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How do countries fight falling birth rates? | Europe , Russian Federation | BBC News (15.01.2020) Russia has promised greater support for parents as the country continues to struggle with a low birth rate. |
Family benefits | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51118616 | pmassetti | ||||
[CSE] L'actualité Protection sociale : "Les trois réformes systémiques de l'avant-projet de loi sur les retraites" | Africa, Europe | Pierre Mayeur, directeur de l'organisme commun des institutions de rente et de prévoyance (OCIRP) et ancien directeur de la Caisse nationale d'assurance vieillesse, donne sa lecture "personnelle et objective" des avant-projets de loi réformant les retraites. |
Une excellente synthèse du projet de réforme des retraites français, et ce que en quoi il change le paradygme de la Retraite en France tel qu'il fut établi au sortir de la deuxième guerre mondiale. |
Old-age pensions, Pensions | managing reforms | https://www.actuel-ce.fr/content/les-trois-reformes-systemiques-de-lavant-proje… | gfilhon | |||
La retraite des autoentrepreneurs pourrait coûter des milliards d'euros à l'Etat | france | C'est un arrêt à haut risque pour les finances de l'Etat. La Cour de Cassation doit se prononcer sur la minoration systématique des pensions de retraites par la caisse de retraites des autoentrepreneurs, la CIPAV. L'Etat a laissé faire et pourrait se voir demander de rembourser une note salée.… |
C'est un arrêt à haut risque pour les finances de l'Etat. La Cour de Cassation doit se prononcer sur la minoration systématique des pensions de retraites par la caisse de retraites des autoentrepreneurs, la CIPAV. L'Etat a laissé faire et pourrait se voir demander de rembourser une note salée. |
Old-age pensions, Employment, Extension of coverage | adequacy, basic income, contribution collection | https://www.franceculture.fr/droit-justice/la-retraite-des-autoentrepreneurs-po… | gfilhon | |||
Réforme des retraites : les simulations confirment le rôle capital de l’âge pivot | Europe , france | lemonde.fr (21.01.2020) L’analyse des « cas types » par le gouvernement montre que la réforme pénaliserait les départs avant l’âge pivot et profiterait à ceux qui travailleraient plus tard. |
L’analyse des « cas types » par le gouvernement montre que la réforme pénaliserait les départs avant l’âge pivot et profiterait à ceux qui travailleraient plus tard. |
Old-age pensions | adequacy, data analytics, managing reforms | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2020/01/21/retraites-les-simulatio… | gfilhon | ||
How the youth in Uttar Pradesh are helping the elderly access government welfare schemes, benefits | india | yourstory.com (17.01.2020) Lack of literacy and complicated documents often hamper financially dependent elderly from accessing government welfare schemes and benefits. |
Pensions | Published_SS_Monitor | https://yourstory.com/socialstory/2020/01/uttar-pradesh-elderly-government-sche… | pmassetti | ||||
Putin offered to give out capital for the first child | Russian Federation | EastRussia (15.01.2020) The maternity capital program will be expanded in Russia. It will begin to be issued in full to families after the birth of the first child. This was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin during his annual address to the Federal Assembly. |
Family benefits | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.eastrussia.ru/en/news/matkapital-nachnut-vydavat-posle-rozhdeniya-p… | pmassetti | ||||
Russia's Putin seeks to stimulate birth rate | Russian Federation | BBC News (15.01.2020) President Vladimir Putin has announced a series of plans to increase the number of children being born in Russia from an average birth rate of under 1.5 per woman to 1.7 within four years. |
Family benefits | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51120165 | pmassetti | |||||
Pension schemes in EU show big shortfalls in stress test | Europe | EURACTIV.com (18.12.2019) A stress test of pension schemes across the European Union wiped out €270 billion or almost a quarter of investments at funds that took part, the EU’s insurance and pensions watchdog said on Tuesday (17 December). |
Financing | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/pension-schemes-in-eu-show-b… | pmassetti | ||||
How well are countries doing on universal health coverage? An assessment of 111 countries on UHC Day | December 12 each year is Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day. The tradition dates back to 2012 when the United Nations General Assembly unanimously endorsed a resolution urging countries to accelerate progress toward universal health coverage |
universal health coverage | Published_SS_Monitor | https://blogs.worldbank.org/developmenttalk/how-well-are-countries-doing-univer… | pmassetti | |||||
French PM Edouard Philippe unveils controversial new pensions system | france | Euronews (11.12.2019) France's prime minister has vowed to push ahead with controversial reforms to the country's pension system despite crippling strikes |
Pensions | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.euronews.com/2019/12/11/french-pm-edouard-philippe-unveils-controve… | pmassetti | ||||
'I feel more loved.' Autonomy, self-worth and Kenya's universal pension: Summary Report | kenya | Development Pathways (Nov 2019) The report focuses on the Inua Jamii Senior Citizens’ Programme which is a tax-financed benefit-tested social pension that is provided to Kenyans when they reach 70 years of age. By ensuring a universal income guarantee to all of Kenya citizens in old age, the… |
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Universal Social Protection | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.developmentpathways.co.uk/publications/autonomy-self-worth-and-keny… | pmassetti | |||
France: Réforme des retraites, pourquoi c’est si compliqué ? | france | la-croix.com (01.12.2019) Retour sur les grandes questions qui irriguent le débat sur les retraites. |
Pensions | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.la-croix.com/Economie/France/Reforme-retraites-pourquoi-cest-compli… | pmassetti | ||||
