UK: Technology to manage pension 'like bank account’ launched

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FTAdviser (15.02.2018) Pension switching platform PensionBee has teamed up with a bank to allow savers to manage their pension "like a bank account".As part of a deal with Starling Bank, the platform will be integrated into the bank's app, allowing savers to see their live pension alongside their current account balance. 

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united kingdom
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Pensions
Information and communication technology
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Design Thinking for the Public Sector

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Impact Insurance (dec 2017) Since May 2017, the ILO´s Impact Insurance Facility has been working in partnership with the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) in Ghana. The project aims to expand population coverage of the National Health Insurance Scheme by designing a simplified user-friendly digital renewal process.

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ghana
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Health insurance
E-services
Service quality
Service delivery
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Service delivery
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Survey: The healthiest countries in the world, according to Legatum

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Business Insider (14.02.2018) The Legatum Institute, a London-based research institute, released its 11th annual global Prosperity Index in November, a huge survey that ranks the most prosperous countries in the world.

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Health promotion
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Kenya: Over 500,000 to receive bi-monthly cash disbursements

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KBC TV Kenya's Watching (11.02.2018) Over 500,000 people will now receive their bi-monthly cash disbursements of Ksh 4000 shillings in March this year. Among the beneficiaries will include old people aged 70 and above, the severely disabled and orphans.

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kenya
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Conditional cash transfers
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The KINGS of Africa’s Digital Economy | SpringerLink

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The twentieth century saw the economic rise of Asia through the significant economic rise of the “Asian Tiger” countries (Kojima 2000; UNCTAD 1996). But the twenty-first century has been dubbed the African century (Wikipedia 2016). Tech Crunch, renowned technology media company, recently published an article entitled “The Future Is African” (Nash 2015), which aptly described how Africa is unleashing innovation by combining mobile and Web technology to lead the world in the twenty-first century.

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Africa
Global challenges
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Information and communication technology
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags
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[Report] ILO: Long-term care protection for older persons: A review of coverage deficits in 46 countries

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ILO (2015) Due to the global demographic ageing, all countries are challenged by growing long-term care (LTC) needs for older persons. However, these needs are largely ignored and range very low on the policy agendas of most countries.

Global challenges
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Health promotion
Demographic change
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[Interview] France:Travailleurs détachés «Des contrôles stricts, c'est vraiment le cœur du sujet»

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Le Figaro (13.02.2018) Pour l'économiste Rémi Bourgeot, les mesures annoncées par l'exécutif ce lundi s'inscrivent dans la continuité de l'accord européen d'octobre sur le travail détaché.

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france
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Employment
Migration
Error, evasion and fraud
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US: State should help seniors get long-term care without going broke

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The News Tribune (12.02.2018) They don’t come to us because of their best-laid plans; they show up when there is a crisis.An example of a common family experience is when Mom might have a stroke or other diagnosis that impacts her independence. Maybe she is seen in the hospital and then referred to a skilled nursing facility for rehabilitation.

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United States
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Extension of coverage
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UK: Shared parental leave take-up may be as low as 2%

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BBC News (12.02.2018) Around 285,000 couples are eligible every year for shared parental leave, but take-up "could be as low as 2%", the Department for Business said. Around half of the general public are still unaware the option exists, nearly three years after it was introduced, the government said.

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united kingdom
Topics
Family benefits
Parental leave

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