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Chile's Congress approves reform to private pension system Reuters (29.02.2025) Chile's Congress approved a reform to the country's controversial private pension system on Wednesday, clearing the way for the bill to be signed by President Gabriel Boric. With 110 votes in favor and 38 against, the reform includes increased employer contributions, raises the… https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/chiles-congress-approves-reform-private-… pmassetti
Greece Moves to Digitize Pension Records in Effort to Speed Up Payments - Dnews As part of this modernization effort, EFKA is upgrading its ATLAS pension allocation system by digitizing paper records from 1980 onwards across all primary and supplementary insurance funds. https://www.dnews.gr/eidhseis/news-in-english/510348/greece-moves-to-digitize-p… pmassetti
Including those in need, when they need it: Why dynamic social registries matter in shock-prone contexts like the Sahel Africa worldbank.org (29.01.2025) The Sahel is faced with increasingly frequent and severe interconnected shocks, particularly those related to climate change and conflict, exacerbating risks and vulnerabilities to poverty, food insecurity, inequality, and low levels of human capital. To effectively… Service delivery, Shocks & extreme events poverty Published_SS_Monitor https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/nasikiliza/why-dynamic-social-registries-matter-… pmassetti
India: Government to Provide ID Cards and Security for Gig Workers india thedailyguardian.com 801.02.20259 Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her Budget 2025 speech, announced that the government will issue ID cards to gig workers. These workers will also get healthcare benefits through a social security scheme. Moreover, the government will invest in street… Extension of coverage, Platform workers digital platforms Published_SS_Monitor https://thedailyguardian.com/india/union-budget-2025-government-to-provide-id-c… pmassetti
Marco de Ciberseguridad uruguay Marco de Ciberseguridad - Reference website of AGESIC, the uruguayan egov agency. Security cybersecurity https://www.gub.uy/agencia-gobierno-electronico-sociedad-informacion-conocimien… rruggia
Publication: State of the Art of Social Registries in Latin America and the Caribbean latin america worldbank.org (2025) The World Bank has worked to strengthen social registries in LAC and globally for several decades. This technical note aims to contribute to reducing the knowledge gap on the state of the art and challenges of social registries in LAC, identify where they are about various… Data management Published_SS_Monitor https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/2c47ab52-25ea-4033-98e… pmassetti
Thailand: Implementation of the Employee Welfare Fund thailand wtwco.com (15.01.2025) The Employee Welfare Fund, Thailand’s much-anticipated financial safety net for employees, is set to launch in late 2025, bringing new contribution requirements for employers and their workforces. Published_SS_Monitor https://www.wtwco.com/en-th/insights/2025/01/thailand-implementation-of-the-emp… pmassetti
China: Expansion of voluntary personal pension system - WTW china In 2022, China’s central government piloted new tax incentives in 36 cities and regions to encourage employees to make voluntary contributions to individual retirement accounts to complement social security pension benefits and help address the challenges of a rapidly aging population. After a… Pensions https://www.wtwco.com/en-th/insights/2025/01/china-expansion-of-voluntary-perso… pmassetti
Artificial Intelligence and Social Protection: a tool for enhanced efficiency or for exclusion? socialprotection.org (15.01.2025) Artificial Intelligence (AI) has undergone rapid advancements in recent times in terms of computational power and general usage of algorithms across multiple areas, such as healthcare diagnosis, fraud detection and public service delivery. As we will see in… Artificial intelligence Published_SS_Monitor https://socialprotection.org/discover/blog/artificial-intelligence-and-social-p… pmassetti
What Does a Good Digital Welfare State Look Like? united kingdom Institute of Development Studies (17.12.2024) The introduction of ‘digital-by-default’ welfare and social protection systems in the UK and beyond has delivered efficiencies and cost savings for governments and can be convenient for recipients. But, given the rapid pace of change, we need to… E-services Published_SS_Monitor https://www.ids.ac.uk/publications/what-does-a-good-digital-welfare-state-look-… pmassetti
Prepare now: Europe must get ready for the coming long-term care surge Europe bruegel.org (23.01.2025) Demographic change and ageing populations in European Union countries will impact many aspects of the economy and have a direct effect on long-term care (LTC) systems. Demand for LTC already exceeds supply in many EU countries, leading to the ‘care gap’. This gap is… Long-term care Published_SS_Monitor https://www.bruegel.org/policy-brief/prepare-now-europe-must-get-ready-coming-l… pmassetti
How Jharkhand is setting a precedent for universal social security in India: where there’s a will… india Development Pathways (27.01.2025) Who would’ve guessed that one of the boldest moves in designing social security benefits would come from—not even a country—but a state in India called Jharkhand? For those unfamiliar, Jharkhand is one of India’s poorest states,¹ nestled in the country’s eastern… Universal Social Protection, universal-basic-income Published_SS_Monitor https://www.developmentpathways.co.uk/blog/how-jharkhand-is-setting-a-precedent… pmassetti
Bringing Rwanda’s social protection practices onto the global stage rwanda worldbank.org (Over the past two decades, Rwanda has transformed from a nation rebuilding after tragedy to a global example of economic inclusion. Its impressive 5% average annual per capita GDP growth since 2006 tells part of the story, but economic growth is just one piece of the puzzle… Extension of coverage, Social policies & programmes poverty Published_SS_Monitor https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/investinpeople/Bringing-Rwanda-s-social-protecti… pmassetti
