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[Report] ILO: Informal economy - More than 60 per cent of the world’s employed population are in the informal economy

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ILO (30.04.2018) A new ILO report shows that 2 billion people work informally, most of them in emerging and developing countries. The majority lack social protection, rights at work and decent working conditions.

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L’Afrique face au défi de l’accès aux médicaments

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EurActiv (28.03.2018) Face aux nombreuses difficultés d’accès aux médicaments en Afrique, les États africains tentent d’organiser le marché pour augmenter la production locale, qui ne pèse que 3 % de la production mondiale.

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Africa
Global challenges
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Financing
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[Analysis] Ethiopia: Public Ownership Key to Sustainable Social Protection System

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allAfrica (12.02.2018) Although, Ethiopia has an array of formal and informal support mechanisms, programs, action plans and interventions that aims at serving a variety of social protection purposes, the most direct - the National Social Policy - is designed as part and parcel of an integrated approach to the progressive realization of social and economic rights noted in article 41 of the constitution, which state, "The State shall, within available means, allocate resources to provide rehabilitation and assistance to the physically and mentally disabled, the aged, and to children who are

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ethiopia
Global challenges
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Social assistance
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[Blog] Germany: Social Security Contributions for internet platforms such as Uber, Airbnb and MyHammer?

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Lexology (05.02.2018) The Statutory Accident Insurance (Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung) has recently argued that operators of internet platforms such as Uber, Airbnb and MyHammer should be included in the accident insurance system like any other employer. Accident insurance is one branch of the social security system in Germany, the contributions to which are traditionally shared between employer and employee. It covers costs for the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases (insured events) and the compensation of damage after the occurrence of an insured event.

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germany
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Occupational accidents and diseases
Information and communication technology
Social policies & programmes
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Digital Platforms
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Chile: INE - Ocupación informal llega al 30 por ciento entre octubre y diciembre

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Cooperativa. (01.02.2018) Tres de cada 10 trabajadores forman parte de la Ocupación Informal del país, según reveló el inorme elaborado en el trimestre octubre-diciemrbe por el Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas (INE).

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latin america
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Inde. Le gouvernement Modi veut instaurer une sécurité sociale universelle

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Courrier international (09.01.2018) C’est une information exclusive de The Indian Express, annoncée en manchette lundi 8 janvier : “Le gouvernement Modi prépare une loi destinée à instaurer une sécurité sociale universelle” en Inde. Un an avant les élections générales du printemps 2019, le ministère du Travail souhaite mettre en place “un filet de sécurité” au profit de tous ceux qui exercent dans le secteur dit “informel”, soit 391 millions de personnes, représentant 83 % des travailleurs du pays.

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india
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[Report] Social protection and inclusive rural transformation

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 socialprotection.org (15.12.2017) This research paper discusses the interactions between social protection, rural transformation and inclusiveness. The questions addressed are: How does social protection reach and facilitate the rural transformation process? What key social protection interventions can better support inclusive transformation?

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Vers un décollage des systèmes d’information santé et de l’e-santé en Afrique de l’Ouest

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theconversation.com (23.11.2017) L’objet de cet article est de faire le point sur le décollage – encore balbutiant mais déjà notable – des systèmes d’information orientés santé (SIS) – parfois nommés e-santé – qui se déploient en Afrique de l’Ouest. Il sera donc question des SIS, de leurs caractéristiques, de leurs diversités et de leur contextualisation. 

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Africa
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Health
Data management
Technological transition
Extension of coverage
Service quality
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EU seeks more protection for Uber-style jobs

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Reuters (25.09.2017) The European Commission wants more social protection and rights for casual workers, such as those in the “gig economy”, and others with non-standard contracts to try to tackle growing social inequality.

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european union
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Employment policies
Employment of young workers
Extension of coverage
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
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