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Policy Brief Adequacy and Coverage of Social Assistance Benefits During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Social assistance is one type of government intervention that poor and vulnerable people rely on, particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic. An annualised rate of economic growth of only 2.97 per cent in the first quarter of 2020 indicates a slowdown in economic activity, including company failure–those that provide employment opportunities. According to the Ministry of Manpower, at least 15.6 per cent of the workforce had lost their jobs. This also happened to daily and informal workers. Consequently, many households have experienced a fall in their income and the risk of becoming poor has risen.
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