Desarrollo Social y COVID-19 en América Latina y el Caribe

SOCIAL PROTECTION MEASURES TO CONFRONT COVID-19

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Country or territory	Name of measure	Principal measure	Date announced
Puerto Rico	Back to School Sales and Use Tax Free Period for Fiscal Year 2020-2021 (Impuesto de Venta y Uso - IVU)	Tax relief	7/6/2020
Puerto Rico	Pandemic Unemployment Assistance - PUA	Cash transfer	4/28/2020
Puerto Rico	Exemption from the payment of sales tax (Impuesto de Venta y Uso - IVU) on basic necessities	Tax relief	3/18/2020
Puerto Rico	Exemption from payment of Sales Tax on prepared foods.	Tax relief	3/18/2020
Puerto Rico	Student Food Assistance (Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer or P-EBT)	Cash transfer	2/17/2021
Country or territory	Name of measure	Principal measure	Date announced

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