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Title | Abstract | Tags | Topics | Regions / Country | |
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Jobwunder Germany: the dark side of a success story | monitor | DW (17.03.2017) Not only are low-wage jobs still being affected by Germany's "Agenda 2010" labor reforms. Highly-qualified workers are also being negatively impacted. Will the September election change anything? |
megatrends | Unemployment, Employment policies | germany |
Peut-on estimer le rendement de l'investissement social ? | monitor | France Stratégie (26.01.2017) Évaluer la rentabilité d’un investissement n’est pas toujours aisé. Mais quand il s’agit d’un investissement dans les personnes, c’est un vrai défi. Pourtant des solutions existent. Au premier rang desquelles, l’évaluation d’impact et la revue systématique. |
france | ||
India, Brazil social security agreement | monitor | The Economic Times (16.03.2017) India and Brazil on Thursday initialed the finalised text of the Social Security Agreement taking forward the spirit of the Goa Declaration at the 8th BRICS Summit, outcomes of the meetings of BRICS Labour & Employment Ministers held on 9 June 2016 in Geneva and on 27-28 September 2016 in New Delhi, |
india, brazil | ||
[Rapport] Big Data et nouvelles technologies....La protection sociale et la révolution numérique | monitor | miroirsocial.com (14.03.2017) Le CRAPS édite aujourd'hui son sixième cahier de propositions intitulé "Big data et nouvelles technologies, la protection sociale à l'heure de la révolution numérique". |
digital economy | Information and communication technology | france |
Protection sociale : sept Français sur dix voient dans la lutte contre l'assistanat une priorité | monitor | francetvinfo (14,03.2017) Selon un sondage Ipsos-Sopra Steria pour Radio France et France Télévisions dévoilé mercredi, seuls 29% des Français souhaitent aller vers plus de solidarité en matière de protection sociale. |
Social assistance | france | |
El sistema de salud ecuatoriano, 10 años de institucionalización | monitor | El Telegrafo (16.03.2017) Ecuador en el campo de la salud no es el mismo que el del 2006. La reinstitucionalización del estado con la llegada del gobierno de Rafael Correa, mejoró ostensiblemente un sistema de salud profundamente fragmentado y desprovisto de capacidad de respuesta. |
Health, Governance and administration | ecuador | |
How social protection can facilitate formalization in the Caribbean | monitor | Curaçao Chronicle (15.03.2017) Representatives from 16 Caribbean countries are in Trinidad and Tobago (14-17 March 2017) to discuss the extension of social protection in the context of formalization policies. |
extending coverage | Extension of coverage, Inequalities | Americas |
EEUU: Trump, abierto a adaptar el proyecto republicano del sistema de salud | monitor | El Nuevo Herald (12.03.2017) El presidente estadounidense, Donald Trump, se mostró abierto a adaptar el proyecto de reforma del sistema de seguros de salud para mejorarlo, indicaron este domingo sus aliados del partido Republicano, que insistieron en que la propuesta aún es modificable. |
managing reforms | Health, Health insurance | United States |
Greece Must Strengthen Social Safety Nets, OECD 'Going for Growth' Report Says | monitor | Greek Reporter (18.03.2017) Greece must continue to strengthen social safety nets, ease regulation in network industries, enhance efficiency in public administration; improve the fairness and efficiency of its tax system and improve the quality of its education system. This is according to a report released on Friday by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) “Going for Growth 2017”. |
extending coverage | Extension of coverage | greece |
PAHO WHO: Minister of Health and Wellness of St. Lucia explores health collaboration with PAHO | monitor | PAHO (07.03.2017) Mary Isaac, the Minister of Health and Wellness of St. Lucia, is on a two-day visit to Pan American Health Organization headquarters here to explore health collaboration and outline work on priority public health issues for her island country. |
Health | ||
Canadian province to give every citizen $1,320 income boost to overcome poverty | monitor | The Independent (11.11.2016) One in five children live in poverty in Canada, according to Unicef, and a recent poll found two-thirds of Canadians open to the idea of basic income |
poverty | canada | |
The call for a large safety net | monitor | The Hindu (19.03.2017) Social security cover for all, even informal workers, is an ambitious target for the Centre and stumbling blocks pave its path. |
extending coverage | Extension of coverage, Social policies & programmes, Inequalities | |
Suisse: Assurance-maladie - Comment Mauro Poggia veut contrôler les primes | monitor | TDG (20.03.2017) L’initiative populaire fédérale proposée avec Pierre-Yves Maillard permettrait de préserver les réserves cantonales. |
