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Africa Is Aging. Will It Become A Real Population Bomb? 2024-03-28 Africa

forbes.com (20.03.2024) Africa is the most youthful continent, with 70% of sub-Saharan Africa under age 30. With high fertility rates and objections to birth control, the youth population will continue to grow. Investing in young people is important for the continent’s transformation, but Africa…

Old-age pensions Published_SS_Monitor https://www.forbes.com/sites/sophieokolo/2024/03/20/africa-is-aging-will-it-bec… pmassetti
The Evolution of Benazir Income Support Programme's Delivery Systems: Leveraging Digital Technology for Adaptive Social Protection in Pakistan 2024-03-25 pakistan

worldbank.org (29.02.2024) This report documents the progress that Pakistanhas made so far in improving its systems fordelivering social protection to its people. Thegovernment has increasingly relied on dataand technology to increase the efficiency andeffectiveness of the program. BISP UCT (…

Information and communication technology, Service delivery Published_SS_Monitor https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail… pmassetti
Europe is giving more parental leave to its workers 2024-03-22 Europe

economist.com (21.03.2024) Most European countries have been making parental leave more generous since the 1980s. The eu sets a statutory minimum of 14 weeks leave for mothers and, since 2022, two weeks for fathers. But many member states offer leave that is much longer: the average across the…

Family benefits Published_SS_Monitor https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/03/21/europe-is-giving-more-parental-leav… pmassetti
Extending social protection during times of crises: The data revolution 2024-03-21

capacity4dev.europa.eu (28.02.2024) In examining data for 106 countries from the 1980s onwards, it transpires that social protection is the most countercyclical type of public expenditure and that social assistance spending has typically been more responsive during economic contractions.…

Technological transition, Extension of coverage Published_SS_Monitor, Published_SS_Monitor_Innovation. https://capacity4dev.europa.eu/library/extending-social-protection-during-times… pmassetti
Contributory pension for carers to be introduced by Government | Beat102103.com 2024-03-19 https://www.beat102103.com/news/contributory-pension-for-carers-to-be-introduce… pmassetti
An integrated approach to service delivery for people with multiple and complex needs 2024-03-19

oecd (11.03.2024) Increasingly, countries are integrating personalised public services to enhance access to, and the experience of those services to significantly improve outcomes for service users. Integrated services are particularly valuable for those with multiple and complex needs who…

One-stop shop, Service delivery Published_SS_Monitor https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/social-issues-migration-health/an-integrated-appr… pmassetti
East Asian societies have the world’s lowest birth rates—and are learning that ‘throwing a bit of money’ at the problem isn’t solving anything 2024-03-18 Asia

finance.yahoo.com (12.03.2024) Governments across Asia—in Singapore and Beijing, Tokyo and Seoul—are facing a crisis: plummeting birth rates. For several decades now, people in East Asian economies have had fewer and fewer children. Last year, South Korea beat its own record for having the world…

Pensions Published_SS_Monitor https://finance.yahoo.com/news/east-asian-societies-world-lowest-210000351.html… pmassetti
Improving the Cash Transfer Process with Mobile Technologies: Lessons from Mali 2024-03-14 mali

blogs.worldbank.org (12.12.2023)  In Mali, the Jigisemejiri Emergency Social Safety Net Program is protecting the poorest and most vulnerable rural households from the impact of economic shocks and other crises. Since the program’s launch in 2013, the Government of Mali, with support from the…

Mobile technologies Published_SS_Monitor https://blogs.worldbank.org/africacan/improving-cash-transfer-process-mobile-te… pmassetti
Impact Evaluation of Ireland’s Active Labour Market Policies 2024-03-14 ireland

oecd (14.03.2024) This report analyses the sequence of labour market support that individuals receive and evaluates two large public works programmes. It uses rich administrative data and finds positive labour market impacts of the Community Employment and Tús employment programmes. Building on…

Employment policies Published_SS_Monitor https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/employment/impact-evaluation-of-ireland-s-active-… pmassetti
Platform workers: Council confirms agreement on new rules to improve their working conditions 2024-03-12 european union

consilium.europa.eu (11.03.2024) EU employment and social affairs ministers confirmed the provisional agreement reached on 8 February 2024 between the Council’s presidency and the European Parliament’s negotiators on the platform work directive. This EU legal act aims to improve working…

Extension of coverage, Digital economy digital platforms Published_SS_Monitor https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2024/03/11/platform-wor… pmassetti
Swiss vote to give themselves a bigger pension 2024-03-04

Swiss voters have given themselves an extra month's pension each year - in a nationwide referendum focusing on living standards for the elderly. The government had warned that the increased payments would be too expensive to afford. But almost 60% of voters said 'yes' in Sunday's poll.…

Published_SS_Monitor https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68463978 pmassetti
Platform work in developing economies: Can digitilisation drive structural transformation? 2024-03-04

ilo.org (31.12.2023) This paper discusses the expansion or penetration of digital economic activity in the context of developing economies, and what this may mean for economic or structural transformations for countries in the global South. We ask what possibilities new jobs and forms of work in…

Digital economy digital platforms Published_SS_Monitor https://www.ilo.org/global/research/publications/working-papers/WCMS_909792/lan… pmassetti
Les Suisses votent pour un 13ème mois de pension 2024-03-04 switzerland

la-croix.com (03.03.2024) La Suisse, dont la population vieillissante est confrontée à un coût de la vie en hausse, a voté dimanche en faveur d'un 13ème mois de retraite, un pas "historique" selon ses défenseurs, mais a rejeté le relèvement de l'âge du départ.

