El País (28.01.2019) Más de 313.000 personas recibieron esta prestación en 2017 en España. Hay grandes diferencias por comunidades
The Scotsman (23.01.2019) This week political and business elites have been gathering in Davos, Switzerland for their annual feival of wealth – otherwise known as the World Economic Forum. Some attendees will undoubtedly be feeling particularly pleased with themselves. As a startling new report by Oxfam revealed on Monday, billionaire fortunes increased by 12 per cent last year. That’s an eyewatering $2.5 billion a day.
CEPAL (Enero 2019) El Panorama Social 2018 analiza temas cruciales para entender y actuar ante los desafíos estructurales que enfrentan los países de América Latina y el Caribe en la actual coyuntura económica y social, especialmente en el marco de las transformaciones en curso en los mercados de trabajo. Incluye nuevas revisiones de la metodología utilizada por el organismo para estimar la pobreza monetaria en la región, así como nuevas mediciones sobre desigualdad funcional, gasto social y doble inclusión laboral y social.
Le Temps (16.01.2019) En Suisse, comme en Europe, une grande majorité des personnes dans le besoin ne réclament pas les aides sociales auxquelles elles ont droit. Une économie pour l’Etat? Au contraire
Social Europe (15.01.2019) Official EU statistics mask the alarming extent of poverty and inequality in Europe. Despite slight recent easing, its dangerous scale threatens Europe’s social and political cohesion.
Social Europe (14.01.2019) In Ireland the absence of universal health- and childcare makes the insecurity of precarious work even greater.
ReliefWeb (31.12.2018) Despite significant progress in the reduction of extreme poverty in recent years, millions of children are still poor or vulnerable to poverty. There is growing consensus that poverty comprises more dimensions than just monetary. Social protection policies can help address the multifaceted nature of child poverty and improve children’s well-being, especially in the areas of education, health and nutrition. However, it is important to consider the gender-, age- and context-specific needs and vulnerabilities of children during all stages of the policy cycle.
Prensa (20.12.2018) El más reciente informe laboral de la Contraloría General de la República (agosto 2018) indica que 43.6% de los trabajadores panameños tienen empleos informales, casi siete puntos por encima de su nivel histórico más bajo, alcanzado en 2011 (36.9%).
EurActiv (21.12.2018) The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has urged governments to pay attention to the consequences of their policies and compensate vulnerable groups that could be hit by new taxes.
brookings.edu (12.12.2018) An extensive literature examines the link between social protection-related public spending and objective outcomes of well-being such as income, employment, education, and health (see Department for International Development [DFID], 2011; ILO, 2010; World Bank, 2012). Much less attention has been given to how government social protection policies influence individuals’ own sense of well-being, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (often referred to as developing countries).