Health | switzerland | |
France: Sport sur ordonnance : une aubaine pour réduire le trou de la Sécu ? | monitor | Capital.fr (03.03.2017) Les médecins généralistes peuvent depuis le 1er mars prescrire des séances de sport. Une réforme qui fera du bien aux patients…mais aussi aux finances de la sécurité sociale. |
Health | france | |
Cash transfers help the extreme poor | monitor | D+C - Development + Cooperation (13.03.2017) At home, Germany and other industrialised states consider social protection very important and spend a lot of money on the matter. But when it came to development assistance, the idea of social transfers to the needy was next to taboo around the world for a long time. Things are changing – and that may help put an end to extreme poverty. |
poverty | ||
[Opinion] India: Overhaul health system for effective deliverance of plans- | monitor | The New Indian Express (26.02.2017) After several decades of vertical disease or age-specific health programmes, there is now general recognition and growing acceptance that the ‘health system’ should be structured and strengthened as an integrated whole to be capable of effectively delivering a variety of health programmes. |
Health | india | |
Schweiz: Bern und Zürich wollen gemeinsame E-Health-Plattform | monitor | Inside-IT (22.03.2017) Die Kantone Bern und Zürich wollen beim Aufbau einer überregionalen E-Health-Plattform zusammenspannen. Angestrebt wird eine gleichberechtigte, partnerschaftliche Lösung, die auch anderen Kantonen offen steht. |
Health, Information and communication technology | switzerland | |
[Publication] Healthcare fraud, corruption and waste in Europe | monitor | EHFCN (21.03.2017) It is undeniable that healthcare fraud, corruption and waste are a serious and growing threat to the sustainability and the quality of European healthcare systems. Unfortunately for many years, a lack of objective information and hard evidence has stood in the way of finding efficient and effective solutions to tackle the problem. |
Governance and administration, Error, evasion and fraud, Health | ||
Gabon: Sécurité sociale : Le Blaisac transféré à Libreville | monitor | L'UNION | L'actualité du Gabon (23.03.2017) Initialement basé à Yaoundé au Cameroun, le Bureau de liaison de l'Association internationale de sécurité sociale pour l'Afrique centrale, est désormais implanté dans la capitale gabonaise pour un mandat de trois ans, éventuellement renouvelable. |
issa | gabon | |
Joint Employment Report 2017: Main findings from the Scoreboard of key employment and social indicators | monitor | Europa (14.03.2017) The EPSCO Council adopted the 2017 Joint Employment Report (JER) on 3 March, including the Scoreboard of key employment and social indicators. The table below summarizes its main findings. |
european union | ||
[Rapport] France: L'insertion professionnelle des jeunes | monitor | France Stratégie (24.01.2017) C’était une des onze mesures pour la jeunesse promises par le gouvernement au printemps 2016. La concertation en faveur de l’insertion professionnelle des jeunes, lancée en septembre dernier, s’est conclue mardi 24 janvier 2017 par la remise d’un rapport de diagnostic à la ministre du Travail, de l’Emploi, de la Formation professionnelle et du Dialogue social. |
youth employment | Employment of young workers | france |
German roundup: pension reform, custodians | monitor | IPE (17.03.2017) All parties in the German parliament have agreed that the country’s proposed pension reform is a step in the right direction – with just one dissenter. |
managing reforms | Pensions | germany |
[Report] Starting strong: Implementation of the social SDGs in Latin America | monitor | Southern Voice on Post-MDGs Development Goals (23.11.2016) This research paper, commissioned as part of the series ‘Starting Strong: the first 1000 days of the SDGs’, identifies key actions toward addressing the unfinished business of the MDGs and how to reach those who are furthest behind in relation to the new SDGs. |
poverty | latin america | |
[Pension] Infrastructure: Narendra Modi government eyes Rs 50,000 cr from funds via toll-operate-transfer mode for NHAI | monitor | The Financial Express (20.03.2017) In a move that could fetch the government upwards of R50,000 crore, a host of pension funds, sovereign funds and private equity funds may invest in the 75 road projects to be bid out in the toll-operate-transfer (TOT ) mode. |
Pensions, Financing | india | |
France: Assurance-chômage - le patronat annonce un accord avec les syndicats | monitor | Le Monde (29.03.2017) Les partenaires sociaux ont « trouvé un accord » sur l’assurance-chômage, mardi 28 mars au soir, au terme d’une séance de plus de douze heures de négociations, a annoncé le patronat. « Nous nous réjouissons que le dialogue social ait montré une fois de plus son efficacité », a déclaré à la presse le négociateur du Medef, Alexandre Saubot. |
managing reforms | Unemployment | france |