Global Challenges search
| Title | Abstract | Tags | Topics | Regions / Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Opinion] Tax avoidance by corporations is out of control. The United Nations must step in | monitor | The Guardian (30.09.2015) We cannot close our eyes to the fact that the current global tax system is having a disproportionate impact on those living in poverty |
poverty, extending coverage, published | Extension of coverage, Inequalities, Shocks & extreme events | |
| En Uruguay 87,4 % de las personas mayores de 65 años cobra jubilación o pensión | monitor | Diario La República (27.09.2015) El sistema de seguridad social uruguayo en etapa de retiro muestra muy altos niveles de cobertura, según datos presentados por Inmayores y la Dirección Nacional de Evaluación y Monitoreo del Ministerio de Desarrollo a través del Sistema de Información sobre Vejez y Envejecimiento. La estadística indica que 87,4 % de las personas de 65 años o más, que representan 14 % de la población, cobraban jubilaciones o pensiones en 2014. |
published | Old-age pensions | uruguay |
| India: Kerala state plans mandatory health cover for migrant workers | monitor | Times Of Oman (27.09.2015) Mandatory health insurance coverage is currently under discussion for residents of the Indian state of Kerala, who plan to migrate abroad from the state, said a top official from the department responsible for the welfare of Keralite migrants. |
brics, extending coverage, migration, published | Extension of coverage | india |
| Australia: Seven out of ten Newstart recipients are long-term unemployed | monitor | The Sidney Morning Herald (27.09.2015) More than seven out of 10 Australians on unemployment benefits have been out of work for more than a year. The total is a big jump from six out of 10 three years ago. |
megatrends, published | Unemployment | australia |
| EU: Adequate Pensions: new report calls for measures to enable people to work until they reach the pension age | monitor | europa.eu (05.10.2015) A new report shows that EU’s pension systems can be expected to deliver adequate pensions to future generations of retirees provided strong policies to enable workers to stay in jobs until they reach the statutory pension age are pursued. |
published | Pensions | european union |
| Née pour garantir les Français contre les aléas de la vie, la Sécurité sociale a 70 ans | monitor | Libération (03.10.2015) Garantir «les travailleurs et leurs familles» contre les aléas de la vie, au moment où la France sort meurtrie de la guerre: il y a 70 ans, l’ordonnance du 4 octobre 1945 posait les fondements de la Sécurité |
published | Governance and administration | france |
| Belgique: Réforme des pensions: le PTB tire la sonnette d'alarme | monitor | DH (30.09.2015) Avec la future réforme des pensions complémentaires, certains travailleurs pourraient perdre plus d’un tiers de leurs pensions, selon une étude du PTB. |
managing reforms, published | belgium | |
| Madagascar – De la protection sociale pour les paysans | monitor | L'Express de Madagascar (05.10.2015) Des laissés pour compte. Les paysans qui représentent les 85% de la population ne bénéficient pas encore de protection sociale. Or, ils travaillent dur pour subvenir à leurs besoins quotidiens et pour assurer le rôle de moteur du développement du pays. Pour redresser cette inégalité en matière de sécurisation sociale, la Caisse nationale de prévoyance sociale (CNaPS) étudie les conditions et les formes possibles de couverture sociale pour que les paysans puissent bénéficier de tous les avantages qu’elle offre à tous ses adhérents. |
extending coverage, rural world, published | Health, Extension of coverage, Social policies & programmes | madagascar |
| Deutschland: Zehn Jahre Organisationsreform in der gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung | monitor | Presse Portal (01.10.2015) Vor zehn Jahren ist die Organisationsreform in der gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung in Kraft getreten. Zum 1. Oktober 2005 wurden mit der umfassenden Reform die bis dahin bestehenden Organisationsstrukturen in der Rentenversicherung grundlegend verändert. Die seinerzeit bestehende Unterscheidung zwischen Arbeitern und Angestellten in der Rentenversicherung wurde beendet. |
published | Governance and administration | germany |
| El número de personas en pobreza extrema cae por debajo del 10% | monitor | El País (04.10.2015) El número de personas atrapadas en la pobreza extrema se reducirá este año a 702 millones, según las últimas proyecciones del Banco Mundial difundidas este domingo. Los más necesitados del planeta representan así el 9,6% de la población mundial. Es la primera vez que esa proporción desciende del 10%. La organización pronostica que el número de ciudadanos en situación pobreza extrema se reducirá hasta 2020 pero cree que a partir de entonces será muy difícil avanzar hacia el objetivo de erradicar la miseria en 2030. La institución eleva a 1,90 dólares al día el mínimo para sobrevivir en los países más pobres. |
megatrends, poverty, published | Inequalities | |
| UK will allow parental leave to be shared with grandparents | monitor | Bloomberg Business (04.10.2015) UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne said working grandparents will be given the right to take time off to help care for their grandchildren as part of a move to make parental leave more flexible. |
published | Family benefits | |
