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Anger erupts over proposals for Swedish pension reform | 2015-08-10 | sweden | Financlal Times (04.08.2015) The Swedish government’s plan to overhaul the country’s pension system has prompted condemnation from senior officials who fear the proposal will put the entire retirement framework at risk. |
Old-age pensions, Pensions, Financing | managing reforms, published | http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2f53ab6a-3d0c-11e5-bbd1-b37bc06f590c.html#axzz3iOsHwK… | monitor | |||
Pakistan: Improving maternal health - 5 million families to benefit from conditional cash transfers | 2015-08-10 | pakistan | The Express Tribune (14.07.2015) Federal health authorities and the anti-poverty scheme named after former prime minister Benazir Bhutto have joined forces to introduce conditional cash transfers (CCT) for maternal and child health improvement. |
Family benefits | poverty, published | http://tribune.com.pk/story/920377/improving-maternal-health-5-million-families… | monitor | |||
US: Nearly 80, Social Security not wearing its age well | 2015-08-10 | United States | The Dallas Mornong News (10.07.2015) As Social Security approaches its 80th birthday Friday, the federal government’s largest benefit program stands at a pivotal point in its history. |
published | http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20150809-nearly-80-social-security-no… | monitor | ||||
Fiji: Ministry and unicef launch the “child sensitive social protection report" | 2015-08-07 | fiji | thejetnewspaper.com (06.08.2015) A new report has found that Fiji is at forefront in the Pacific with social protection programmes, in particular the Care and Protection allowance that reaches out to at least 5,000 vulnerable children throughout Fiji. |
Family benefits | published | http://www.thejetnewspaper.com/2015/08/06/ministry-and-unicef-launch-the-child-… | monitor | |||
Tanzania: Over 70,000 Register in NSSF Health Insurance | 2015-08-07 | tanzania | allAfrica.com (07.08.2015) The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) special scheme on health insurance for members in the informal sector has shown positive impacts after registering over 70,000 members since its establishment. |
Extension of coverage | extending coverage, published, rural world | http://allafrica.com/stories/201508070326.html | monitor | |||
France: Allocations familiales - la baisse, c'est aujourd'hui pour 500.000 familles | 2015-08-07 | france | TF1 (05.08.2015) Elles sont versées le 5 de chaque mois. Les allocations familiales de 505 000 foyers français ont baissé. La mesure, entrée en vigueur depuis le 1er juillet, est réellement appliquée aujourd'hui. Pour les couples gagnant plus de 6000 euros par mois, ces allocations sont… |
Family benefits | managing reforms, published | http://lci.tf1.fr/economie/consommation/allocations-familiales-la-baisse-c-est-… | monitor | |||
[Opinion] L'allocation universelle contre la protection sociale | 2015-08-06 | belgium | rtbf.be (14.05.2013) L'allocation universelle, un concept à la mode, aussi bien à droite qu'à gauche. Mais certains, comme le sociologue Mateo Alaluf, ne sont pas du tout d'accord avec cette idée. Pour lui, l'établissement d'une telle allocation entrainerait une… |
Extension of coverage | extending coverage, published | http://www.rtbf.be/info/opinions/detail_l-allocation-universelle-contre-la-prot… | monitor | |||
Objectif “Faim Zéro”: Associer protection sociale et investissements en faveur des pauvres | 2015-08-06 | unmultimedia.org (06.08.2015) Selon un nouveau rapport des trois agences alimentaires de l'ONU présentes à Rome, l'Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO), le Fonds international de développement agricole (FIDA) et le Programme alimentaire… |
poverty, published | http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/french/2015/08/objectif-faim-zero-associer-pr… | monitor | |||||
Brussels gears up for Maternity Leave II | 2015-08-06 | european union | EurActiv (05.08.2015) The European Commission is working on new ideas to increase the participation of women on the labour market after it ditched the hard-fought maternity leave proposal last month. |
Family benefits, Parental leave | megatrends, published | http://www.euractiv.com/sections/social-europe-jobs/brussels-gears-maternity-le… | monitor | |||
Greece agrees pension reforms to apply from July | 2015-08-06 | greece | EurActiv(04.08.2015) Greece and its lenders discussing a third multi-billion-euro bailout deal have agreed that pension reforms will affect only those who retired after the end of June, labour ministry officials said on Monday (3 August). |
Old-age pensions, Pensions | economic crisis, managing reforms, published | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eurozone-greece-talks/greece-agree-pension-r… | monitor | |||
Saudi Arabia sets $26,000 limit for health insurance for visitors | 2015-08-05 | saudi arabia | Al Arabiya News (04.08.2015) Health insurance cover for visitors to the Kingdom has been fixed at a maximum of SR100,000 ($26,000) and they will all come under the purview of the Saudi health insurance companies and those licensed to carry out electronic sales. |
Health | published | http://english.alarabiya.net/en/life-style/travel-and-tourism/2015/08/04/Saudi-… | monitor | |||
U.S. Public Pensions Earn 3.4 Percent for Worst Showing Since 2012 | 2015-08-05 | United States | newsmax.com (04.08.2015) U.S. state and local-government pensions are coming off their weakest investment performance in three years, weighed down by losses in international stocks and weak bond returns, according to data from Wilshire Associates Inc. |
Financing, Pensions | published | http://www.newsmax.com/Finance/StreetTalk/public-pensions-retirement-invest-sto… | monitor | |||
