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Content type: Long Read
Introduction
In response to the unprecedented social, economic, and public health threats posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, the World Bank financed at least 232 "Covid-19 Response" projects. The projects were implemented across countries the World Bank classifies as middle and low-income.
This article will focus on eight (8) Covid-19 Response projects which sought to deliver social assistance to individuals and families on a "non-contributory" basis (this means that the intended beneficiaries…
Content type: Advocacy
On 17 December 2021, we made a submission contributing to the UNSR on extreme poverty and human rights' forthcoming report which will be presented to the UN Human Rights Council. The report will be titled "Social protection: a reality check" and aims to highlight the obstacles that individuals and households face when seeking to access social protection.
We highlighted the systemic problems emerging from the increased digitalisation, automation and intrusive data collection in the “digital…