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50% of citizens in large cities will share personal data with smart city programs by 2019: Gartner | canada | 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. |
Information and communication technology | data management | http://www.canadianunderwriter.ca/insurance/50-citizens-large-cities-will-share… | ruggia | ||||
Data Gravity Pulls to the Cloud | United States | Information and communication technology | https://www.datanami.com/2016/05/16/data-gravity-pulls-cloud/ | ruggia | ||||||
Tech 'Democratization' Seen Fueling Analytics Boom | 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… |
Information and communication technology | data analytics | https://www.datanami.com/2016/02/04/tech-democratization-seen-fueling-analytics… | ruggia | |||||
How modern analytics will inform government in 2017 | 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: … |
Governance and administration, Information and communication technology, Data management | data analytics, data management | http://statescoop.com/how-modern-analytics-will-inform-government-in-2017?utm_m… | ruggia | |||||
The Rise Of The Freelancer Economy | United States | 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… |
Employment, Employment of young workers | digital platforms | Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianrashid/2016/01/26/the-rise-of-the-freelancer-… | ruggia | |||
Why we should all have a basic income | World Economic Forum | Africa, Americas, United States, Asia, Europe | 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… |
Extension of coverage | digital platforms | https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/01/why-we-should-all-have-a-basic-income/ | -treichel | ||||
UK: NHS faces £500m-a-year bill post-Brexit for returning retirees, says thinktank | 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 |
Health, Old-age pensions | published | https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/may/31/nhs-faces-500m-a-year-bill-post… | monitor | |||||
Ireland: Reports of social welfare fraud up 66% after publicity campaign | ireland | 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. |
Error, evasion and fraud | http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/reports-of-social-welfare-fraud-u… | monitor | |||||
USA: Le système de retraites américain menacerait de s'effondrer | RFI (19.05.2017) Après la crise de subprimes immobilières, les Etats-Unis vont-ils connaitre une crise des retraites des fonctionnaires ? Les fonds de pension des collectivités locales états-uniens seraient sous financées de plusieurs milliers de milliards de dollars. Une situation explosive qui… |
Pensions, Financing | published | http://www.rfi.fr/ameriques/20170519-le-systeme-retraites-americain-menacerait-… | monitor | |||||
Nigeria: Federal Executive Council (FEC) to approve social protection policy soon ―Minister | nigeria | Tribune (30.05.2017) The Minister of State Budget and National Planning, Hajiya Zainab Ahmed says the Federal Executive Council (FEC) will soon approve the policy framework for social protection in the country. |
managing reforms, published | http://tribuneonlineng.com/fec-approve-social-protection-policy-soon-%E2%80%95m… | monitor | |||||
Maintaining Growth in a Fast-Aging Asia | Asia | Project Syndicate (24.05.2017) Asia has been the world champion of economic growth for decades, and this year will be no exception. According to the latest International Monetary Fund Regional Economic Outlook (REO), the Asia-Pacific region’s GDP is projected to increase by 5.5% in 2017 and 5.4… |
published | https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/asia-rapid-aging-old-before-rich-b… | monitor | |||||
El Foro Económico Mundial pide extender la edad de jubilación «al menos» hasta los 70 años | ABC (28.05.2017) La edad real de jubilación debería establecerse en «al menos 70 años» para 2050 en aquellas economías avanzadas como EEUU, Canadá, Reino Unido y Japón, donde la expectativa de vida de las próximas generaciones superará los 100 años, según un estudio del Foro Económico Mundial,… |
published | http://www.abc.es/economia/abci-foro-economico-mundial-pide-extender-edad-jubil… | monitor | ||||||
Chile: Mejorar la protección social: un compromiso ineludible | El Mostrador (06.06.2917) La implantación y desarrollo de un nuevo y potente sistema público de servicios sociales en Chile, su diseño y propuesta organizacional, no suele aparecer en el discurso político ni técnico de nuestro país, ni siquiera parece estar en el imaginario político chileno.… |
Social assistance | published | http://www.elmostrador.cl/noticias/opinion/2017/06/06/mejorar-la-proteccion-soc… | monitor | |||||
US: Gesundheitsreform - 14 Millionen auf der Kippe | United States | tagesschau (25.05.2017) Schluss mit Obamacare - das hat US-Präsident Trump versprochen. Laut einer unabhängigen Schätzung könnte seine Reform der Krankenversicherung jedoch 14 Millionen Amerikaner die Absicherung kosten - innerhalb eines Jahres. Auch andere Zahlen sprechen für Obamacare. |
