📢 Social Policy Lab and J-PAL (@j-pal.bsky.social) have partnered to launch a Research Accelerator supporting evidence-based social policy in Uzbekistan and Central Asia.

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socialpolicylab.uz/news/42

📅 June 12 is World Day Against Child Labor.

📈 UNICEF 2024 data: Child labor rates range from 0.3% (Turkmenistan) to 45% (Ethiopia).

📌 Uzbekistan ranks 76th with 20.6%.

🔍 Check your child's child labor status using SPL’s tool based on ILO/UNICEF methodology:

👉 islab.shinyapps.io/shiny-1/

📈 Uzbekistan’s Gini index reached 34.6% in 2024 (up from 32.9% in 2021). Inequality grew post-COVID, increasing from 32.9% in 2021 to 34.5% in 2023. However, the growth of inequality slowed down in 2024.

#Uzbekistan #GiniIndex #Inequality

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📢 From now on, we will continue our work as the Social Policy Laboratory.

💡 This new format motivates us to swiftly find solutions to urgent issues, embrace methodological innovations, implement novel approaches, and strengthen evidence-based social policy.

Thank you for your continued support!

2024 HBS insights on women’s employment:

👩‍🎓 Higher education and preschool access boost participation
💍 Marital status and care duties shape outcomes
♿ Disability in the household limits labor activity
👨 Household head’s employment reinforces engagement

#LaborParticipation #WomensEmployment

📢 New UNESCAP Report:

Without stronger social protection, up to 266 million people could fall into poverty across Asia-Pacific by 2040.

📊 Between 6%–9% of regional GDP is needed to fix the damage, compared to just 3.3% of GDP needed to build universal protection now.

Full report: surli.cc/abdrhg

Today we honor the memory of those who gave their lives for Uzbekistan.

Pictured: the Monument to the Victims of Repression in Tashkent's Yunusabad district.

#UzbekistanRemembers
#DayOfRemembrance

📢 We talked on Sigma Podcast about Just Transition, the Global Accelerator, adaptive social protection, social research, climate change, its impact on vulnerable populations, and other pressing issues.

Watch it on YouTube: lnkd.in/dd4Wsw94

📢 Uzbekistan takes action on informal work!

🚀 Two new projects under the Global Accelerator aim to formalize 300K jobs, expand social protection & improve services for 720K+ low-income citizens.

🌍 A major step for inclusive, fair growth.

🔗 t.me/ihri_uzb/217

📊 Data science is a key driver of innovation in social protection.

🌐 Zufar Toymasov from @ihri.bsky.social joined ADB’s “Social Protection Data & Monitoring” workshop in Thailand to explore how data improves targeting, reduces poverty & promotes inclusivity.

#DataForDevelopment #SocialProtection

🌐 @unrisd.org and the Institute for Development of Social Protection, alongside the National Agency for Social Protection, met with Director Ms. Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona in Geneva to discuss collaboration on knowledge sharing and evidence generation.

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