A game changer for social protection? Six reflections on COVID-19 and the future of cash transfers

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“The COVID-19 temporary cash transfers are helping; but they operate alongside preexisting structural gaps in social protection. Whether the pandemic can be a game changer for addressing such gaps may depend on how the crisis affects six factors inhibiting coverage pan out in different contexts.”

via World Bank
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