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Revolutionizing health and safety: The role of AI and digitalization at work ilo.org (23.04.2025) Digitalization and automation are transforming millions of jobs worldwide, creating powerful opportunities to enhance occupational safety and health. Automation and smart monitoring systems can reduce hazardous exposures, prevent injuries and improve overall working conditions… Safety and health at work Published_SS_Monitor https://www.ilo.org/publications/revolutionizing-health-and-safety-role-ai-and-… pmassetti
Publication: The Road to Reforming Ethiopia’s Policies on Maternity and Paternity Leave ethiopia worldbank.org (17.04.2025) This brief provides insight into how Ethiopia increased the duration of paid maternity leave from 90 to 120 days and introduced three days of paid paternity leave in 2019. While ensuring job-protected leave of adequate length and pay for both parents is critical for a… Parental leave Published_SS_Monitor https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/317ee6ed-12a5-4128-bf3… pmassetti
Le Maroc sous le choc après le piratage de la Sécurité sociale : « Bienvenue en enfer où tout le monde sait combien gagne son voisin ! » morocco lemonde-fr (14.04,2025) Dès 2020, un journal local avait rapporté l’existence d’une « inquiétante faille de sécurité » au sein de la CNSS, dont les dispositifs de protection n’ont pas su empêcher le vol et la diffusion, le 8 avril, des attestations de salaire d’environ 2 … Information and communication technology Published_SS_Monitor https://www-lemonde-fr.ilo.idm.oclc.org/afrique/article/2025/04/14/le-maroc-sou… pmassetti
Making social protection work for gender equality: What does it look like? How do we get there? International Labour Organization (24.12.2024) This paper outlines the perspective and approach of the ILO’s Universal Social Protection Department to enhancing the gender-responsiveness of social protection policies, anchored in international social security standards and guided by a life-cycle… Gender equality Published_SS_Monitor https://www.ilo.org/publications/making-social-protection-work-gender-equality-… pmassetti
State of Social Protection Report 2025: The 2-Billion-Person Challenge Social protection goes well beyond cash transfers; it includes policies and programs that bridge skill, financial, and information gaps, aiding people in securing better jobs. The three pillars of social protection—social assistance, social insurance, and labor market programs—support households… Published_SS_Monitor https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/socialprotection/publication/state-of-social… pmassetti
Adaptive Social Protection Agenda Lessons from Responses to COVID-19 Shock: The State of Social Protection Report 2025 Background Paper #2 worldbank.org (09.04.2025) The paper examines the social protection response to the COVID-19 pandemic across 76 emerging and developing economies (EDEs) to identify lessons on how to make these systems more resilient against risks, shocks, and crises at the individual, household, or national level… Shocks & extreme events Published_SS_Monitor https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/4b61cb6f-6c52-4da2-828… pmassetti
Country profiles on the rights and wellbeing of older persons: a how-to-guide from the Arab region arabic countries HelpAge International (22.03.2025) A practical guide to developing and using country profiles on the rights and wellbeing of older persons in the Arab region, based on HelpAge and UNFPA’s experience across 18 countries. Old-age pensions Published_SS_Monitor https://www.helpage.org/resource/country-profiles-on-the-rights-and-wellbeing-o… pmassetti
Towards a European Framework for Quality in Social Services Europe Social services play a crucial role in supporting individuals and communities across Europe, but ensuring consistent quality standards remains a challenge. The European Social Network (ESN) is leading efforts to develop a renewed European Social Services Quality Framework, designed to address… Service quality Published_SS_Monitor https://www.esn-eu.org/publications/towards-european-framework-quality-social-s… pmassetti
English Version of "Long-term Care Tech Portal" Newly Launched, Introducing Latest Care and Age Tech in Japan japan finance.yahoo.com (24.03.2025) The long-term care robot portal site management office released the English version of the Long-term Care Tech Portal (https://robotcare.jp/en/home/index?type=pw), a portal site providing information on state-of-the-art care and age tech in Japan. The portal site… Long-term care Published_SS_Monitor https://finance.yahoo.com/news/english-version-long-term-care-070000482.html?gu… pmassetti
The Care Dividend: Why and How Countries Should Invest in Long-Term Care eurohealthobservatory.who.int (03.04.2025) Long-term care often falls by the wayside in national policy dialogues. In some countries cultural norms compel families to look after older people at home. Some pundits may look at rising health care costs and argue that the public sector cannot shoulder… Long-term care Published_SS_Monitor https://eurohealthobservatory.who.int/publications/m/the-care-dividend-why-and-… pmassetti
Undeclared care work in the EU: Policy approaches to a complex socioeconomic challenge Europe eurofound.europa.eu (25.03.2025) The scale of undeclared care work (paid care work that is lawful but not declared to public authorities) in the EU is considerable. Recent estimates suggest that 6.8 million undeclared workers provide care or household services across the EU, with 2.1 million… Difficult-to-cover groups Published_SS_Monitor https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/en/publications/2025/undeclared-care-work-eu-po… pmassetti
Dynamic Social Registries for Adaptive Social Protection in the Sahel : Four Recommendations Africa worldbank.org (01.03.2025) This policy note consolidates the highlights of a study funded by the Sahel Adaptive Social Protection Program (SASPP), exploring the role and operationalization of dynamic social registries in low-income and shock-prone contexts, including in the Sahel. The study is… Information and communication technology Published_SS_Monitor https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail… pmassetti
