Shelter from the Storm: The global need for universal social protection in...
As 2020 draws to a close, the economic devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic shows no sign of abating. Without urgent action, global poverty and inequality will deepen dramatically. Hundreds of...
View ArticleThe West Africa Inequality Crisis: Fighting austerity and the pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed and worsened the depth of inequality in West Africa. It has pushed millions into poverty. There is no end in sight due to the obscene global vaccine inequality, which...
View ArticleResponding with Equality: The case for combating extreme inequality to tackle...
For decades, our flawed economic and governance systems have allowed inequality and social exclusion to grow to extreme and dangerous levels, and now coronavirus has driven an even greater wedge...
View ArticleThe Inequality Crisis in East Africa: Fighting austerity and the pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed millions into poverty in East Africa, and worsened inequality. The economic crisis continues, due to the obscene global vaccine inequality, which means that only 4% of...
View ArticleThe Crisis of Extreme Inequality in SADC: Fighting austerity and the pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the extreme inequality in Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries, and pushed millions into poverty. The economic crisis continues due to the obscene...
View ArticleThe Value-Added Tax (VAT) Improvement Program: Raising the operational...
Bangladesh has a weak and inequitable tax system. Over the past 15 years, the government of Bangladesh (GoB) has relied on the regressive value-added tax (VAT) for more than a third of all revenues,...
View ArticleLinking Cash and Voucher Assistance with Social Protection: A case study in Gaza
In the Gaza Strip, 80% of the population receives humanitarian assistance. The level of need is overwhelming, and the political and socio-economic context has crippled the traditional social protection...
View ArticleCOVID-19 and women migrant workers in informal employment: recommendations...
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, tens of thousands of migrant workers returned from their countries of employment to their families in Lao People’s Democratic Republic. This article focuses on a specific...
View ArticleAsia’s Extreme Inequality Crisis: Building back fairer after COVID-19
COVID-19 has exacerbated Asia’s crisis of extreme inequality. This is undermining growth and preventing poverty eradication. Asian governments have done almost nothing to combat this rise in inequality...
View ArticleThe Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index 2022
The 2022 Commitment to Reducing Inequality (CRI) Index is the first detailed analysis published looking at governments’ policies and actions to fight inequality during the first two years of the...
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