Extending social health protection: Accelerating progress towards Universal Health Coverage in Asia and the Pacific

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ilo.org (07.12.2021) This regional report documents and analyses country experiences and lessons on the extension of social health protection coverage in the Asia and the Pacific region. It provides a detailed account of progress made, challenges encountered and remaining coverage gaps, and explores their root causes.

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Asia
Global challenges
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Health insurance
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The Fairwork Pledge: Digital labour platforms, precarious work and interventions for a fairer gig economy

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The OECD Forum Network (13.12.2021) How can workers in the gig economy be better protected against severe shocks and adverse working conditions?

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Digital Platforms
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Social policy advice to countries from the International Monetary Fund during the COVID-19 crisis: Continuity and change

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ILO Working paper 42 (10.12.2021) This paper explores whether there has been a change in International Monetary Fund (IMF) policy advice and conditions in its loan programmes and Article IV surveillance by examining the 148 country reports for IMF programmes in 2020, in the context of significant shifts in its global macroeconomic policy framework during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Leftist millennial Gabriel Boric, that vowed to reform pensions for the poor, is elected president of Chile.

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 - Pension Policy International (20.12.2021) Leftist lawmaker Gabriel Boric, 35, on Sunday became Chile’s youngest-ever president on promises of installing a “welfare state” in one of the world’s most unequal countries.

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chile
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Health
Pensions
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Digital labour platforms, precarious work and interventions for a fairer gig economy

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The OECD Forum Network (13.12.2021) How can workers in the gig economy be better protected against severe shocks and adverse working conditions?

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Digital Platforms
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Reforms of the employment insurance system of the Republic of Korea to cope with the COVID-19 crisis

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ilo.org (29.11.2021) COVID-19 pandemic that caused massive unemployment has forced countries to review their employment policy and protection system. This paper summarized efforts taken by Republic of Korea in reforming their employment protection system during the pandemic.

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korea, Republic of
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Employment

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Extending social health protection: Accelerating progress towards Universal Health Coverage in Asia and the Pacific

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ilo.org (07.12.2021) This regional report documents and analyses country experiences and lessons on the extension of social health protection coverage in the Asia and the Pacific region. It provides a detailed account of progress made, challenges encountered and remaining coverage gaps, and explores their root causes.

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Asia
Global challenges
Topics
Health
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EU seeks to clarify status of delivery app workers

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EURACTIV.com (09.12.2021) The EU will propose a set of criteria on Thursday (9 December) to determine whether a gig worker in Europe using platforms like Uber, Bolt or Deliveroo should be considered an employee. The proposal by the EU executive is an effort to sort out once and for all the employment status of millions of drivers and delivery people that the major platforms insist are self-employed. The debate has clogged up courts across Europe for almost a decade, with judges handing out more than a hundred decisions across the bloc’s 27 member states, with hundreds more still pending.

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Europe
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
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