[Report] Is biometric technology in social protection programmes illegal or arbitrary? An analysis of privacy and data protection

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Ilo working paper (05.06.2018) Social protection programmes require processing significant data amounts, including often-sensitive information such as household assets, health status and physical or intellectual disabilities. Now more than ever, it is critical to address issues of privacy and data security in social protection programme design, implementation and evaluation.

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France: Revenu de base - treize départements vont en faire l'expérimentation

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RCF (13.06.2018) Treize départements français ancrés à gauche se sont portés volontaires pour expérimenter le revenu de base, une idée qui remonte à la précédente campagne pour la présidentielle.

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SSS enjoins working Filipinos to invest for their social protection

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Philippine Information Agency (11.06.2018) The Social Security System is currently making big steps to improve social security and retirement benefits for its members  and in  improving the financial viability of the institution while enjoining   members  to regularly pay their contributions  as investment  for their future

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philippines, the
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Suisse: Les seniors, ces mal-aimés du marché du travail

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Le Temps (12.06.2018)  Le chômage de longue durée touche essentiellement les plus de 50 ans, qui se sentent souvent discriminés à l’embauche. Seule une minorité de Suisses travaille jusqu’à l’âge de la retraite alors qu’il faudrait plus de cotisants pour assurer la pérennité des assurances sociales

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switzerland
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Old-age pensions
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France: Le déficit de l'Assurance-maladie au plus bas depuis vingt ans

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Les Echos (12.06.2018) La prévision de déficit pour 2018 de cette branche de la Sécurité sociale a été ramenée à 500 millions d'euros. Le régime général et le Fonds de solidarité vieillesse frôlent également l'équilibre grâce à des cotisations sociales plus fortes que prévu

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france
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Indonesia edges closer towards an inclusive pension

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developmentpathways.co.uk (30.05.2018) Indonesia is one of the few countries in South-East Asia not to have a social pension. The only pensions available are financed from social insurance and, in the main, are received by former civil servants. In fact, only around 15 per cent of older people can currently access a pension, and yet more than 20 million people are aged 60 years and over, the majority being women.

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indonesia
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Ethiopia’s scheme to help the poor is setting an example - Extending the safety-net in Ethiopia

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economist.com (31.05.2018) Safety-nets, in one form or another, have proliferated across Africa in recent years

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Africa
ethiopia
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Difficult-to-cover groups
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