France: Pourquoi les hôpitaux veulent attirer des patients étrangers | 2015-08-05 | france | Les Echos (04.08.2015) L’accueil de patients étrangers pourrait rapporter deux milliards d’euros et permettre le création de 25.000 à 30.000 emplois. Marisol Touraine et Laurent Fabius ont présenté vendredi dernier des mesures pour que la France rattrape son retard sur ce marché. |
Health | published | http://www.lesechos.fr/economie-france/social/021244932968-pourquoi-les-hopitau… | monitor | |||
France: Retraites - des pensions de moins en moins proches du dernier salaire | 2015-08-05 | france | Les Echos (03.08.2015) Le taux de remplacement médian à la retraite frôle 75 %. Il se réduit au fil des générations, suite aux nombreuses réformes successives. |
published | http://www.lesechos.fr/economie-france/social/021243084126-retraites-des-pensio… | monitor | ||||
Caisse malienne de sécurité sociale : l’exercice 2014 bouclé avec un taux de recouvrement de 102,89% au titre des cotisations | 2015-08-04 | mali | maliweb.net (31.07.2015) Les administrateurs de la caisse malienne de sécurité sociale (CMSS) ont tenu, le vendredi 24 juillet 2015 au siège de ladite institution à HamdallayeAci 2000, la 13ème session ordinaire de son conseil d’administration. C’était sous la présidence du secrétaire général du… |
http://www.maliweb.net/societe/caisse-malienne-de-securite-sociale-lexercice-20… | monitor | |||||
Maroc: L’Assurance maladie obligatoire pour 260.000 étudiants: Qui pourra en bénéficier ? | 2015-08-04 | morocco | aujourdhui.ma (04.08.2015) Les étudiants désirant bénéficier de l’AMO doivent être âgés de moins de 30 ans, ils ne doivent pas être bénéficiaires d’autres couvertures médicales et ne peuvent pas céder ou faire bénéficier quelqu’un d’autre de cette assurance. |
Health | published | http://www.aujourdhui.ma/maroc/societe/l-assurance-maladie-obligatoire-pour-260… | monitor | |||
España: Más de 1,2 millones de trabajadores llevan cuatro años o más en paro | 2015-08-04 | spain | El País (03.08.2015) Los que llevan más tiempo en paro todavía no se benefician de la recuperación económica. Según la encuesta de población activa (EPA), hay 1,2 millones de trabajadores que no han tenido empleo alguno en los últimos cuatro años o más. |
Unemployment, Inequalities | economic crisis, published | http://economia.elpais.com/economia/2015/08/02/actualidad/1438541164_733483.html | monitor | |||
Italy PM defends labour reforms as jobless rate rises | 2015-08-04 | italy | The West Australian (31.07.2015) Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi defended his labour reform programme Friday, playing down gloomy unemployment data and insisting the debt-laden country was on the right path to growth. |
Employment | managing reforms, published | https://www.yahoo.com/news/italy-pm-defends-labour-reforms-jobless-rate-rises-1… | monitor | |||
China to expand medical insurance in bid to reform healthcare | 2015-08-04 | china | The Guardian (03.08.2015) President Xi Jinping’s government unveils latest step in plan to deliver universal affordable treatment to population of 1.4 billion people |
Extension of coverage | brics, extending coverage, published | http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/02/china-medical-insurance-healthcare… | monitor | |||
Germany: Study - Restrictions on refugee healthcare cost more than free access to services | 2015-08-04 | germany | EurActiv (03.08.2015) Asylum seekers in Germany only have limited access to medical care, an attempt by the state to keep costs low, but a new study shows health-related costs are much lower when refugees can freely access health services. |
Health insurance, Migration | migration, published | http://www.euractiv.com/sections/health-consumers/study-restrictions-refugee-he… | monitor | |||
Puerto Ricans Brace for Crisis in Health Care | 2015-08-03 | United States | The New York Times (02.28.2015) The first visible sign that the health care system in Puerto Rico was seriously in trouble was when a steady stream of doctors — more than 3,000 in five years — began to leave the island for more lucrative, less stressful jobs on the mainland. |
Health | published | http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/03/us/health-providers-brace-for-more-cuts-to-me… | monitor | |||
Big Data and Improving Health Care | 2015-08-03 | United States | Boston University (03.08.2015) Data scientist and physician team up to reduce preventable hospitalizations |
Health, Information and communication technology | published | http://www.bu.edu/today/2015/big-data-and-improving-health-care | monitor | |||
France: Les emplois aidés, tout sauf un sésame vers un vrai poste | 2015-08-03 | france | Les Echos (20.07.2015) Selon l’Insee, le passage par un contrat aidé dans le secteur non marchand réduit les chances futures de trouver un emploi non aidé. |
Employment | published | http://www.lesechos.fr/economie-france/social/021217030144-les-emplois-aides-bo… | monitor | |||
Finlande: Revenu universel et 50 ans de la sécu | 2015-08-03 | finland | Mediapart (30.07.2015) La Finlande prévoit d’instaurer un revenu universel. Premier pays à s’engager dans cette voie, prenons donc le temps de creuser cette idée, loin d’être si nouvelle que cela, qu’on la nomme « Revenu universel », « Revenu de base », « Revenu minimum garanti », « Revenu… |
published | http://blogs.mediapart.fr/blog/danielle-simonnet/300715/revenu-universel-et-50-… | monitor | ||||
Mali: Protection sociale : Session bamakoise pour les mutuelles d'Afrique de l'Ouest | 2015-07-31 | mali | L'essort (31.07.2015) L’enjeu de la rencontre est de renforcer les capacités des acteurs sur les politiques et stratégies d’extension de la couverture sociale. Les travaux de la réunion du bureau Afrique de l’Ouest de l’Union africaine de la mutualité (UAM-Afro) ont débuté hier dans notre… |
Extension of coverage | extending coverage, published | http://www.essor.ml/protection-sociale-session-bamakoise-pour-les-mutuelles-daf… | monitor |