Climate change in the Sahel: How can cash transfers help protect the poor? | Africa | brookings.edu (04.12.2019) the countries of the Sahel are particularly vulnerable to climate change, undermining their long-term development prospects and the chances of the next generation. |
Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2019/12/04/climate-change-in-… | pmassetti | |||||
Social protection expenditure and its financing in Europe | Europe | Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion - European Commission (28.10.2019) This Synthesis Report produced by the European Social Policy Network (ESPN) examines the changes which occurred in expenditure on social protection and the sources of its financing over the period 2005-2016. |
Social policies & programmes, Financing | https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=1135&furtherNews=yes&langId=en&newsI… | pmassetti | |||||
The ILO’s Global Social Protection Week needs to address austerity, the elephant in the room | Equal Times (21.11.2019) During the week of 25 November, senior government officials, social partners, civil society organisations and representatives of the international community will gather in Geneva to take part in the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Global Social Protection Week… |
Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.equaltimes.org/the-ilo-s-global-social-protection?lang=en#.Xd-lkOhK… | pmassetti | ||||||
Chile's fiery anger fueled by fears of poverty in old age | chile | Reuters (01.11.2019) As over a million people streamed through Santiago’s streets in a series of protest marches last week, one elderly couple stood out from the largely youthful crowd. |
Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-chile-protests-pensions/chiles-fiery-anger-f… | pmassetti | |||||
UN Special Rapporteur and rights groups warn of risks from biometrics and AI in welfare systems | Biometric Update (18.10.2019) The potential of biometric ID systems for abuse in some countries is a major threat to individuals, and current practices risk the world “stumbling zombie-like into a digital welfare dystopia,” according UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights,… |
Data management | Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.biometricupdate.com/201910/un-special-rapporteur-and-rights-groups-… | pmassetti | |||||
How do digital labour platforms impact working conditions? | World Economic Forum (23.09.2019) Debates about the gig economy tend to focus on transportation network companies (TNCs) and other locally provided services. Less discussed but of growing importance in the world of work are cross-border, web-based, digital labour platforms. |
digital platforms | Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/09/digital-labour-platforms-are-a-double-ed… | pmassetti | |||||
Finnish social minister: Europe needs ‘a paradigm shift’ towards the economy of well-being | Europe | euractiv.com (19.08.2019) Working towards a more inclusive economic growth in Europe is one of the Finnish presidency’s main priorities. Finnish minister Aino-Kaisa Pekonen lays out her vision for “the economy of well-being”. |
Social policies & programmes | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.euractiv.com/section/middle-ground-politics/interview/finnish-socia… | pmassetti | ||||
Digital dystopia: how algorithms punish the poor | The Guardian (14.10.2019) In an exclusive global series, the Guardian lays bare the tech revolution transforming the welfare system worldwide – while penalising the most vulnerable |
Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/oct/14/automating-poverty-algorithm… | pmassetti | ||||||
Here's how Obamacare has changed America | United States | KMIZ (09.07.2019) In the nine years since the Affordable Care Act was signed into law, it has affected nearly every aspect of the nation's health care system. |
Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.abc17news.com/news/politics/heres-how-obamacare-has-changed-america… | pmassetti | |||||
Why Informal Workers Are Opting Out of China’s Welfare System | china | sixthtone.com (09.10.2019) As China’s population continues to age, the country must increase the number of people paying into the system. But many workers in the informal sector aren’t interested. |
brics | Published_SS_Monitor | http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1004594/why-informal-workers-are-opting-out-of-ch… | pmassetti | ||||
Malaysia: Socso scheme helps cut workers’ mishaps while commuting to work | malaysia | Daily Express Online (10.10.2019) Socso scheme helps cut workers’ mishaps while commuting to work. Elopura Assemblyman, Calvin Chong, said awareness on road accidents involving workers heading to or from work is important. He said, according to a study by the Malaysian Institute of Road… |
The smart sharing programme between the Social Security Organisation (Socso) and employers helped reduce the rate of workers’ accidents while commuting to and from work.
Elopura Assemblyman, Calvin Chong, said awareness on road accidents involving workers heading to o |
Prevention of occupational risks | issa, OSH | Published_SS_Monitor | http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news/141553/socso-scheme-helps-cut-workers-misha… | dfabbri | ||
Swedish authorities introduce robots to help social workers | sweden | computerweekly.com (04.10.2019) Local authorities in Sweden are using process automation through software to help social workers make decisions on benefits for claimants. |
Social assistance | Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252471846/Swedish-authorities-introduce-rob… | pmassetti | ||||
How digital can transform healthcare in Asia for millions of people | Asia | World Economic Forum (04.10.2019) More than half of the people on Earth still don’t have full coverage of essential health services and almost 100 million people fall into extreme poverty from paying for healthcare. In South-East Asia, while some positive progress has been made in achieving… |
Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/10/digital-healthcare-healthtech-asia/ | dfabbri |