India: Will Budget 2025 extend benefits like social security to gig workers? india business-standard.com (21.01.2025) While the new Code on Social Security 2020 defines ‘gig and platform’ workers and outlines various welfare measures like life and disability insurance, accident insurance, health and maternity benefits, and old-age protection, its non-implementation implies that… Platform workers digital platforms Published_SS_Monitor https://www.business-standard.com/budget/news/budget-2025-social-security-infor… pmassetti
Three challenges of social protection in sub‐Saharan Africa: informality, climate change and pandemics Africa International Journal of Social Welfare (2025) This article provides an overview of social protection challenges in sub-Saharan Africa. It explores three main challenges: the integration of informal workers, the management of climate change and pandemics. Despite the proliferation of social… Published_SS_Monitor https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ijsw.12716?af=R pmassetti
Financial incentives and flexible retirement: Quasi-experimental evidence from the Finnish pension system finland Center for Open Science (2025). In 2017, Finland introduced a partial old-age pension scheme, allowing individuals to claim either 25 or 50 percent of their old-age pension after turning 61, irrespective of their employment status. Claiming a partial pension before the statutory retirement age… Pensions Published_SS_Monitor https://ideas.repec.org/p/osf/socarx/n3t2s.html pmassetti
Are Belgian pensions really under threat? belgium vrt.be (13.01.2025) Unions are today taking action in defence of pension rights. The five parties negotiating a new federal government want to save cash on pensions. A major reform is inevitable, says formateur Bart De Wever (Flemish nationalist/N-VA). Teachers and NMBS staff fear they will have to… Pensions Published_SS_Monitor https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2025/01/13/are-pensions-under-threat/ pmassetti
Publication: The Impact of Social Safety Nets on Economic, Social, and Political Outcomes in Fragile, Conflict, and Violent Contexts: A Review of Evidence worldbank.org (13.01.2025) Social safety nets (SSNs) have emerged as a primary policy instrument in Fragile, Conflict, and Violence (FCV). Safety nets encompass a variety of non-contributory programs, primarily cash and in-kind transfers, accompanying measures, labor-intensive public works (LIPWs… Shocks & extreme events Published_SS_Monitor https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/90bad78d-d529-401f-b72… pmassetti
Publication: Pakistan Health Financing System Assessment: Providing an Empirical Foundation for National and Sub-National Health Financing Strategy Dialogues - Policy Brief pakistan worldbank.org (13.01.2025) Accelerated progress towards and achievement of universal health coverage (UHC) has become a central goal of the Government of Pakistan’s (GoP) policy agenda in health in recent years. Both at the center and in the provinces, Pakistan’s domestic governments have now… Health Published_SS_Monitor https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/0ae54e7a-a3f0-49cd-a13… pmassetti
Nigeria: PenCom targets 20 million contributors under micro-pension scheme nigeria thesun.ng (23.12.2024) The National Pension Commission (PenCom) is targeting inclusion of over 20 million contributors in its Micro Pension Scheme as part of its plans to overhaul and expand the commission’s landscape. The commission said the overhauling of the Micro Pension Plan (MPP) was part of… Pensions Published_SS_Monitor https://thesun.ng/pencom-targets-20-million-contributors-under-micro-pension-sc… pmassetti
Global Trends in Government Innovation 2024 oecd.org (19.12.2024) Governments worldwide are transforming public services through innovative approaches that place people at the center of design and delivery. This report analyses nearly 800 case studies from 83 countries and identifies five critical trends in government innovation that are… Innovation capacity Published_SS_Monitor, Published_SS_Monitor_Innovation. https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/global-trends-in-government-innovation-202… pmassetti
UK: Who chooses to work, and who is forced to, after retirement? united kingdom theconversation.com (20.12.2024) The state pension age in the UK is currently 66. Yet 9.5% of people aged 66 and older (1.12 million people) were still working, according to the most recent data from the UK’s Annual Population Survey (July 2023 to June 2024). This figure has been rising over the… Pensions Published_SS_Monitor https://theconversation.com/who-chooses-to-work-and-who-is-forced-to-after-reti… pmassetti
Egypt’s experience bridging cash transfers and an economic inclusion program for sustainable social protection IFPRI (18.12.2024) In 186 countries worldwide, cash transfer programs are the cornerstone of social protection, outnumbering social security or pension plans. These offer critical financial lifelines to vulnerable households, aiming to alleviate poverty by providing steady cash support. However,… Cash transfers Published_SS_Monitor https://www.ifpri.org/blog/egypts-experience-bridging-cash-transfers-and-an-eco… pmassetti
Coordinating social security benefits and their effectiveness in protecting the rights of individual mobility sri lanka Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (PGIHS) University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (10.12.2024) Globalization has transformed the global landscape, fostering economic, cultural, and social integration. One critical area affected by globalization is the provision of social security benefits… Portability and transferability, Migration Published_SS_Monitor https://ir.lib.pdn.ac.lk/items/a5074ffd-781a-40e7-ba7f-f10b5032ea59 pmassetti
Egypt’s experience bridging cash transfers and an economic inclusion program for sustainable social protection egypt IFPRI (18.12.2024) Egypt’s experience is a case in point. The country’s Takaful cash transfer program has been a vital source of support for millions, but fiscal space is too limited for cash transfers to serve as a solution to poverty (Breisinger, et al. 2023). The hope is that graduating current… Extension of coverage, Cash transfers Published_SS_Monitor https://www.ifpri.org/blog/egypts-experience-bridging-cash-transfers-and-an-eco… pmassetti