| US: Proposition B may expand parental leave rights | monitor | The San Francisco Examiner (04.10.2015) San Francisco’s government employees could gain more expansive parental leave rights under a charter amendment submitted to voters by the Board of Supervisors with the support of the mayor. |
published | Family benefits | United States |
| Swiss pensions reform 'helps wrong people', think tank warns | monitor | IPE News (28.09.2015) The amended reform proposal on the major Swiss pension reform package Altersvorsorge 2020 includes an immediate hike in the first-pillar AHV to compensate a cut in the minimum conversion rate in the second pillar. |
managing reforms, published | switzerland | |
| Many Americans lack Social Security smarts: Study | monitor | CNBC (28.09.2015) Americans who will reach retirement age over the next two decades rely too heavily on Social Security when estimating future income, and many believe they are reasonably well versed on the countless and complex options available for claiming benefits. |
published | Old-age pensions | United States |
| France: La Sécurité sociale célèbre mardi ses 70 ans | monitor | Le Figaro (01.10.2015) La Sécurité sociale, créée le 4 octobre 1945, célèbre mardi son 70e anniversaire par une grande Rencontre nationale clôturée par le président François Hollande et réunissant acteurs de la protection sociale, historiens, partenaires sociaux et personnalités politiques. |
published | france | |
| Responsible investing: Japanese public pensions focusing on environment, social issues | monitor | Nikkei Asian Review (29.09.2015) A growing number of public pension funds here are promising to consider corporate commitment to social causes in making investment decisions, joining a movement rapidly gaining prominence around the world. |
published | Financing | japan |
| China, Switzerland ink social insurance deal | monitor | Global Post (30.09.2015) China and Switzerland signed a social insurance agreement Wednesday that will exempt company personnel sent to work in each other's country from mandatory social insurance contributions. |
brics, published | china, switzerland | |
| [Opinion] Dependency is dead! - FAO blog | monitor | FAO blog (24.09.2015) A commonly held view of cash transfers and other social protection programmes, in both developed and developing countries, is that they foster dependency. |
extending coverage, rural world, cct, published | Extension of coverage, Conditional cash transfers | |
| European executive promises convergence on social rights | monitor | EurActiv (30.09.2015) The European Commission wants to establish minimum social rights as part of a package due to be unveiled in Spring 2016. Paris and Berlin are exploring plans for a "social Eurogroup", the French President said. |
megatrends, published | Employment, Inequalities | european union |
| Re-employment of the long-term unemployed - a pressing European challenge | monitor | europa.eu (18.09.2015) Despite the decline in unemployment since 2013, long-term unemployment has only now ceased rising and the prospects of returning to jobs for those who have been unemployed for more than one year remain very low. |
megatrends, published | Unemployment | european union |
| Europe takes action to help 12 million long-term unemployed get back to work | monitor | europa.eu (17.09.2015) The European Commission has proposed guidance to Member States to better help long-term unemployed return to work. |
megatrends, published | Unemployment | european union |
| [Opinión] Reformas estructurales al sistema de pensiones en Chile | monitor | El Mostrador (07.09.2015) El sistema privatizado de administración de fondos de pensiones (AFP) vía capitalización individual fue creado durante la dictadura cívico-militar por el entonces ministro de Trabajo José Piñera (el mismo del Plan Laboral), mediante el Decreto Ley N° 3500 de 1980. El objetivo central de la privatización del sistema de pensiones era crear un robusto mercado de capitales que ofrezca una vía de financiamiento barato a las grandes empresas (también privatizadas de manera irregular) debido a las restricciones de crédito del sistema financiero |
managing reforms, published | Old-age pensions, Pensions | |
| Chômeurs de longue durée : Hollande plaide pour un plan européen | monitor | Les Echos (29.09.2015) Devant le congrès de la Confédération européenne des syndicats, le chef de l’Etat a plaidé pour la portabilité des droits des travailleurs et la convergence des systèmes de Sécurité sociale dans l’UE. |
migration, published | Unemployment, Migration | european union |
| Afrique de l'Ouest: Protection sociale/ CNPS: cérémonie de remise de diplômes aux élèves du CIFOCSS | monitor | Abidjan.net (29.09.2015) Environs quatre-vingt-dix élèves issus du Centre Ivoirien de Formation des Cadres de la Sécurité Sociale de l'institut aux Métiers de la Sécurité Social( IM2S), ont reçu ce mardi 29 septembre leurs diplômes de fin de formation. |
published | Governance and administration | Africa |
| [Report] WHO/Europe: New evidence: how the economic crisis has affected health systems and health in Europe | monitor | Euro WHO (07.09.2015) Economic shocks pose a threat to health and health system performance by increasing people's requirements for health care and, at the same time, making access to care more difficult. The financial and economic crisis has had a visible but varied impact on many health systems in Europe, eliciting a wide range of responses from governments facing fiscal pressure. |
economic crisis, published | Health, Health insurance | Europe |