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2. The Impacts of Covid-19 on Children and Social Policy Responses
- Author:
- Başak Akkan
- Publication Date:
- 08-2020
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV)
- Abstract:
- Children had received less attention in the early stages of the pandemic. The mortality rates among children have been almost non-existent, and consequently they have not constituted a risk group. However, in a country with high incidences of child poverty, Covid-19 could have a significant impact in aggravating the existing inequalities among children and in creating new forms of deprivation. Within this context, the impact of Covid-19 on children is analyzed under four headings: The poverty aggravating effect of the pandemic; the manifestation of inequalities regarding the physical (home) environment and living conditions of children; the deepening of digital inequalities and access to education; and increased and unrecorded cases of domestic violence and child abuse amid the lockdowns.
- Topic:
- Children, Inequality, Social Policy, COVID-19, Health Crisis, and Abuse
- Political Geography:
- Turkey, Middle East, and Mediterranean
3. The Universal Basic Income Debate After the Covid-19 Pandemic: Has Its Time Come?
- Author:
- Ezgi Seçkiner Bingöl
- Publication Date:
- 08-2020
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV)
- Abstract:
- Universal basic income, which denotes a country allocating a regular unconditional cash grant to all its citizens, is back on the debate stage following the Covid-19 pandemic. This brief evaluates universal basic income together with the pandemic and focuses on examples of countries where basic income has been implemented. How can the universal basic income debate be grounded in Turkey in line with these examples? How can universal basic income acquire a position within Turkey’s social assistances regime, or can it even be positioned as an alternative to it? Is universal basic income possible in Turkey? This brief aims to discuss these questions.
- Topic:
- Public Policy, Economic Inequality, Universal Basic Income, COVID-19, and Health Crisis
- Political Geography:
- Turkey, Middle East, and Mediterranean