Panama Amercica (24.08.2016( Un informe preliminar sobre el Programa de Invalidez, Vejez y Muerte de la Caja de Seguro Social (CSS) fue entregado por el Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD) a la vicepresidenta Isabel de Saint Malo.

Reuters (10.09.2016) A common platform to enable British savers to group all their pension pots in one place and potentially recover 400 million pounds ($530 million) in lost savings should be ready by March 2017, Britain's finance ministry said on Sunday

ILO (06.09.2016) At a high level conference on universal social protection ILO Director-General Guy Ryder has told delegates that: “In 2016, a lack of social protection is completely unacceptable. This has to change, and this can change.”

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.

People Daily (24.08.2016) La situation de la sécurité sur les lieux de travail s'est améliorée pendant les cinq dernières années, avec moins d'accidents et de morts enregistrés, selon des statistiques publiées par le Bureau national de contrôle de la sécurité du travail (BCST)

TDG (02.09.2016) Le conseiller fédéral souhaite s'attaquer à la marge de distribution des produits remboursés par l'assurance.

Le Temps (06.09.2016) Unia propose de renforcer les rentes AVS avec son initiative AVSplus soumise au peuple le 25 septembre. Tribune de sa présidente Vania Alleva

Jornada UNAM (28.08.2016) Con motivo del Día Nacional del Adulto Mayor, que se conmemora este 28 de agosto, Verónica Montes de Oca, del Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales (IIS), y Marissa Vivaldo Martínez, académica de la Facultad de Estudios Superiores (FES) Zaragoza de la UNAM, señalaron…

The Guardian (01.09.2016) Health select committee says government must fulfil health pledges and take on big industry interests to tackle childhood obesity and diabetes

pourquoidocteur.fr (15.09.2016) La fraude a coûté plus d’un milliard d’euros à la protection sociale en 2015. Les ventes de médicaments sont le principale source.

RurActiv (13.09.2016) The rights of pregnant women and new mothers in the workplace need to be protected in a way that ensures the health of the both mother and child, while not damaging the woman’s career prospects or harming business, write Lucy Strang and Miriam Broeks.

zonebourse.com (24.08.2016) La Commission européenne a adopté aujourd'hui une proposition de règlement concernant de nouveaux moyens intégrés de collecte et d'utilisation de données provenant d'enquêtes sociales, en vue de mieux étayer le processus d'élaboration des…

nation.co.ke (17.09.2016) The government and the World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday launched a central database registry to gather information of beneficiaries of all social protection services in the country.

Bloomberg View (09.09.2016) In the years since the 2008-09 financial crisis, cracks have appeared in the global hegemony of neoliberalism. The pressure to favor free markets and reject the social-welfare model (whose history I described in Part 1 of this article) has moderated somewhat. 

YNaija (30.08.2016) Recently the United Nations, through its special Rappouteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP’s), Professor Beyani Chaloka, called on the Government of Nigeria to put in place a comprehensive and coordinated approach in addressing the problems of…

Reuters (19.09.2016) The Canadian government's plan to increase workers' retirement benefits will raise the limit on eligible wages by 14 percent, officials said on Monday, as the country looks to bolster its retirement system amid worries people are not saving enough.

Antigua Observer (16.09.2016) Guyana will host a one-day regional consultation on the establishment of a regional tripartite social dialogue mechanism and a regional social protection floor.

The Economist (17.09.2016) How a poor country brought health insurance to 91% of the population

ilo.org (19.09.2016) At this year's UN General Assembly , world leaders will launch an unprecedented effort to roll out universal social protection in countries all around the world. Heads of state, the World Bank Group and International Labour Organization will convene on Wednesday 21…

The Star Online (12.08.2016) An alarming number of Malaysian workers – well over six million who are self-employed or in the semi-formal sector – are not covered by any retirement scheme due to a lack of a comprehensive social protection system.

gdi.manchester.ac.uk (02.09.2016) A large share of the population in Uganda is still economically vulnerable, despite a remarkable reduction in poverty in recent decades.

thehansindia (19.09.2016) At the HelpAge Asia-Pacific Regional Conference 2016 on Economic Implications of Ageing, recently held in Hanoi, Viet Nam, good practice examples of how some countries were responding to their rapid population ageing were shared.

blogs.worldbank.org (12.09.2016) While many of us work hard to postpone growing old, ageing populations as a whole are inevitable, predictable and something countries can prepare for. As developing countries prosper, their citizens will live longer and, hopefully, healthier lives. By 2050, the…

The Economist (23.09.2016) It costs a lot more to fund a modern retirement. Employers, workers and governments are not prepared

adiac-congo (10.09.2016) Fort des résultats probants obtenus dans sa phase expérimentale, Lisungi, système de filets sociaux, bénéficie d’un financement additionnel de la part de la Banque mondiale (BM) d’un montant de 10 millions de dollars américain, soit plus de 5 milliards FCFA