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Google Cloud Accidentally Deletes Australian Superannuation Fund’s Data - Pension Policy International | The Australian superannuation fund UniSuper had its private cloud data deleted accidentally earlier this month, disrupting the fund’s services for the past couple of weeks. A configuration problem caused Google Cloud to delete UniSuper’s account. |
https://www.pensionpolicyinternational.com/google-cloud-accidentally-deletes-au… | pmassetti | |||||||
EU: Study on poverty and income inequality in the context of the digital transformation | Europe | ceps.eu (13.05.2024) As European labour markets become increasingly digitalised, concerns about inequality and poverty are increasing. This study, completed for the European Commission, seeks to investigate these concerns further. Part A focuses on how prepared EU Member States are to manage the… |
Information and communication technology, Digital inclusion, Service quality | Published_SS_Monitor, Published_SS_Monitor_Innovation. | https://www.ceps.eu/ceps-publications/study-on-poverty-and-income-inequality-in… | pmassetti | ||||
The Plight of Platform Workers Under Algorithmic Management in Southeast Asia | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (30.04.2024) Algorithmic management by large online platforms disrupts societal relations. A case study about drivers in Southeast Asia demonstrates the worldwide shifts that are underway. |
digital platforms | Published_SS_Monitor | https://carnegieendowment.org/research/2024/04/the-plight-of-platform-workers-u… | pmassetti | |||||
Asia and the Pacific’s Rapidly Aging Population Needs Long-Term Care Solutions | Asia | Asian Development (02.05.2024) These charts illustrate the rapid increases in the population aged 60 and older in Asia and the Pacific and the urgency of addressing long-term care needs in the region. Over the past two decades, life expectancy at age 60 in the region has increased by more than 5… |
Old-age pensions | Published_SS_Monitor | https://blogs.adb.org/blog/asia-and-pacific-s-rapidly-aging-population-needs-lo… | pmassetti | ||||
Swiss pension reform: the latest changes - Pension Policy International | switzerland | These are the most important changes since January 1, 2024: – Expansion of the flexibility of pension payments – Incentives for gainful employment after 65 – Raising the retirement age (now called the reference age) for women to 65 (from January 1, 2025) On September 25, 2022, the Swiss… |
Pensions | https://www.pensionpolicyinternational.com/swiss-pension-reform-the-latest-chan… | pmassetti | |||||
Le Japon et la Corée du Sud peinent à faire face à la nouvelle pauvreté de leurs seniors et nous serions bien inspirés d’en tirer des leçons | Atlantico.fr (08.05.2024) Abondance de personnes âgées, marché du travail défaillant et manque de flexibilité des systèmes de retraite ... Au Japon et en Corée du Sud, de nombreuses personnes âgées vivent en situation de grande précarité |
Old-age pensions | Published_SS_Monitor | https://atlantico.fr/article/decryptage/le-japon-et-la-coree-du-sud-peinent-a-f… | pmassetti | |||||
Divided Directions: India's varied roadmap for governance of platform workers | india | The Financial Express (02.05.2024) India has made remarkable progress in expanding social security through the groundbreaking Code on Social Security-2020 (CoSS 2020), positioning itself as a pioneer in this field. This legislation stands out for its acknowledgment of platform workers and… |
digital platforms | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/divided-directions-india-varied-roa… | pmassetti | ||||
Unemployment benefits are very effective in highly informal labour markets | mauritius | VoxDev (20.03.24) Evidence from Mauritius shows the consequences of losing a formal job in a labour market characterised by high rates of informal employment are significant. Unemployment benefits help mitigate these effects, while generating only small disincentive effects on labour supply. |
Employment | Published_SS_Monitor | https://voxdev.org/topic/social-protection/unemployment-benefits-are-very-effec… | pmassetti | ||||
Social Protection in the Developing World | NBER (April 2024) Social protection programs have become increasingly widespread in low- and middle-income countries, with their own distinct characteristics to match the environments in which they are operating. This paper reviews the growing literature on the design and impact of these… |
Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.nber.org/papers/w32382 | pmassetti | ||||||
Cash transfer, maternal and child health outcomes: a scoping review in sub-Saharan Africa | Cash Transfer (CT) programmes can improve maternal and child health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. However, studies assessing the effectiveness of these programmes on maternal and child health outcomes (MCH), beyond nutritional outcomes and service utilisation, remain inconclusive… |
Children, Cash transfers | https://socialprotection.org/discover/publications/cash-transfer-maternal-and-c… | pmassetti | ||||||
The Gambia Social Registry: A Success Story in Systems Building | gambia | blogs.worldbank.org (23.04.2024) Since its inception, GamSR's data has played a pivotal role in various programs in The Gambia, notably the 'Nafa Quick' initiative, which formed the cornerstone of the Government of The Gambia (GoTG) COVID-19 pandemic response. It swiftly reached 78,422… |
Data management, COVID-19 | Published_SS_Monitor | https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/nasikiliza/the-gambia-social-registry-a-success-… | pmassetti | ||||
The Future of a Hyper-Aging Society Navigated by Well-Being Technology | ey.com (17.04.2024) Today, humanity is experiencing a paradigm shift and transitioning to a new era. We live in a world where every person’s well-being – the happiness of the body and mind – is impacted by social environments born of numerous changes, including an aging and increasingly diverse… |
Old-age pensions | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.ey.com/en_jp/aging/driving-well-being-in-an-aging-society-the-role-… | pmassetti | |||||
Implementation Guide – Good Practices For Ensuring Data Protection And Privacy In Social Protection Systems | SPIAC-B (2024) This Implementation Guide is designed for professionals involved in developing, implementing, and expanding social protection systems, particularly non-contributory schemes, or 'social assistance'. Targeted at national and local government partners, policymakers, social… |
