Legal protection from violence against women and girls

Legal protection from violence against women and girls

Percentage of people with disabilities covered by social protection systems, 2016

11.2 percent is the global average for the proportion of national gross domestic product spent on social protection. However, in...

Annual per capita consumption and labour income in Japan and Thailand

Social protection programmes for children and older people can tackle these life-cycle vulnerabilities. The pace at which income deficits...

Responding to the MERS outbreak in the Republic of Korea

In health systems, for example, shocks such as disease outbreaks lead to a series of major policy shifts. As was the case with the Republic...

Air pollution shuts down New Delhi

Air pollution is becoming increasingly serious in India, and debilitating smog in New Delhi during the winter months (November–February) is...