Health | managing reforms, published | https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/usa-gesundheitssystem-103.html | monitor | ||||
France: Pension de retraite unique - tous les impacts de cette grosse réforme pour les polypensionnés | france | Capital (30.05.2017) Une seule demande de liquidation de retraite, une seule pension : la réforme qui entrera en vigueur au 1er juillet prochain aura le mérite de simplifier la vie des polypensionnés. Mais attention : elle aura aussi un impact négatif pour certains d’entre eux |
managing reforms, published | http://www.capital.fr/votre-retraite/pension-de-retraite-unique-tous-les-impact… | monitor | |||||
Haiti: La CAS, un modèle de protection sociale présenté par le DASH | haiti | lenouvelliste.com (25.05.2017) La direction du Développement des activités de santé en Haïti (DASH), en partenariat avec la Banque interaméricaine de développement (BID), a présenté ce jeudi les résultats du projet ‘’Carte assurance santé’’ réalisée dans le cadre d’un partenariat DASH/BID-FORMIN… |
Extension of coverage | extending coverage, published | http://lenouvelliste.com/article/171413/la-cas-un-modele-de-protection-sociale-… | monitor | ||||
[Meinung] Schweizer haben eines der besten Gesundheitssysteme | switzerland | Handelszeitung (30.05.2017) Das Schweizer Gesundheitssystem schneidet im internationalen Vergleich ausgezeichnet ab: Nur in zwei Ländern hat die Bevölkerung eine noch bessere medizinische Versorgung. |
Health | published | http://www.handelszeitung.ch/politik/schweizer-haben-eines-der-besten-gesundhei… | monitor | ||||
Romania, last in the EU for child and family allowances | romania | romania-insider (15.05.2017) Romania ranked last in the EU for the per capita spending on family and child allowances, with an amount of EUR 91 in 2014, according to EU’s statistical office Eurostat. |
Family benefits | published | https://www.romania-insider.com/romania-last-eu-child-family-allowances | monitor | ||||
German pension law passes despite Green party opposition | germany | IPE (02.06.2017) The law introducing defined contribution pension plans without guarantees to Germany has passed the larger house of parliament, the Bundestag. |
Pensions | published | https://www.ipe.com/countries/germany/german-pension-law-passes-despite-green-p… | monitor | ||||
Les 5 chiffres marquants des dépenses de santé en France | france | 20 minutes (31.05.2017) L’Assurance-maladie a dévoilé mercredi une cartographie des dépenses de soins en France. L’étude se base sur les soins consommés en 2015 par les 57 millions de bénéficiaires du régime général, soit 4 assurés sur 5. A partir de cette base, le rapport établit le « profil »… |
Health, Financing | published | http://www.20minutes.fr/sante/2078011-20170531-5-chiffres-marquants-depenses-sa… | monitor | ||||
France: Chômeurs - des doutes sur l’efficacité du plan "500.000" formations | france | Les Echos (07.06.2017) Les formations dispensées ont mal ciblé les besoins des employeurs potentiels. En cause : l’absence de diagnostics partagés |
Unemployment | https://www.lesechos.fr/politique-societe/gouvernement/030364278481-chomeurs-de… | monitor | |||||
Uruguay: Jubilaciones: riesgos a largo plazo y medidas impopulares | uruguay | El País (28.05.2017) En los países de América Latina conviven diferentes sistemas de seguridad social, desde algunos basados en subsidios públicos, debido a la gran informalidad laboral, otros que se sustentan netamente con los aportes de los trabajadores y regímenes mixtos (como el de Uruguay)… |
Financing | published | http://www.elpais.com.uy/economia/noticias/jubilaciones-riesgos-plazo-medidas-i… | monitor | ||||
Argentina: ANSES abonó 39.284 asignaciones familiares a hijos de trabajadores temporarios | argentina | tiemposur (05.06.2017) Se trata de aquellas personas que, por diversas situaciones, solo realizan aportes durante algunos meses pero cumplen con los requisitos para cobrarlas todo el año. Las prestaciones corresponden a Hijo e Hijo por Discapacidad. |
Family benefits, Extension of coverage | extending coverage, published | http://www.tiemposur.com.ar/nota/132538-anses-abono-39284-asignaciones-familiar… | monitor | ||||
Etats-Unis: La réforme de l’Obamacare priverait 23 millions d’Américains de couverture maladie | United States | Le Monde (25.05.2017) Le bureau du budget du Congrès a expertisé le texte abrogeant et remplaçant l’Affordable Care Act de 2010. Il doit encore être examiné et voté par le Sénat. |
Health | managing reforms, poverty, published | http://mobile.lemonde.fr/donald-trump/article/2017/05/25/51-millions-d-americai… | monitor | ||||
Mali: AMO - Près de 3 milliards de F CFA pour lutter contre la fraude sur la période 2017-2021 | mali | maliweb.net (27.05.2017) Définir un plan stratégique de lutte contre la fraude était l’objectif d’un atelier qui a regroupé la semaine dernière les responsables de la Caisse nationale d’assurance maladie (Canam), de la Caisse malienne de sécurité sociale (CMSS), de l’Institut national de… |
Error, evasion and fraud | published | http://www.maliweb.net/sante/amo-pres-de-3-milliards-de-f-cfa-lutter-contre-fra… | monitor |