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| Title | Authored on | Regions / Country | Abstract | measures summary | Description/integral text (Internal-not for publishing) | Topics | Tags | Status | URL | |
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| Luxembourg: Pensions - des réserves au moins jusqu’en 2040 | 2015-09-04 | luxembourg | L'essentiel Online (01.09.2015) Selon le ministre de la Sécurité sociale, Romain Schneider (LSAP), le système des pensions est viable en l’état pour au moins 30 ans voire plus. |
published | http://www.lessentiel.lu/fr/news/story/Pensions-des-reserves-au-moins-jusqu-en-… | monitor | ||||
| UK: Jeremy Corbyn says people who do physically demanding jobs should have a lower retirement age | 2015-09-03 | The Independent (03.09.2015) The retirement age for people who do physically demanding work should be lower than for people who work in sedentary professions, a Labour leadership contender has suggested. |
Occupational accidents and diseases | published | http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/people-who-do-physically-demandin… | monitor | ||||
| US: Big Leaps for Parental Leave, if Workers Actually Take It | 2015-09-03 | United States | The New York Times (01.09.2015) sSome corners of corporate America have a new message for new parents: Put down that laptop and pick up your baby instead. |
Family benefits | published | http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/02/upshot/big-leaps-for-parental-leave-if-worker… | monitor | |||
| Kazakhstan: State Sec partakes in 14th int’l conference ‘Towards ICT standards and common solutions for social security’ | 2015-09-03 | ionfrm.kz (02.09.1015) Kazakhstan's Secretary of State Gulshara Abdykalikova took part in the XIV International Conference "Towards ICT standards and common solutions for social security", Kazinform has learnt from Akorda. |
issa, published | http://www.ionfrm.kz/eng/article/2813872 | monitor | |||||
| Lessons from the steppes: Mongolia's model social insurance system | 2015-09-02 | Asia | ilo.org (01.09.2015) As a role model for social insurance systems, Mongolia, with the help of the ILO, shares its efficient single window system for social services with other countries in South East Asia. |
Extension of coverage, Social policies & programmes | extending coverage, published | http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/features/WCMS_395575/lang--en/… | monitor | |||
| Suisse: Caisses maladie - Les primes vont augmenter jusqu'à 6% en 2016 | 2015-09-02 | switzerland | tdg (01.09.2015) Mauvaise nouvelle sur le front des primes de l'assurance maladie. Selon le comparateur en ligne bonus.ch, qui se fonde sur une première analyse se basant sur 80'000 primes communiquées, la hausse moyenne sera légèrement supérieure à l'an passé et oscillera entre 4… |
Health, Financing | published | http://www.tdg.ch/suisse/primes-augmenter-jusqu-6/story/13458984 | monitor | |||
| France: Le RSA "socle" augmente de 2% | 2015-09-02 | france | La Tribune (01.09.2015) Le ministère avait décidé d'augmenter de 10% sur cinq ans ce revenu minimum destiné aux personnes sans ressources. Il met progressivement en oeuvre sa promesse. |
Social assistance | poverty, published | http://www.latribune.fr/economie/france/le-rsa-socle-augmente-de-2-501797.html | monitor | |||
| Maroc-Pays-Bas : Les négociations sur la convention de sécurité sociale ont échoué | 2015-09-01 | morocco, netherlands | yabiladi.com (01.09.2015) Le Maroc et les Pays-Bas n'arrivent pas à trouver un accord sur la convention de sécurité sociale liant les deux pays. Les Pays-Bas menacent même de supprimer la convention. Mais le Maroc ne compte pas reculer sur les acquis des MRE. Ce qui ravive un différend que… |
Governance and administration | published | http://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/38583/maroc-pays-bas-negociations-conv… | monitor | |||
| [Opinion] Bangladesh: Protecting the poorest | 2015-09-01 | bangladesh | The Daily Star (31.08.2015) The honourable Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina has promised to eradicate extreme poverty by 2021 and has made remarkable progress towards this goal. Over the past five years, an estimated 10 million people have made the catalytic leap out of extreme poverty and onto the… |
