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Implementing successful reforms: The case of social assistance in South Africa

blogs.worldbank.org (18.08.2016) South Africa’s social assistance system – through a comprehensive set of cash transfers -- covers nearly 16 million people. This is a big improvement from 1994, when cash transfers reached fewer than three million beneficiaries and suffered from discrimination…

Social assistance, Social policies & programmes, Inequalities managing reforms http://blogs.worldbank.org/developmenttalk/implementing-successful-reforms-case… monitor
Allemagne : une croissance record de sa population en 2015 due aux migrants germany

La Tribune (29.08.2016) Sans l'arrivée massive de réfugiés, la plupart venus de Syrie, d'Irak ou d'Afghanistan, la population allemande aurait régressé, selon l'Institut Destatis.

Migration megatrends http://www.latribune.fr/economie/union-europeenne/allemagne-une-croissance-reco… monitor
Mikel Arriola llama a fortalecer sistemas de seguridad social de América Latina latin america

Excelsior (31.08.2016) Con la representación del Presidente de la República, Enrique Peña Nieto, el Director General del IMSS, Mikel Arriola, inauguró hoy la XXVIII Asamblea General de la Conferencia Interamericana de la Seguridad Social (CISS), a la que asisten representantes de 36 países de la…

Extension of coverage, Social policies & programmes, Inequalities extending coverage http://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/2016/08/24/1112958 monitor
Informe sobre pensiones despierta suspicacias | Panamá América panama

Panama Amercica (24.08.2016( Un informe preliminar sobre el Programa de Invalidez, Vejez y Muerte de la Caja de Seguro Social (CSS) fue entregado por el Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD) a la vicepresidenta Isabel de Saint Malo.

Old-age pensions, Pensions managing reforms http://www.panamaamerica.com.pa/nacion/informe-sobre-pensiones-despierta-suspic… monitor
¿Pasará Varela reforma de Seguro Social panameño a la próxima Administración? panama

Estrategia y Negocios (09.08.2016) Caja del Seguro Social (CSS) panameña está en riesgo de quiebra y precisa una reforma a su programa de Invalidez, Vejez y Muerte (IVM). Todo parece indicar que actual Administración no la afrontará y la dejaría en manos del próximo presidente, apuntan…

Old-age pensions, Social policies & programmes managing reforms http://www.estrategiaynegocios.net/lasclavesdeldia/988101-330/pasar%C3%A1-varel… monitor
México tiene más de 2 mil planes privados de pensión: Consar mexico

La Jornada (31.08.2016) En el país ya existen dos mil 17 planes privados de pensiones que cubren a 1.4 millones de trabajadores y han sido registrados ante Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (Consar), informó el organismo regulador.

http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2016/08/31/mexico-tiene-mas-de-2-mil-planes-… monitor
UK: NHS plans closures and radical cuts to combat growing deficit in health budget

The Guardian (26.08.2016) NHS bosses throughout England are quietly drawing up plans for hospital closures, cutbacks and radical changes to the way healthcare is delivered in an attempt to meet spiralling demand and plug the hole in their finances, an investigation by the Guardian and campaign…

Health, Financing https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/aug/26/nhs-plans-radical-cuts-to-fight… monitor
Cybersanté: Les Suisses bientôt maîtres de leurs données médicales? switzerland

TDG (26.08.2016) Cybersanté: L’audition des ordonnances de la loi fédérale sur le dossier électronique du patient a pris fin le 29 juin dernier. La loi devrait entrer en vigueur courant 2017

Health, Information and communication technology http://www.tdg.ch/geneve/actu-genevoise/suisses-bientot-maitres-donnees-medical… monitor
Taiwan, China: What's that? Hearing loss is top occupational illness china

The China Post (20.08.2016) Hearing loss was ranked as the most common occupational disease in Taiwan last year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Labor (MOL) Friday.

Occupational accidents and diseases http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2016/08/20/476055/Wha… monitor
Panamá: El 85% de las empleadas del hogar no cotiza a la CSS panama

Impresa Prensa (11.04.2016) El Ministerio de Trabajo y Desarrollo Laboral calcula que en el país hay cerca de 90 mil personas que se desempeñan como trabajadoras en el hogar. Pero solo 13 mil 500 están inscritas en la Caja de Seguro Social (CSS). Este es un problema que se registra en todo el…

Extension of coverage, Migration, Inequalities extending coverage http://impresa.prensa.com/panorama/empleadas-hogar-cotiza-CSS_0_4458304135.html monitor
Aumenta la población anciana en Panamá; cifras revelan futura bomba de tiempo panama

TVN/Noticias (08.08.2016) Las estimaciones de vitalidad del Ministerio de Salud (Minsa) han revelado que al 1 de julio pasado habrían 72,815 personas mayores de 80 años, apenas mil 597 menos que la población de un año de edad o recién nacida.

