… expansion of an already-established social assistance system can protect informal workers.
… established social assistance system – not originally designed to support informal workers – …

… Unlike many other middle-income countries, South … social assistance as emergency relief
in response to the crisis. Despite a rhetorical commitment to providing relief to informal workers…

… and informal workers with no access to social insurance. On … up new humanitarian relief or
temporary social assistance … for regular social assistance plus COVID-19 emergency relief. …

… We find that just under a third (31%) of informal workers who did not lose their … Locked
down and locked out: Repurposing social assistance as emergency relief to informal workers. In …

… system of social assistance; social assistance in Botswana is … of informal workers, such as
market vendors and informal … for social cash transfers, at least in the emergency response …

… Taking an institutional work lens to social innovation, this study shows that emergent
response groups engage with and challenge multiple performative institutional dimensions in …

… women in informal work relative to those in formal work. This is also the case for … Locked
down and locked out: Repurposing social assistance as emergency relief to informal workers…

… of Ugandan informal workers from making an income and … not able to provide any social
benefits, many livelihoods within … all procedures important for emergency response, setting “…

… of the epidemic by locking down the economy and keeping … regulation for social assistance
is the Social Assistance Act No. … down and support the estimated 3 million informal sector …

… A distinctive feature of cash-based emergency relief was the use of … , informal workers and
beneficiaries of existing social grant … Other forms of social assistance, such as financial relief …