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Greece Must Strengthen Social Safety Nets, OECD 'Going for Growth' Report Says

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Greek Reporter (18.03.2017) Greece must continue to strengthen social safety nets, ease regulation in network industries, enhance efficiency in public administration; improve the fairness and efficiency of its tax system and improve the quality of its education system. This is according to a report released on Friday by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) “Going for Growth 2017”.

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Gabon: Biyoghe Mba explique aux gabonais leur nouveau code de protection sociale

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gabonactu.com (04.04.2017) Le ministre gabonais des Affaires sociales, Paul Biyoghe Mba a récemment consacré une demi-journée pour expliquer aux gabonais par des mots simples le nouveau code de protection sociale qui remplace l’ancien code de sécurité sociale datant des années 70.

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New WHO data portal to help track progress towards universal health coverage

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WHO (12.12.2016) To mark Universal Health Coverage Day, WHO today launched a new data portal to track progress towards universal health coverage (UHC) around the world. The portal shows where countries need to improve access to services, and where they need to improve information.

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[Opinion] Is Asia ready for inclusive social protection?

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blogs.adb.org (10.08.2016) In recent decades, there has been a growing recognition across Asia of the need for greater investment in national social protection systems, in particular those financed from general taxation. Yet, across most Asian countries investment in social protection is still low.

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Thailand: Mandatory provident fund considered by cabinet

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Bangkok Post (08.08.2016) A long-awaited mandatory provident fund scheme will be on the cabinet's agenda tomorrow as part of efforts to provide a retirement safety net as the country's demographic trend keeps edging older.

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Ghana: Gender Ministry establishes social protection committees

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News Ghana (23.07.2016) The Committee members selected from the districts assemblies are expected to facilitate targeting, identification and selection of beneficiaries to benefit from the National Health Insurance Scheme under the African Health Market Project (AHME).

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Universal health coverage: Unique challenges, bold solutions

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Devex (01.08.2016) In a little more than a month’s time the world will mark the first anniversary of the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals — the first-ever global to-do list for a fairer, safer and healthier world by 2030.

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