South Asia’s poor and vulnerable against COVID-19

As South Asian countries intensify the fight against COVID-19, it is imperative that social protection programs, including cash transfers, food vouchers, unemployment benefits, pensions, wage…

Lynne Sherburne-Benz, Stefano Paternostro, Zaineb Majoka |
Agriculture and Food, Health, Inequality and Shared Prosperity, Jobs & Development, Poverty, Social Protection

Governments facing tough choices in COVID-19 crisis

The COVID-19 pandemic is devastating lives and livelihoods globally. Before the pandemic, the World Bank projected that 35 million people in East Asia and the Pacific would escape poverty in 2020…

Victoria Kwakwa |
Agriculture and Food, Disaster Risk Management, Governance, Health, Poverty, Social Protection, Urban Development

As incomes rise, farm employment drops

Miyoko Asai, Silvia Malgioglio |
Agriculture and Food, Jobs & Development