World Bank releases report on ‘global social protection responses to Covid-19’
The World Bank has recognised the Ehsaas Emergency Cash programme among the top four social protection interventions globally in terms of number of people covered.
The WB has just released a report on “global social protection responses to Covid-19,” according to an official statement issued on Saturday.
This report is called the “living paper” and it is a partnership effort involving 18 co-authors and a large number of contributors; the paper presents a 650-page volume and accompanying database documenting how countries and territories are planning, implementing or completing social protection measures in the context of the pandemic.