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Title | Abstract | Tags | Topics | Regions / Country | |
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Uganda: Gov’t told review social protection policy | monitor | New Vision (26.11.2015) Governement has been asked to review the Social Protection Policy to include vulnerable groups like the youth in agriculture production who lack financial support. |
managing reforms | Governance and administration, Social policies & programmes | uganda |
[Opinion] Universal Health Coverage: An Opportunity for Investors -- and the World | monitor | The Street (12.11.2015) Universal health coverage isn't just one of the UN's future goals, it's also an opportunity for investors. |
extending coverage, megatrends, published | Extension of coverage | |
EU: New start for working parents and caregivers: Commission launches public consultation on work-life balance | monitor | Europa (18.11.2015) The European Commission has today launched a public consultation on how to improve work-life balance and reduce obstacles to women's participation in the labour market, thereby contributing to the employment headline target of the Europe 2020 Strategy. |
published | Family benefits, Employment | european union |
Bangladesh: Govt trying to cut workplace deaths | monitor | The Daily Star (25.11.2015) The government is trying to ensure that no deaths will occur due to a lack of safety in workplaces in the country, said Syed Ahmed, inspector general of the Department of Inspection of Factories and Establishment (DIFE). |
published | Occupational accidents and diseases | bangladesh |
Philippines: Moving toward inclusive growth | monitor | Business Mirror (24.11.2015) While the excitement from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) meeting hosted by the Philippine government last week has simmered down, the issues and challenges linked with this year’s Apec theme—“Building Inclusive Economies, Building a Better World”—remain as major concerns for the 21 member-economies under the regional organization. |
published | Governance and administration | philippines, the |
India Poised to Move to Social Protection Floor: ILO | monitor | outlookindia.com (24.11.2015) With the impressive array of social security programmes in India, the country is ideally poised to move to Social Protection Floor (SPF), International Labour Organization (ILO) has said. |
poverty, extending coverage, published | Extension of coverage, Social protection floor | india |
[Opinion] Cities: The new frontier of social protection | monitor | blogs.worldbank.org (09.11.2015) Cities are where most of the world’s population lives, where more and more of population growth will occur, and where most poverty will soon be located. |
poverty, published | ||
Suisse: Retirer sa LPP deviendra difficile, voire impossible | monitor | Tribune de Genève (25.11.2015) A la retraite, toucher sa prévoyance sous forme de capital pourrait ne plus être une option. |
published | Financing | switzerland |
Côte d'Ivoire: Sidi Touré exhorte les jeunes à adhérer à la Couverture Maladie Universelle | monitor | Abidjan Net (20.11.2015) Le Ministre délégué auprès du Président de la république, chargé de la promotion de la Jeunesse et de l’Emploi Jeunes s’est fait enrôler à la Couverture Maladie Universelle (CMU) ce jeudi à son Cabinet, en présence d’une délégation de la Caisse Nationale d’Assurance Maladie (CNAM). Sidi Tiémoko Touré a dit être heureux d’avoir adhérer à cet important projet social et a exhorté les jeunes de Côte d’Ivoire à le faire également. Pour lui, pour que la Côte d’Ivoire continue de réaliser des prouesses économiques, en vue d’atteindre l’émergence à l’horizon 2020, il est important que sa jeunesse puisse bénéficier de soins de santé de qualité à des coûts soutenables. |
extending coverage, published | Health, Health insurance, Extension of coverage | côte d'ivoire |
UK: New construction guidance to stop workers dying each week from occupational disease | monitor | HSE Media Centre (20.11.2015)The construction industry has launched new guidance to encourage better management of occupational health risks. HSE is urging the industry to put an end to the hundreds of construction workers that die of occupational diseases every month. |
published | Occupational accidents and diseases | |
Canada: Ontario plans to target home care in overhaul of health care system | monitor | The Globe and Mail (23.11.2015) The Ontario government is preparing to overhaul health care in the province, including scrapping its troubled system for delivering home care and reforming primary care with the aim of improving patient access. |
extending coverage, published | Health, Extension of coverage | canada |
UK Britain’s EU reform talks stumble on social benefits | monitor | EurActiv (23.11.2015) Member states have firmly rejected British demands to limit EU citizens' rights to social benefits when working in the UK, saying this would be discriminatory. |
published | united kingdom | |
Schweiz: Arbeit im AHV-Alter – das muss man wissen | monitor | Tagesanzeiger (21.11.2015) Rund 170'000 Erwerbstätige waren 2014 bereits im AHV-Alter, das sind 11,7 Prozent aller über 65-Jährigen. Die Zahl hat in den letzten Jahren kontinuierlich zugenommen und liegt inzwischen mehr als ein Drittel über derjenigen von 2010. Einen ähnlich hohen Anteil an berufstätigen Rentnerinnen und Rentnern gab es zuletzt Anfang der 90er-Jahre des letzten Jahrhunderts, danach ging deren Zahl markant zurück. |
published | Old-age pensions | switzerland |
