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Etats-Unis: La réforme de l’Obamacare priverait 23 millions d’Américains de couverture maladie

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Le Monde (25.05.2017) Le bureau du budget du Congrès a expertisé le texte abrogeant et remplaçant l’Affordable Care Act de 2010. Il doit encore être examiné et voté par le Sénat.

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United States
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Health

El drama del desempleo agobia a los argentinos

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El Tiempo (14.06.2017) La exclusión y el desempleo son las caras más visibles de la crisis argentina bajo el gobierno de Mauricio Macri. La primera se palpa ya en la orgullosa Buenos Aires, donde hay cada vez más personas viviendo en situación de calle, no solo individuos expulsados del sistema y en desgracia por adicciones.

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argentina
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Unemployment

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Poor punished by onerous car emissions standards

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Think-tank says discouraging petrol and diesel vehicles risks creating divisions.

The rush by global policymakers to discourage the use of petrol and diesel cars risks punishing the poorest in society.

Increasingly onerous emissions standards as well as the promotion of ride-sharing and electric cars risks benefiting the wealthy and those in big cities at the expense of the poor and those in rural areas, according to a new report.

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united kingdom
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Inequalities
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Dakar Transfer Project Workshop: The State of Evidence on Social Cash Transfers in Africa

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unicef-irc.org (23.05.2017) There is more evidence now than ever before that cash transfers can empower families to improve their lives. In Africa, cash transfers are rapidly expanding as a key social protection tool for reducing chronic poverty and hunger and increasing investment in human capital.

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Africa
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Extension of coverage
Conditional cash transfers

Etats-Unis: La réforme de l’Obamacare priverait 23 millions d’Américains de couverture maladie

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Le Monde (25.05.2017) Le bureau du budget du Congrès a expertisé le texte abrogeant et remplaçant l’Affordable Care Act de 2010. Il doit encore être examiné et voté par le Sénat.

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United States
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Health

Jordan: Steering committee to update anti-poverty, social protection strategy

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Jordan Times (10.05.2017) Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Imad Fakhoury on Monday chaired the steering committee’s first preparatory meeting to update the Strategy for Combating Poverty and Enhancing Social Protection, according to a statement from the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation

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jordan

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Pobreza: comprobada la eficacia de las redes de protección social

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Periodistas-es (15.05.2017) Las redes de protección social —donaciones en efectivo que se entregan regularmente a los hogares pobres a cambio de que los niños asistan a la escuela o sean sometidos a exámenes periódicos de salud— se han convertido en una de las estrategias más eficaces de reducción de la pobreza, ayudando a los pobres y vulnerables a afrontar crisis y catástrofes, escribe Michal Rutkowski para Voces, blog del Banco Mundial.

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