Social Protection and Jobs Responses to COVID-19 : A Real-Time Review of Country Measures (April 3, 2020) (English)

Some key finds from this "living paper" include : As of April 3, 2020, a total of 106 countries have introduced or adapted social protection and jobs programs in response to COVID-19 (Coronavirus). This is a 26 percent increase since last week (when countries were 84), while the number of programs grew by almost 50 percent, i.e., from 283 to 418. Among classes of interventions, social assistance (non-contributory transfers) keeps being the most widely...

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Gentilini,Ugo;

Almenfi,Mohamed Bubaker Alsafi;

Orton,Ian;
Document Date
2020/04/03
Document Type
Brief
Report Number
147792
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
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World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2020/04/20
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Social Protection and Jobs Responses to COVID-19 : A Real-Time Review of Country Measures (April 3, 2020)
Keywords
wage subsidy

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Gentilini,Ugo; Almenfi,Mohamed Bubaker Alsafi; Orton,Ian.

Social Protection and Jobs Responses to COVID-19 : A Real-Time Review of Country Measures (April 3, 2020) (English). COVID-19 Living Paper Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/377151587420790624

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