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Think Asia

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Open access repository with Knowledge from Asia’s Top Think Tanks. Jointly developed and produced by Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program and the Asian Development Bank Institute.

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Asia
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Health
Migration
Social assistance
Social policies & programmes
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Social Protection Index (SPI)

Submitted by mancovega on

The SPI database was developed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) as a repository of country-level data on social protection programs e.g., social insurance, social assistance and labor market programs in Asia and the Pacific. The main objective is to have an internationally comparable database of government-financed social protection programs including expenditure, coverage, size of benefits and distributional impact on poverty and gender. 

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Asia
Topics
Social policies & programmes

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Québec : Guaranteed Minimum Income

Submitted by massetti on

Québec Portal - Economic, social and demographic changes all influence the labour market. In response to these changes and in keeping with the goal of fostering labour market access to the greatest number of persons, the Gouvernement du Québec has decided to begin an assessment of the mechanisms associated with the principles of guaranteed minimum income, which 21st-century Québec society may then draw from.

Regions / Country
canada
Topics
Social assistance
Inequalities
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Understanding employment barriers to inform policy - Faces of joblessness - OECD

Submitted by massetti on

The European Commission, the OECD and the World Bank have launched an innovative new project (see 2-page project flyer) to shed light on the barriers that individuals face in securing good-quality jobs. The main objective is to assist policymakers in designing, tailoring and targeting activation and employment- support policies. This will help, for instance, avoid targeting costly training programmes on individuals whose main employment barriers are care responsibilities or financial disincentives, which training does not solve.

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Employment
Unemployment
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Going Digital - OECD

Submitted by ruggia on

The ongoing digital transformation of economies and societies holds many promises to spur innovation, generate efficiencies, and improve services, and in doing so boost more inclusive and sustainable growth as well as enhance well-being. But these benefits go hand-in-hand with disruptions.

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Employment
Information and communication technology
Technological transition
Old_Global Challenges
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Internal impact
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