Impact of COVID-19 on public works programs: policy options in the short and medium term

The webinar shared experiences of how public works programs (PWP) are responding to the COVID-19 crisis and discussed policy options in the medium term, as instruments of social protection and macro-economic stabilisation. To continue to provide social protection without adverse consequences in terms of contagion, within limits of lockdown, PWPs are adapting in various ways including increase wage rates, suspend program, waive work requirement, convert into cash transfers programs, and redeploy workers to support COVID-19 response. The webinar presented case studies to learn about these experiences.

Read more about the webinar discussion and access the slide presentation: https://socialprotection.org/i....mpact-covid-19-publi

Panellists:
Anna McCord - ODI
Devan Pillay - EPWP South Africa
Rajeev Ahal - GIZ India

Moderator:
Rodolfo Beazley - Independent Consultant

This is was the twelfth webinar of the “Social protection responses to COVID-19” webinar series. The series is a joint effort initiated by the IPC-IG, GIZ, and DFAT, in collaboration with the socialprotection.org platform, and in cooperation with partners from different organisations. Join our online community ''Social protection responses to COVID-19 [Task force]'' to learn more about the initiative and the future webinars: https://socialprotection.org/c....onnect/communities/s

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