Tunisie-Maroc : une nouvelle convention dans le domaine de la sécurité sociale | monitor | Investir en Tunisie (21.11.2015) La Tunisie et le Maroc ont signé une nouvelle convention dans le domaine de la sécurité sociale. Cette convention confirme le principe de l’égalité de traitement des ressortissants des deux pays en termes de sécurité sociale. |
published | Governance and administration | tunisia, morocco |
France: Maladies professionnelles - hausse des cancers de la vessie et des maladies psychiques | monitor | Santé Magazine (18.11.2015) Cancers, troubles musculo-squelettiques, maladies psychiques… L'Assurance-maladie vient de présenter son bilan 2014 concernant la prise en charge des accidents du travail et des maladies professionnelles. |
published | Occupational accidents and diseases | france |
Protection sociale au Sénégal : Une nouvelle Stratégie nationale validée en décembre | monitor | lequotidien.sn (20.11.2015) Pour préserver les acquis notés dans le domaine de la protection sociale et asseoir une bonne politique capable de lutter contre la pauvreté et les inégalités, il faudra accélérer l’actualisation de la Stratégie nationale de protection sociale. C’est la recommandation formulée hier, par la présidente du groupe des Partenaires techniques et financiers (Ptf) dans ce domaine lors de la réunion du Comité interministériel de pilotage de cette stratégie. |
extending coverage, published | Extension of coverage, Social policies & programmes | senegal |
Maroc: Assurance maladie, retraite - Le régime des indépendants se précise | monitor | leconomiste.com (19.11.2015) Les indépendants auront droit à un régime de retraite dédié qui sera géré par la CNSS ainsi qu’une couverture médicale à part. Les deux seront gérés de manière autonome par rapport à l'AMO et le régime général de retraite CNSS. |
published | Health, Pensions | morocco |
OIT pidió más inversión y protección social ante los cambios tecnológicos | monitor | Mercado (18.11.2015) La transformación laboral y la pérdida de empleos por los cambios tecnológicos requerirán mayores inversiones, políticas públicas para evitar que empeore la situación y reformular la protección social, según la OIT. |
megatrends, published | Unemployment, Technological transition, Social policies & programmes | |
[Report] Healthcare improving too slowly to meet rising strain of chronic diseases - OECD | monitor | OECD (04.11.2015) Too many lives are still lost in OECD countries because healthcare quality is improving too slowly to cope with ageing populations and the growing number of people with one or more chronic diseases, according to a new OECD report. |
published | Health, Old-age pensions, Financing | |
Survey Says 89 Percent Seek Longer Maternity Leave as China Ends One-child Policy | monitor | Yibada (18.11.2015) In a survey conducted by China Youth Daily, 88.9 percent of its 2,966 respondents expressed their wish to have a longer maternity leave should they have a second child. Of this number, 40.7 percent hoped the period will be extended to six months, while 26 percent asked for a one-year extension. Another 6.6 percent said that the leave should be prolonged to three years. |
brics, published | Family benefits | china |
Ireland: Social Welfare’s one stop shop | monitor | connachttribune.ie (19.11.2015) Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, has officially opened Galway’s new one stop shop for social welfare payments, serving the city and the majority of the county as well. The new Intreo Centre in Galway city at Fairgreen Road provides a full range of social welfare services that had previously been provided from five separate offices throughout the city. |
published | Governance and administration | ireland |
[Opinion] The political economy of welfare schemes | monitor | blogs.worldbank.org (17.11.2015) Social welfare schemes the world over are going through interesting times. Egged on by fiscal management targets, welfare cuts are routinely passed off as “reforms”. Subsequently, there is usually pressure on governments to target welfare to the most deserving. Determining who the deserving beneficiaries are and the appropriate value of these transfers is critical. |
extending coverage, published | Governance and administration, Extension of coverage, Social assistance, Social policies & programmes | |
US: New online tool does Social Security benefit math for you | monitor | usatoday.com (18.11.2015) When to claim your Social Security benefit can be a tough question to answer, but there's a new online tool to help you do the math. |
published | Information and communication technology, Pensions | United States |
Dutch pension fund PFZW vows to halve carbon footprint | monitor | ipe.com (17.11.2015) PFZW, the €161bn pension fund for the Dutch healthcare industry, is planning to cut the carbon footprint of its investments over the next four years by offloading those holdings producing the most CO2 emissions. |
published | Pensions, Financing | netherlands |
Infographie sur l'efficacité des dépenses dans les systèmes de santé : Le Sénégal dans le top avec la mention excellent | monitor | Dakar Actu (12.11.2015) Une infographie traitant de l'efficacité des dépenses des différents systèmes de santé dans le monde vient d'être publié par l'Economist Intelligence Unit en 2014. En tout cas, selon le blog de Stefan Kingham de Online Marketing Manager publiant dans son site www.medigo.com,, les résultats sont particulièrement intéressants pour le Sénégal, où les dépenses en matière de santé font partie des plus efficaces d'Afrique. |
published | Health | senegal |