Inequalities | megatrends, poverty, published | http://www.thedailystar.net/op-ed/politics/protect-the-poorest-135082 | monitor | |||
| Namibian Social Protection System Impresses Zambia's VP | 2015-09-01 | namibia | AllAfrica (01.09.2015) The Vice-President of Zambia Inonge Wina has praised Namibia's social protection system, saying that Zambia could learn from its neighbour. |
Governance and administration | http://allafrica.com/stories/201508311548.html | monitor | ||||
| Polynésie française: Accidents du travail, maladies professionnelles : des ajustements en attendant... | 2015-08-31 | france | tahiti-infos (19.08.2015) Alors qu'il existe une branche spécifique du régime des salariés pour prendre en charge le coût des accidents du travail et de la maladie professionnelle, le plus souvent c'est l'assurance maladie qui le finance. Pour la deuxième fois en quatre ans, une… |
Occupational accidents and diseases | published | http://www.tahiti-infos.com/Accidents-du-travail-maladies-professionnelles-des-… | monitor | |||
| Côte d'Ivoire: L’extension de la protection sociale va constituer "un élément fort" de la lutte contre la pauvreté (DG CNPS) | 2015-08-31 | côte d'ivoire | abidjan.net (29.08.2015) Le directeur général de la Caisse nationale de prévoyance sociale (CNPS), Charles Kouassi, estime que sa structure joue un rôle central dans la lutte contre la pauvreté car "l’extension de la protection sociale va constituer un élément fort" dans cette bataille… |
Extension of coverage, Social assistance, Social policies & programmes, Inequalities | extending coverage, published | http://news.abidjan.net/h/562550.html | monitor | |||
| Smiling Brazil initiative sets example to other nations to eliminate healthcare disparities | 2015-08-28 | brazil | news-medical.net (28.08.2015) Today, the International and American Associations for Dental Research (IADR/AADR) published a Discovery! article titled "10 Years of a National Oral Health Policy in Brazil: Innovation, Boldness and Numerous Challenges." In it, authors Gilberto Alfredo… |
Health | published | http://www.news-medical.net/news/20150828/Smiling-Brazil-initiative-sets-exampl… | monitor | |||
| En France, tout ira mieux pour les retraites en... 2060 | 2015-08-28 | france | Selon le groupe de travail européen sur le vieillissement AWG, le poids des pensions de retraite dans une quarantaine d'années sera de 2,6 points moins lourd qu'aujourd'hui sur le PIB. |
Pensions | published | http://www.lefigaro.fr/retraite/2015/08/27/05004-20150827ARTFIG00001-en-france-… | monitor | |||
| [Opinion] Paid Parental Leave Is Fueling Sweden's Start-Up Boom | 2015-08-28 | The New Republic (25.08.2015) Each week, Sweden’s national Twitter account allows a different Swede to take over tweeting and tell his or her story. Last week it was Louise Samet, a new mom and an employee of Swedish e-commerce giant Klarna. But unlike Amazon, where women only receive eight… |
Family benefits, Parental leave | family_gender_society, megatrends, published | http://www.newrepublic.com/article/122605/paid-parental-leave-fueling-swedens-s… | monitor | ||||
| [Opinion] Belgique: 'Le tax shift est plus social qu'on ne le croit' | 2015-08-27 | belgium | Trends-Tendances.be (21.08.2015) "La réforme fiscale est également une réforme du financement de la sécurité sociale qui est historiquement surtout subsidiée par le travail", estime Marc De Vos, directeur d'Itinera et professeur à l'Université de Gand. |
Financing | published | http://trends.levif.be/economie/politique-economique/le-tax-shift-est-plus-soci… | monitor | |||
| US: Making Better Use of Data Can Dramatically Improve Service Delivery | 2015-08-27 | United States | govtech.com (18.08.2015) Automatic benefits: Can they help the right people get what they need to get out of poverty and reduce administrative costs? |
Information and communication technology | published | http://www.govtech.com/data/Making-Better-Use-of-Data-Can-Dramatically-Improve-… | monitor | |||