Information and communication technology, Data management | Published_SS_Monitor | https://socialprotection.org/discover/publications/implementation-guide-%E2%80%… | pmassetti | |||||
Registration: Key Concepts, Approaches and Strategies to Include Informal Workers | wiego.org (February 2024) In this briefing note we review the current debates on strategies, challenges and opportunities regarding registration in the context of social protection. In the first part, we will present the key concepts, approaches and debates on registration and situating it in… |
Interoperability, Difficult-to-cover groups | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.wiego.org/publications/registration-key-concepts-approaches-and-str… | pmassetti | |||||
Migrant labour in the ‘gig’ economy: progress or trap? | socialeurope.eu (17.04.2024) Platform work is often presented as a stepping-stone for migrant workers. It may not however feel so benign to them. |
digital platforms | https://www.socialeurope.eu/migrant-labour-in-the-gig-economy-progress-or-trap | pmassetti | ||||||
Immigrant Workers Save Aging Economies But Face Financial Struggles In Their Senior Years | After age 50, immigrants experience a downward trajectory of income compared to native-born individuals. The pattern holds true across racial and ethnic groups. |
https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/04/immigrant-workers-save-aging-economies-but-fa… | pmassetti | |||||||
Report: Digital labour platforms in Kenya: Exploring women’s opportunities and challenges across various sectors | kenya | ilo.org (04.04,2024) While Kenya has made significant strides towards achieving gender equality, the findings of the report shows that significant gaps remain in the realm of digital labour platforms. Women in most sectors earn less than men and have lower access to social security benefits. The… |
digital platforms | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.ilo.org/global/research/publications/working-papers/WCMS_921874/lan… | pmassetti | ||||
Establishing an Adaptive Social Protection System in Angola | angola | worldbank.org (31.01.2024) Angola is a middle-income country, but it has high poverty and vulnerability levels. In urban areas, households living in poverty or vulnerable to poverty are significantly more likely to be women-headed households, less likely to have access to adequate housing, and… |
https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail… | pmassetti | ||||||
Combining Part-Time Work and Social Benefits: Empirical Evidence from Finland | finland | IZA - Institute of Labor Economics (April 2024) We use detailed, population-wide data from Finland to provide evidence of the impact of earnings disregard policies on part-time work during unemployment spells, and describe the longer-run trends in combining part-time work and social benefits. We… |
Employment | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.iza.org/publications/dp/16904/combining-part-time-work-and-social-b… | pmassetti | ||||
Retiring in your 60s is becoming an impossible goal. Is 75 the new 65? | bbc.com (08.04.2024) People are living longer, and daily life is getting more expensive. It may be time to rethink the timeline for leaving the workforce. Handing in your proverbial badge as a sexagenarian has been the goal for many workers around the world: turning 65 would open a golden portal… |
Pensions | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20240404-global-retirement-increase-65-to-… | pmassetti | |||||
Opinion: Social Protection, a Key Solution for Directing Climate Finance To Poor Small-Scale Farmers | ipsnews.net (05.04.2024) Climate change is exacerbating inequalities between and within countries, disproportionately affecting poor households in rural areas. In fact, we know that more than half of the resources of the poor – a large part of whom are small-scale farmers – are lost due to… |
Environment and climate change | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.ipsnews.net/2024/04/social-protection-key-solution-directing-climat… | pmassetti | |||||
Generative AI for anti-corruption and integrity in government : Taking stock of promise, perils and practice | oecd (22.03.2024) Generative artificial intelligence (AI) presents myriad opportunities for integrity actors—anti-corruption agencies, supreme audit institutions, internal audit bodies and others—to enhance the impact of their work, particularly through the use of large language models (LLMS).… |
Artificial intelligence | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/science-and-technology/generative-ai-for-anti-cor… | pmassetti | |||||
Ireland: Up to 800,000 workers to be automatically enrolled in pension scheme under new plans | côte d'ivoire | SundayWorld.com (05.04.2024) Up to 800,000 workers will be automatically enrolled into a pension scheme for the first time under new legislation published today. Workers who have no occupational or private pension and would have otherwise been solely reliant on the State Pension upon retirement… |
Pensions | managing reforms | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.sundayworld.com/news/irish-news/up-to-800000-workers-to-be-automati… | pmassetti | |||
Portugal: Automatic Pension Scheme to be Approved | portugal | theportugalnews.com (30.03.2024) Heather Humphreys, the minister for social protection, has outlined her plan to implement the much-anticipated pension auto-enrolment programme for workers. Under the plan, businesses would match employee contributions with an additional €3, meaning that the… |
Pensions | managing reforms | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/2024-03-30/automatic-pension-scheme-to-be-… | pmassetti | |||
Africa Is Aging. Will It Become A Real Population Bomb? | Africa | forbes.com (20.03.2024) Africa is the most youthful continent, with 70% of sub-Saharan Africa under age 30. With high fertility rates and objections to birth control, the youth population will continue to grow. Investing in young people is important for the continent’s transformation, but Africa… |
Old-age pensions | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.forbes.com/sites/sophieokolo/2024/03/20/africa-is-aging-will-it-bec… | pmassetti |