COVID-19 BLOG
Argentina' struggle to protect income and employment
The economic situation was already difficult before the pandemic, yet Argentina managed to invest a considerable part of the state budget in measures to protect the labour market and the basic income of the vulnerable population from the effects of the pandemic. Camila Arza (Interdisciplinary Centre for the Study of Public Policy, Buenos Aires) analyses the measures in detail in her report for the CRC 1342 Covid-19 Social Policy Response Series.
Read more // 22.03.2021
Argentine flag with the message "Stay at home" (Photo: Carolina Jaramillo/Adobe Stock)
Peru is boosting its economy while jeopardizing old-age security
For the CRC 1342 Covid-19 Social Policy Response Series, Javier Olivera (Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru) analyzes Peru's answers to surging poverty rates and plummeting GDP as the country is severely hit by the pandemic.
Read more // 15.02.2021
Lima (Photo: Christian Vinces/Adobe Stock)
Costa Rica: Short-term social assistance scheme, equalling 3% of GDP
In the latest volume of the CRC 1342 Covid-19 Social Policy Response Series, Koen Voorend and Daniel Alvarado examine Costa Rica's swift actions to mitigate the pandemic's social and economic side effects. The Cental American country has implemented pension and labour market reforms as well as an emergency social assistance scheme. But the costs did pile up and the future of the programmes seems uncertain, given the financial crisis the country is facing by now.
Read more // 27.01.2021
Costa Rica, Covid-19 pandemic (Photo: Lorenzo, Adobe Stock)