| [Opinion] OECD: Adapting to an ageing population | 2015-08-27 | adjacentgovernment.co.uk (24.08.2015) Francesca Colombo, Head of the Health Division at the OECD speaks to Editor Laura Evans, and sheds light on an ageing population… |
Population ageing, Information and communication technology | published | http://www.adjacentgovernment.co.uk/lg-edition-007/adapting-ageing-population-2… | monitor | ||||
| Guyana: “Major reforms” in the pipeline to enhance social protection | 2015-08-26 | Kaieteur News (26.08.2015) Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection, Simona Broomes made it clear during her contribution to the recent budget debate that she intends to implement major reforms that will show more recognition of the importance of Guyanese. |
Extension of coverage, Social assistance, Social policies & programmes | extending coverage, managing reforms, published | http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2015/08/26/major-reforms-in-the-pipeline-to-e… | monitor | ||||
| Greece: Auxiliary pensions to suffer cuts | 2015-08-26 | greece | ekathimerini.com (26.08.2015) Around 122,000 pensioners face reduced supplementary pensions, including freelancers, self-employed doctors, engineers and lawyers. Under a ministerial decision signed by Alternate Minister for Social Security Pavlos Haikalis as part of Greece’s third memorandum, 11… |
Pensions | published | http://www.ekathimerini.com/200895/article/ekathimerini/business/auxiliary-pens… | monitor | |||
| Netherlands: Support for universal company pensions fades in the Netherlands | 2015-08-26 | netherlands | dutchnews.nl (26.08.2015) Support for the current pension system is fading in the Netherlands, particularly among youngsters, job-hoppers and the highly-skilled, according to new research by the government’s institute for social research SCP |
Pensions | published | http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2015/08/support-for-universal-company-pen… | monitor | |||
| [Opinion] Does the developing world need a welfare state to eliminate poverty? Some insights from history | 2015-08-26 | Brookings Institution (30.06.2015) India today is already richer than Germany was when it introduced social insurance for all workers in the late 1880s. Indonesia is richer than the United States was in 1935, when the Social Security Act was passed. And China is richer than Britain was in 1948,… |
Extension of coverage, Social assistance, Social protection floor, Social policies & programmes, Inequalities | extending coverage, poverty, published | http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/future-development/posts/2015/07/30-welfare-deve… | monitor | ||||
| Uganda: Govt Extends Senior Citizens Grant to 40 More Districts | 2015-08-26 | uganda | allAfrica.com (24.08.2015) Government has expanded the social protection grants to cover the elderly in 40 more districts in addition to the present 15 districts. The Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development Muruli Mukasa disclosed this in Kampala while announcing the roll-out of the… |
Extension of coverage, Population ageing, Social assistance | extending coverage, published | http://allafrica.com/stories/201508241555.html | monitor | |||
| [Opinion] Retraite : La loi Macron, accélérateur de fonds de pension | 2015-08-25 | france | Politis (18.08.2015) Une série d’articles de la loi Macron prévoit de nouvelles mesures en faveur du développement de plans d’épargne retraite, au détriment du financement du système par répartition. |
Pensions | published | http://www.politis.fr/Retraite-La-loi-Macron,31169.html | monitor | |||
| Chine : le fonds de pension autorisé à investir en bourse | 2015-08-25 | china | xinhuanet.com (23.08.2015) Le Conseil des Affaires d'Etat (gouvernement central chinois), a publié dimanche la directive finale concernant les investissements du fonds de pension, ouvrant ainsi officiellement la porte à davantage de produits diversifiés et plus risqués. |
Pensions, Financing | published | http://french.xinhuanet.com/2015-08/23/c_134546794.htm | monitor |