Making Progress on Parental Benefits in Low- and Middle-Income Countries worldbank.org (24.03.2025) The World Bank estimates that closing the gender gap in employment would increase long-run gross domestic product (GDP) per capita by 20 percent (Pennings 2022). Realizing this achievement, however, depends not only on removing gender barriers to employment but also and… Family benefits Published_SS_Monitor https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/797150c1-095d-4c1e-8fc… pmassetti
Leaving no parent behind: Lessons from family friendly policies in Nepal nepal worldbank.org (07.03.2025) Designing family-friendly policies in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) requires being cognizant of the diverse labor markets, administrative challenges, fiscal constraints, and prevailing social norms. A World Bank study in Nepal evaluated parental leave and… Family benefits Published_SS_Monitor https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/investinpeople/Leaving-no-parent-behind-Lessons-… pmassetti
Counterfactual impact evaluations of active labour market policies oecd.org (20.03.2025) Public employment services and active labour market policies (ALMPs) have an important role to play in providing adaptable and responsive support to connect people with jobs. This policy report synthesises findings from a joint OECD-EC project on using linked administrative… Employment policies Published_SS_Monitor https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/counterfactual-impact-evaluations-of-activ… pmassetti
How does population ageing affect health system financial sustainability and affordable access to health care in Europe? Europe (18.03.3025) This brief aims to improve our understanding of how population ageing affects the financial sustainability of health systems, focusing on its likely impact on affordable access to health care (‎financial protection)‎. It uses the Population Ageing Financial Sustainability Gap for… Health, Old-age pensions Published_SS_Monitor https://www.who.int/europe/publications/i/item/9789289061810 pmassetti
A brief history of Medicaid and America’s long struggle to establish a health care safety net United States theconversation.com (18.03.2025) The Medicaid system has emerged as an early target of the Trump administration’s campaign to slash federal spending. A joint federal and state program, Medicaid provides health insurance coverage for more than 72 million people, including low-income Americans and… Published_SS_Monitor https://theconversation.com/a-brief-history-of-medicaid-and-americas-long-strug… pmassetti
Nigeria: NSITF partners media to deepen social protection safety net nigeria Vanguard News (17.03.2025) In a strategic move to expand Nigeria’s  social protection safety net, the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, has announced a partnership with the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ. Communication Published_SS_Monitor https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/03/ecs-nsitf-partners-media-to-deepen-social-p… pmassetti
Supporting the transition to digital cash transfers in rural Mexico mexico voxdev.org (21.01.2025) Women in Mexico who switched to digital cash transfers face higher costs and time accessing payments but gain bargaining power. Improving ATM access, reducing fees, providing timely information on the date of transfers and boosting financial literacy could mitigate these… Digital inclusion, Service delivery cct Published_SS_Monitor https://voxdev.org/topic/social-protection/supporting-transition-digital-cash-t… pmassetti
Singapore looks to AI help to manage health of fast-aging population singapore cnbc.com (09.03.2025) By 2030, a quarter of Singaporeans will be 65 or over — in 2010, the figure was one in 10. Artificial intelligence is set to play a “huge” role in elderly care in Singapore, said Chuan De Foo, a research fellow at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health. But the use of… Old-age pensions Published_SS_Monitor https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/10/singapore-looks-to-ai-help-to-manage-health-of-… pmassetti
Rethinking unemployment insurance: New evidence on hidden costs CEPR (24.02.2025) As governments worldwide grapple with labour shortages and systemic budget shortfalls, the question arises of how unemployment insurance policies potentially contribute to this imbalance by increasing and extending nonemployment. This column argues that recent debates around… Employment Published_SS_Monitor https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/rethinking-unemployment-insurance-new-evidence-h… pmassetti
A Slippery Slope : The Opportunities and Risks of Digital Approaches and Technology in Social Protection Systems worldbank.org (31.01.2025) Advances in technology have the potential to enhance social protection services delivery but come with risks, such as data privacy concerns, exclusion, and biases. To use digital technologies effectively, strong frameworks, infrastructure, and capacity are essential.… Technological transition Published_SS_Monitor https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail… pmassetti
What role can health mutuals and community-based health insurance play in social health protection systems? ilo.org (03.02.2025) At the global level, mutuals primarily focus on providing complementary or supplementary coverage to basic health schemes. Only a small number of countries incorporate mutuals and community-based health insurance (CBHI) into the architecture of their basic health coverage… Mutual benefit societies Published_SS_Monitor https://www.ilo.org/publications/what-role-can-health-mutuals-and-community-bas… pmassetti
Warsaw sets sights on European digital health revolution poland Euractiv (03.03.2025) Poland intends to use its presidency to promote European solutions in digital healthcare transformation while working towards establishing common standards for medical data at the EU level. Along with healthcare digitalisation, prevention, mental health and combating… Health Published_SS_Monitor https://www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/news/warsaw-sets-sights-on-eu… pmassetti
Artificial intelligence in public health: promises, challenges, and an agenda for policy makers and public health institutions The Lancet Public Health (23.03.2025) Artificial intelligence (AI) can rapidly analyse large and complex datasets, extract tailored recommendations, support decision making, and improve the efficiency of many tasks that involve the processing of data, text, or images. As such, AI has the potential… Artificial intelligence Published_SS_Monitor https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(25)00036-2/full… pmassetti