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.

EurActiv (14.12.2016) The introduction of digital technology in healthcare systems might be viewed by health stakeholders in a positive light. However, policymakers are yet to address issues related to data collection and use that are considered crucial in the management of chronic conditions like diabetes.

IMTJ (15.01.2017) Europe paying a heavy price for chronic diseases, finds new OECD/EC report. Premature deaths of 550,000 working age people across European Union countries from chronic diseases.

FrenchWeb.fr (10.01.2016) L'assurance retraite fait sa mue numérique. La Caisse nationale d’assurance vieillesse (Cnav) permet désormais aux nouveaux retraités de déclarer en ligne leur situation et de déposer leur dossier sur lassuranceretraite.fr. Pour l'instant, seuls les 700 000 retraités salariés du régime général et qui se déclarent chaque année, sont concernés par ce nouveau compte personnel en ligne.

Europa (12.01.2017) Today the European Commission is taking action to promote Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) in the EU.

TDG (19.08.2016) La Commission compétente du National dévoilera vendredi après-midi le résultat de ses travaux sur "Prévoyance 2020".

Bloomberg (18.08.2016) Denmark has a problem: it may soon be unable to afford offering such a good deal to its people.

La Croix (16.08.2016) La banque centrale allemande estime que la précédente réforme, qui porte l’âge de départ de 65 à 67 ans d’ici à 2030, devra être complétée à l’horizon 2060.

Economia Hoy (04.08.2016) En América Latina y el Caribe hay 16.5 millones de explotaciones de agricultura familiar en las que laboran más de 60 millones de persona

blogs.adb.org (10.08.2016) In recent decades, there has been a growing recognition across Asia of the need for greater investment in national social protection systems, in particular those financed from general taxation. Yet, across most Asian countries investment in social protection is still low.

euobserver.com (05.08.2016) German people who enter the labour market today will have to work until they are 69 if they want the same level of pensions as their predecessors, the German central bank has said.

St.Galler Tagblatt Online (16.08.2016) Die Sozialpolitiker des Nationalrats entscheiden über die Rentenreform. Nun kommt eine Studie zum Schluss, dass die schrittweise Erhöhung des Rentenalters, die FDP und SVP wollen, für das Stimmvolk ein rotes Tuch ist.

Les Echos (27.07.2016) Les prestations sociales sont financées à 80 % par des prélèvements sur le travail. Or un nombre croissant de salariés travaillant en France ne cotisent plus à nos caisses obligatoires.

Les Echos (16.08.2016) La part des 55-64 ans en emploi ne cesse de croître, mais chute vite à 60 ans. Augmenter le taux d'emploi des seniors. C'est un impératif pour financer les systèmes de retraite de nations vieillissantes - c'est pourquoi l'Europe a fixé comme objectif qu'au moins la moitié des 55-64 ans travaillent. En France, où l'espérance de vie à la retraite bat des records (23 ans pour un homme et 27,2 ans pour une femme, selon l'OCDE), on s'en rapproche rapidement.

Buenos Aires Herald (10.08.2016) After a wave of public protests, Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet has announced a series of propsed reforms to the country’s private pension system. The alternatives, however, may face opposition as they would require heftier contributions from employers and independent workers, in order to boost payments for retirees, setting the scene for further battles.

Euractiv (11.08.2016) Poor housing is costing EU economies €194bn every year in healthcare, social services and lost productivity, research has found.

TDG (12.08.2016) Les trois objets soumis en votation le 25 septembre font la course en tête. A six semaines du scrutin et en pleine période estivale, les résultats sont bien sûr à prendre avec des pincettes. Le premier sondage Tamedia permet toutefois de dégager certaines tendances. Tour d’horizon.

Bangkok Post (08.08.2016) A long-awaited mandatory provident fund scheme will be on the cabinet's agenda tomorrow as part of efforts to provide a retirement safety net as the country's demographic trend keeps edging older.

New Straits Times (10.08.2016) There is an urgent need to establish the Malaysian Social Protection Council to suggest new laws and formulate a comprehensive government policy to address the needs of an aging society, ranging from healthcare, housing, transport to financial planning, said the Employees Provident Fund (EPF).

Devex (09.08.2016) Countries don't need to be wealthy and developed to implement an effective and stable social protection program that fits the needs of citizens, according to Bart Édes, director of the Asian Development Bank’s poverty reduction, gender and social development division.

The Guardian (06.08.2016) People suffering from mental health problems such as depression and panic attacks earn up to 42% less than their peers, prompting the government’s equalities watchdog to brand the pay gap “a disgrace”.

L'Obs (20.07.2016) Licenciements, temps de travail, salaires, congés... Ce que va changer cette réforme très contestée pour les salariés et les chefs d'entreprise.

Telegraph (08.08.2016) Only a tiny minority of fathers are taking up new rights to share their wife or partner’s leave from work after the birth of a child, new research suggests.

Inter Press Service (04.08.2016) According to the World Bank, the MDG target of halving the share of the poor was achieved by 2008, well in advance of 2015, the target year. However, increased unemployment and lower incomes in recent times remind us that poverty is not an unchanging attribute of a shrinking group, but rather, a condition that billions of vulnerable persons risk experiencing.

News Ghana (23.07.2016) The Committee members selected from the districts assemblies are expected to facilitate targeting, identification and selection of beneficiaries to benefit from the National Health Insurance Scheme under the African Health Market Project (AHME).