[Analysis] Towards a Universal Basic Income in France

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Basic Income/News (01.02.2016) Multiple surveys across many countries show an increasing support for the idea of providing every citizen with a monthly lump-sum allowance to ensure everyone can meet their basic subsistence needs. In France, the IFOP (a leading French national market research institute) has shown that this support goes beyond political orientation divisions.

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france
finland

Belarus: BEROC: The inevitable need to reform social protection policy in Belarus

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EuroBelarus (15.02.2016) The 3 directions of reforms will be to retreat from subsidized tariffs, to reform the pension system, and to increase unemployment benefits. Naturally, some of these reforms will be highly unpopular.

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Pensions
Social policies & programmes

France: Les difficultés financières des départements menacent la branche famille de la Sécu

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Le Figaro (13.02.2016) La crise financière des départements, confrontés à l'envolée de leurs dépenses sociales, et en particulier du RSA, commence à avoir des répercussions préoccupantes sur les caisses d'allocation familiales (CAF). Celles-ci tirent d'ailleurs la sonnette d'alarme: les conseils départementaux leur doivent 110 millions d'euros au titre du RSA pour 2015.

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france
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Family benefits
Financing

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Deutschland: Techniker Krankenkasse will Fitnessdaten nutzen

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Spiegel (09.02.2016) Fitnessarmbänder liefern wichtige Informationen über den Gesundheitszustand ihrer Nutzer - die Techniker Krankenkasse hat nun vorgeschlagen, die Daten stärker zu nutzen. Der Vorstoß stößt auf Kritik.

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germany
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Health
Information and communication technology

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Maroc: Moubdii déterminé à faire passer la réforme des retraites

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Aujourd'hui le Maroc (12.02.2016) Le gouvernement reste intransigeant. Si les centrales syndicales ont décidé de recourir à la grève générale nationale, l’Exécutif compte mener à son bout la réforme des retraites.

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morocco
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Pensions

Une caisse d’assurance maladie allemande lorgne sur les données de fitness de ses assurés

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slate.fr (12.02.2016) Le président de la plus grande caisse d’assurance maladie publique allemande a déclaré qu’il comptait à l’avenir faire une plus grande utilisation des données personnelles des patients.

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germany
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Health

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Unicef Applauds Ghana's Achievement in Social Protection

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AllAfrica (09.02.2016) The Deputy Director of the United Nation Children's Fund (UNICEF) in charge of Programmes, Her Excellency Vidhya Ganesh has commended Ghana for it success in the implementation of several social protection programmes which are helping to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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ghana
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Family benefits

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World Bank Launches New Project to Strengthen Sudan’s Social Protection Systems

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Finchannel (12.02.2016) The World Bank and the Government of Sudan on February 11 signed the grant agreement launching the Sudan Social Safety Net Project. By supporting reforms to improve the targeting and management of Sudan’s existing social protection/cash transfer systems, the Project intends to help cushion the negative effects of fiscal reforms on poor and vulnerable households.

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sudan

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