Conditional Cash Transfer Programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean: Coverage and investment trends
Resources - Author: Bernardo Atuesta, Simone Cecchini / Year: 2017
This document analyses the evolution of the population coverage and investment of conditional cash transfer (CCT) programmes, which are poverty reduction initiatives, in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean over the past 20 years. The analysis is based on up-to-date, detailed information from the database on non-contributory...
Read MoreIberoamerican Convention on Rights of Youth
Legal depository - Country: Bolivia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Honduras, Spain, Uruguay / Year: 2009
Article 28. Right to social protection. Youth have the right to social protection towards situations of illness, accident in the workplace, disability, widowhood or orphanage and any other situation meaning lack or decrease of means of subsistence or capacity to work. The States Parties shall adopt as many measures ...
Read MoreMultidimensional progress: well-being beyond income
Resources - Author: George Gray Molina / Year: 2016
The report focuses on the increasingly pressing challenges facing the region. In times of global economic fragility, eradicating poverty and reducing inequalities in all their dimensions require a twofold strategy: protecting the achievements of the last decade to prevent millions from falling back into poverty while promoting comprehensive policies...
Read MoreSocial Security Provisions in the Constitution of Honduras
Legal depository - Country: Honduras / Year: 1982
Artículo 18 En caso de conflicto entre el tratado o convención y la Ley prevalecerá el primero. Artículo 111 La familia, el matrimonio, la maternidad y la infancia están bajo la protección del Estado. Artículo 117 Los ancianos merecen la protección especial del Estado. Artículo 119 El Estado tiene...
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