Old-age pensions, Population ageing megatrends http://www.tvn-2.com/nacionales/poblacion-ancianos-panama-aumenta_0_4543045720… monitor
México: Sólo 25% de población en vejez recibe pensión económica mexico

Jornada UNAM (28.08.2016) Con motivo del Día Nacional del Adulto Mayor, que se conmemora este 28 de agosto, Verónica Montes de Oca, del Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales (IIS), y Marissa Vivaldo Martínez, académica de la Facultad de Estudios Superiores (FES) Zaragoza de la UNAM, señalaron…

Old-age pensions poverty http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2016/08/28/solo-25-de-poblacion-en-vejez-rec… monitor
UK: MPs say cuts are 'false economy' in drive to improve poor people's health

The Guardian (01.09.2016) Health select committee says government must fulfil health pledges and take on big industry interests to tackle childhood obesity and diabetes

Health poverty https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/sep/01/mps-say-cuts-are-false-economy-… monitor
Migrant women of Viet Nam claim social protection and rights vietnam

unwomen.org (24.08.2016) An estimated 40 – 50 per cent of migrants in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, the two biggest cities in Viet Nam, are women, and they face distinct challenges. Low and unstable incomes and lack of social protection make them particularly vulnerable to abuse and exploitation.…

Migration migration http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2016/8/migrant-women-of-viet-nam-claim-s… monitor
Antigua: New social protection bill to improve the lives of the poor and vulnerable antigua

Antigua Observer (03.09.2016) As government moves to enact the National Social Protection Bill, the country’s Minister of Social Transformation and Human Resource Development, Samantha Marshall, remains adamant that it will only benefit the poor and vulnerable.

Extension of coverage, Inequalities, Shocks & extreme events extending coverage, poverty, megatrends http://antiguaobserver.com/new-social-protection-bill-to-improve-the-lives-of-t… monitor
France: Economie collaborative - la protection sociale de l'auto-entrepreneur sur la table france

L'Express (08.09.2016) Alors que la loi Travail a instauré une responsabilité sociale des plateformes collaboratives, des réunions de travail vont se tenir avec le gouvernement pour en définir les détails. Le point sur les pistes envisagées

Employment, Extension of coverage, Social policies & programmes extending coverage, digital economy http://lentreprise.lexpress.fr/creation-entreprise/auto-entrepreneur/economie-c… monitor
[Opinion] Harmonising Nigeria's Social Protection Programmes - A case for the IDP's nigeria

YNaija (30.08.2016) Recently the United Nations, through its special Rappouteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP’s), Professor Beyani Chaloka, called on the Government of Nigeria to put in place a comprehensive and coordinated approach in addressing the problems of…

Governance and administration http://ynaija.com/opinion-harmonising-nigerias-social-protection-programmes-cas… monitor
UK pensions dashboard platform to launch March 2017 united kingdom

Reuters (10.09.2016) A common platform to enable British savers to group all their pension pots in one place and potentially recover 400 million pounds ($530 million) in lost savings should be ready by March 2017, Britain's finance ministry said on Sunday

Pensions http://www.reuters.com/article/britain-pensions-dashboard-idUSL8N1BL3KA monitor
ILO: Universal social protection already a reality in many developing countries

ILO (06.09.2016) At a high level conference on universal social protection ILO Director-General Guy Ryder has told delegates that: “In 2016, a lack of social protection is completely unacceptable. This has to change, and this can change.”

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Pensions and aageing populations: the problem explained

Financial Times (28.08.2016) If demographics are destiny, as academics are fond of saying, then large parts of the developed world are facing a challenging fate.

Old-age pensions, Population ageing megatrends http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/49b3fcd4-63f9-11e6-a08a-c7ac04ef00aa.html#axzz4Io4Jb6… monitor
La Chine enregistre une réduction des accidents du travail china

People Daily (24.08.2016) La situation de la sécurité sur les lieux de travail s'est améliorée pendant les cinq dernières années, avec moins d'accidents et de morts enregistrés, selon des statistiques publiées par le Bureau national de contrôle de la sécurité du travail (BCST)

Occupational accidents and diseases http://french.peopledaily.com.cn/VieSociale/n3/2016/0822/c31360-9103266.html monitor
Suisse: Alain Berset veut limiter les coûts de la santé switzerland

TDG (02.09.2016) Le conseiller fédéral souhaite s'attaquer à la marge de distribution des produits remboursés par l'assurance.

Health, Financing http://www.tdg.ch/suisse/alain-berset-veut-limiter-couts-sante/story/13816245 monitor
[Opinion] Suisse: Le deuxième pilier fond, renforçons les rentes de l’AVS switzerland

Le Temps (06.09.2016) Unia propose de renforcer les rentes AVS avec son initiative AVSplus soumise au peuple le 25 septembre. Tribune de sa présidente Vania Alleva

Pensions, Social policies & programmes managing reforms https://www.letemps.ch/economie/2016/09/05/deuxieme-pilier-fond-renforcons-rent… monitor
[Opinion] Is it time to extend maternity leave across Europe? european union

RurActiv (13.09.2016) The rights of pregnant women and new mothers in the workplace need to be protected in a way that ensures the health of the both mother and child, while not damaging the woman’s career prospects or harming business, write Lucy Strang and Miriam Broeks.

Family benefits, Parental leave megatrends http://www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/opinion/is-it-time-to-extend-m… monitor
Union européenne : Vers de meilleures statistiques sociales pour une Europe sociale european union

zonebourse.com (24.08.2016) La Commission européenne a adopté aujourd'hui une proposition de règlement concernant de nouveaux moyens intégrés de collecte et d'utilisation de données provenant d'enquêtes sociales, en vue de mieux étayer le processus d'élaboration des…

Governance and administration http://www.zonebourse.com/actualite-bourse/Union-europeenne-Vers-de-meilleures-… monitor