ISSA RSSF: Ministry of Labor of Azerbaijan talks wage increases

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menafn. (14.05.2019) Key reforms have been carried out in recent years aimed at improving the welfare of the population in Azerbaijan, the Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of Azerbaijan Sahil Babayev said at the ISSA Regional Social Security Forum for Europe held in Baku, Trend reports.

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azerbaijan

Ghana’s pensions regulator is working to ensure about 11m informal sector workers have pension schemes

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 Pulse Nigeria (07.05.2019) The National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) has said that it is putting measures in place to ensure that Ghanaians working in the informal sector are able to access a pension scheme.

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ghana
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Pensions
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L’accès aux soins des étrangers en France reste toujours « difficile », selon le Défenseur des droits

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Le Monde (13.05.2019) M. Toubon met en cause les « préjugés » entourant les étrangers malades, et notamment celui d’un « appel d’air » censément créé par le système de soins français.

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france
Global challenges
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Difficult-to-cover groups

How a basic income can battle the 8 giants of a faltering economy

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World Economic Forum (20.01.2019)  The post-1945 income distribution system is irretrievably broken, threatening the market economy. And traditional redistributive tools such as direct taxes, collective bargaining, and labor regulations cannot put things right.

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Europe: New data show more than 14 million young people benefitted from Youth Guarantee

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Europa (30.04.2019) Latest data on the Youth Guarantee show that youth unemployment and rate of NEETs have reached record lows since the Youth Guarantee started, but also indicate more work is still needed.

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european union
Global challenges
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Bolivia: El desempleo golpea a los más jóvenes del país

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El Deber (05.05.2019)  Según el INE la desocupación general es de un 4,27%, mientras que en los segmentos de menor edad llega al 8,5%. El Gobierno ofrece programas laborales

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bolivia
Global challenges
Topics
Unemployment
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Report: Working conditions in a global perspective

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ilo.org 2019 - This report provides a comparative analysis of job quality covering approximately 1.2 billion of the world’s workers in the EU28, China, the Republic of Korea, Turkey, the United States (US), Spanish-speaking Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama), Argentina, Chile and Uruguay.

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Safety and health at work

Brazil : Uber and Other "App" Drivers can Soon Register as Microentrepreneurs

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 The Rio Times (05.05.2019) The Ministry of Economy has confirmed Friday (3rd) that it is studying a decree to regulate the requirement for the registration of drivers of “Apps” at the National Institute of Social Security (INSS).

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brazil
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
Service delivery
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Exponential Disruption in the Digital Economy

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This paper addresses five disruptive technologies that are driving massive economic transformation and that will be critical areas for public policy formulation and implementation in the region in the years ahead: cloud computing, blockchain, big data, artificial intelligence and the internet of things.

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Americas
Global challenges
Topics
Information and communication technology
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Large-scale automation
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