Pensions managing reforms Published_SS_Monitor https://www.la-croix.com/les-suisses-votent-pour-un-13e-mois-de-pension-20240303 pmassetti
World Bank Urges Malaysia to Mandate Retirement Savings for Digital Platform Workers 2024-03-01 malaysia

bnnbreaking.com (26.02.2024) The World Bank recommends mandatory retirement savings for digital platform workers in Malaysia to safeguard informal workers in the gig economy. Explore the challenges faced by informal workers and the government's response to ensure economic security.

Pensions digital platforms Published_SS_Monitor https://bnnbreaking.com/world/malaysia/world-bank-urges-malaysia-to-mandate-ret… pmassetti
The Future of India’s Social Safety Nets: Focus, Form, and Scope 2024-02-29 india

cornell.edu (05.02.2024) The Future of India’s Social Safety Nets: Focus, Form, and Scope explains how an array of social welfare programs (comprising the safety net) have emerged as a leitmotif of social policy in independent India and explores the key challenges and scope for innovations in…

Programme evaluation, Programme & evaluation Published_SS_Monitor https://tci.cornell.edu/?publications=the-future-of-indias-social-safety-nets-f… pmassetti
Revenu de base garanti, l'expérience positive du Kenya 2024-02-27 kenya

radiofrance.fr -Esther Duflo (26.02.2024) Depuis 2018, le Kenya expérimente le revenu de base garanti. Une expérience qui, non seulement n'a pas créé d'oisiveté, mais en plus a permis aux bénéficiaires de s'émanciper. Ils ont investi, sont devenus plus entreprenants et ont gagné davantage.

basic income Published_SS_Monitor https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/le-biais-d-esther-duflo/reven… pmassetti
Youth employment policies: Patterns and trends in two unique data sets 2024-02-23

ILO Working paper 108 (19.02.2024) Youth employment challenges are always a critical concern for policymakers. There is recurring and mounting evidence that labour market challenges, such as unemployment, informality, lack of social protection and inactivity, disproportionately affect youths.

Employment of young workers Published_SS_Monitor https://www.ilo.org/global/publications/working-papers/WCMS_913011/lang--en/ind… pmassetti
Why South Korea Has So Many Elderly Still in the Workforce 2024-02-23 korea, Republic of

TIME (19.02.2024) Some 24.5% of South Koreans aged 70 and above were still working as of January, local media reported Monday, as officials increasingly look to keep more elderly in the workforce to address a demographic crisis. Elderly employment figures have seen a steady increase since the…

Old-age pensions Published_SS_Monitor https://time.com/6696414/south-korea-elderly-workforce/ pmassetti
Addressing Inequality in Budgeting : Lessons from Recent Country Experience 2024-02-22

OECD (19.02.2024) In many countries, public expenditure, including transfers, plays a major role in reducing income inequality. The report reviews the various ways that budgeting can be used to this end. A first includes taking a broad approach to results-based budgeting, taking social and…

Inequalities https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/governance/addressing-inequality-in-budgeting_ea8… pmassetti
New Forms of Employment and Labour Protection in China 2024-02-22 china

ILO Working Paper 103(20.02.2024)  The objective of this paper is to provide a panoramic description and analysis of the diversity of the new forms of employment that have been emerging in China, with the focus on their background, the main types, the status quo of labour rights protection, and…

Extension of coverage digital platforms, self-employed Published_SS_Monitor https://www.ilo.org/global/publications/working-papers/WCMS_913322/lang--en/ind… pmassetti
Real-world experiments in messaging show that getting low-income people the help they need is more effective when stigma is reduced 2024-02-20 United States

theconversation.com (14.02,2024) There are pervasive stereotypes that Americans who are low income and access government assistance are lazy, lack a work ethic and are even morally inferior. This stigma has been shown to have many negative consequences. But until now, there’s been little…

Innovation capacity, Behavioural insights Published_SS_Monitor https://theconversation.com/real-world-experiments-in-messaging-show-that-getti… pmassetti
Europe's bid to boost gig workers rights fails again 2024-02-19 european union

Reuters (16.02.2024) Europe's attempt to give workers at Uber, Deliveroo and other online platforms more social and labour rights failed a second time after France and three other countries abstained from voting on the watered-down political deal. Belgium, the current holder of the rotating EU…

digital platforms Published_SS_Monitor https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-countries-did-not-back-political-deal-g… pmassetti
Livreurs Uber et Deliveroo : Macron accusé d’avoir torpillé un texte européen pour améliorer leur sort 2024-02-19 european union

huffingtonpost.fr (17.02.2024) La fin d’un travail de plus de deux ans ? Plusieurs pays ont bloqué ce vendredi 16 février l’adoption d’une législation européenne censée renforcer les droits des travailleurs des plateformes numériques comme Uber ou Deliveroo, mais largement vidée de sa substance…

digital platforms Published_SS_Monitor https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/politique/article/livreurs-uber-et-deliveroo-macr… pmassetti
Vietnam's workers cash out pensions early ahead of new law 2024-02-16 vietnam

Vietnam is amending its pension laws in an attempt to deter people from abandoning the fund before retirement. Yet in some quarters, the pending change is having the opposite effect. Many workers critical to the world’s electronics and clothing supply chains were already taking early payouts to…

Pensions managing reforms https://www.pensionpolicyinternational.com/vietnams-workers-cash-out-pensions-e… pmassetti
Opinion: Lessons from Latin America on the impact of platform cooperativism and collective bargaining on algorithmic management 2024-02-16 latin america

equaltimes.org (14.02.2024) In recent years, the platform model of capitalism has spread throughout the world, exacerbating precariousness, informality and the delocalisation of labour relations wherever it goes. This in turn has created the need for alternatives that counteract the…

digital platforms Published_SS_Monitor https://www.equaltimes.org/lessons-from-latin-america-on-the pmassetti