latribune.fr (22.06.2017) Annoncé en décembre dernier, le programme de protection sociale du Nigéria a besoin d'argent frais. L'ambitieux projet qui cible une réduction conséquente du taux de pauvreté nécessite près de 500 millions de dollars. La Banque mondiale semble prête à soutenir…

Le Monde (22.06.2017) L’Insee prévoit que dans trente-trois ans, la population atteindra 74 millions de personnes

TDG (16.06.2017) Le 5 juin, le Conseil des Etats a pris une décision qui enchante les magistrats genevois et vaudois gérant l’aide sociale. Tout en suscitant l’ire des milieux immobiliers et des caisses de pension.

The Independent (23.06.2017) Participants receive €560 (£473) every month for two years and do not have to demonstrate that they are actively seeking work

reuters.com (19.06.2017) Some sovereign investors are reducing their exposure to fossil fuels or seeking clean alternatives to protect their portfolios from rising environmental risk.

St. Lucia News Online (23.06.2017Members of the ILO Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean met with representatives of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) for a policy dialogue on social protection and youth empowerment and employment — two key areas of work for both organizations that…

El País (27.06.2017) Los últimos cálculos de los efectos de la reforma sanitaria que impulsan los republicanos no arrojan sorpresas ni grandes saltos respecto a las primeras propuestas. El texto que se encuentra ahora en el Senado dejaría sin seguro a 15 millones de personas más que la…

Le Figaro (19.06.2017) Plus de huit entreprises sur dix recensent les risques professionnels pesant sur leurs salariés, mais un quart d'entre elles en restent là et n'ont pas mis en place de plan d'action pour prévenir et réduire ces risques, selon un baromètre présenté lundi.…

Clarín (24.06.2017) Los datos oficiales reiteran y confirman que el desempleo y la informalidad entre los jóvenes y adolescentes más que duplica el promedio nacional. Con un tasa media del 9,2% para la población general, la desocupación en los varones que tienen entre 14 y 29 años asciende al 17…

economist.com (18.05.2017) Pensioners hate the cuts; young people don’t think they go far enough

Senego (27.06.2017) Le gouvernement a octroyé environ 10 milliards de francs CFA à l’assistance médicale, en 2016, dans le cadre de la Couverture maladie universelle (CMU), a déclaré jeudi la ministre de la Santé et de l’Action sociale, Awa Marie Coll Seck.

La Croix (26.06.2017) Si la réforme du code du travail fait débat en France, des débats existent aussi dans différent pays sur les évolutions à apporter aux droits des salariés et des entrepreneurs.

Le Temps (27.06.2017) Plusieurs sénateurs républicains font de la résistance à la loi de réforme du système de santé censée mettre fin à l'Obamacare, et qui privera d'assurance 22 millions de personnes. Le vote souhaité pour la fin de semaine semble en mauvaise posture

La transformación digital es una realidad para casi todas las organizaciones, independientemente de su sector. Dada esta situación, la figura de los líderes empresariales está teniendo una vital importancia a la hora de enfrentar este proceso que ha transformado todas las áreas de las compañías…

Ontario has announced it could soon be sending a monthly cheque to its residents as it plans to launch an experiment testing the basic income concept. While officials in the Canadian province are yet to release any specific details of the project – including how much will be given to residents…

Finland has been giving 2,000 of its citizens an unconditional income for the last five months and some are already seeing the benefits, reporting decreased stress, greater incentives to find work and more time to pursue business ideas. The scheme is the first of its kind in Europe and sees…

The objective of this Directive is to harmonise the accessibility of the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies, which requires the harmonisation of different rules currently existing in their respective legal systems.

Half of citizens in million-people cities will benefit from smart city programs by voluntarily sharing their personal data by 2019, according to new research from Gartner Inc., an information technology research and advisory company based in Stamford, Conn.

The “democratization” of analytics illustrated by the transition to self-service business intelligence and foolproof BI platforms promises to boost to global analytics market to new heights in 2016 and beyond, market researcher forecast.

Gartner Inc. (NYSE: IT) predicted the worldwide BI…

In 2016, a wave of self-service analytics swept across the enterprise. Governments began embracing the modern approach to business analytics, with IT and public sector leadership partnering to derive maximum value from their data.

Here’s a preview of our predictions for 2017:

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Forbes (26.01.2016)  There are 53 million freelancers in America today. By 2020, 50% of the U.S. workforce will be freelancers (this does not mean they are all full-time freelancers, but one of every two workers will be freelancers in some capacity). This on-demand work, instant gig economy is…

A promise of equal opportunity

“Basic income” would be an amount sufficient to secure basic needs as a permanent earnings floor no one could fall beneath, and would replace many of today’s temporary benefits, which are given only in case of emergency, and/or only to…

The Guardian (02.06.2017) If current EU healthcare scheme for retired UK citizens ends, NHS costs will climb, with nurse and care worker shortages set to have a further impact

irishtimes.com (03.06.2017) Reports made to the Department of Social Protection have increased by 66 per cent in the aftermath of the recently launched ‘Welfare Cheats Us All’ publicity campaign.