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ILO launches first global report on public employment services and active labour market policies for transitions

Submitted by pmassetti on Tue, 12/12/2023 - 15:33

ilo.org (11.12.2023) Public employment services have a central role in responding to crises and fostering recovery to ensure efficient and well-functioning labour markets. This Q&A provides details from the first global report by the ILO on public employment services, shedding light on the latest developments and trends of employment services and active labour market policies.

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Employment
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Digital labour platforms and national employment policies in China: Studying the case of food delivery platforms

Submitted by pmassetti on Mon, 12/11/2023 - 15:18

ILO Working paper (Dec 2023) This paper takes food-delivery platforms as a case study in China to examine the impact of digital labour platforms on employment and presents findings in employment structure, employment relations, working conditions, wages, protection of workers and social insurance in the food-delivery sector.

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china
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Rethinking Social Protection and Climate Change - Implications of climate change for social protection policy and programming in the Asia-Pacific region

Submitted by pmassetti on Mon, 12/11/2023 - 15:08

Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Nov 2023) This report aims to support a shift in vision around social protection and climate change in the Asia-Pacific region by improving understanding of the socio-economic challenges likely to arise from climate change in the medium to long term, and how social protection can be used to manage them.

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Asia
Global challenges
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Environment and climate change
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Innovative approaches to tackle long-term unemployment

Submitted by pmassetti on Mon, 11/27/2023 - 15:49

oecd (21.11.2023) Long-term unemployment remains a structural challenge for most OECD countries. Despite major efforts to address this issue, the efficiency and effectiveness of many existing active labour market policies are limited for jobseekers who face major vulnerabilities and have no ties to the labour market. Therefore, there is a need for innovative approaches that specifically address the barriers faced by long-term unemployed individuals in their labour market (re)integration.

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Employment
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Digital Financial Inclusion In Practice: Haiti Brief

Submitted by pmassetti on Tue, 11/14/2023 - 16:48

World Food Programme (19.10.2023) When crises hit, delivering government assistance through digital payments can help lay the foundations for greater financial resilience and women’s economic empowerment. In Haiti, WFP’s work has centred around building Digital Public Infrastructure for more inclusive and adaptative Social Protection.

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haiti
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Digital inclusion
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Health at a Glance 2023 - OECD

Submitted by pmassetti on Thu, 11/09/2023 - 16:28

oecd.org (2023) Health at a Glance provides a comprehensive set of indicators on population health and health system performance across OECD members and key emerging economies. This edition also has a special focus on digital health, which measures the digital readiness of OECD countries’ health systems, and outlines what countries need to do accelerate the digital health transformation.

Global challenges
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Health
Information and communication technology
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Inclusive Digital Health. Policy Overview

Submitted by pmassetti on Mon, 11/06/2023 - 16:01

paho.org (02.11.2023) One of the eight guiding principles for the digital transformation of the health sector promoted by the Pan American Health Organization is inclusive digital health. This policy brief presents key concepts, recommended lines of action and indicators for monitoring with the aim of advancing inclusive digital health.

Global challenges
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Health
Information and communication technology
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Meeting the Challenges of Multiple Crises: Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic

Submitted by pmassetti on Fri, 11/03/2023 - 15:57

ids.ac.uk (18.10.2023) In July 2023, the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) hosted a series of online learning events which explored and showcased learning and impact from the Covid-19 Responses for Equity (CORE) programme. The events brought together researchers and funders to consider the implications of CORE’s main areas of learning for managing multiple crises and building the resilience of the most vulnerable.

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COVID-19
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Cash Transfers and Digital Financial Inclusion: Regional evidence from the Asia-Pacific region, with a focus on Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Nepal.

Submitted by pmassetti on Thu, 11/02/2023 - 16:49

 World Food Programme (Feb 2023) The study examines the barriers and opportunities to strengthening digital financial inclusion for cash transfer recipients in the Asia-Pacific region, with a focus on Bangladesh, Cambodia and Nepal. Specifically, it maps the existing evidence on the landscape of digital financial inclusion and cash transfer programmes in the region, and explores the perspectives and experiences of cash transfer recipients in receiving digital cash transfers.

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Asia
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Digital inclusion
Cash transfers
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Platform workers and social security: Recent developments in Europe | International Social Security Association (ISSA)

Submitted by rruggia on Thu, 11/02/2023 - 16:33

In Europe, as globally, platform work remains a growing phenomenon. This article explores how recent developments in Europe affect platform workers’ rights and access to social security. In particular, it considers recent steps toward the appropriate classification of certain workers, changes in working conditions, and the extension of new rights and responsibilities

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Europe
Global challenges
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Difficult-to-cover groups
Digital economy
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
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