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​Virus has created different economic system, says Finnish pensions chief

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IPE (31.01.2022) The chief executive officer of the State Pension Fund of Finland (Valtion Eläkerahasto, VER), said the economic conditions brought about by the pandemic will stay with us, and with digitalisation and medicine as the key drivers of this new system, that is where governments need to allocate resources.

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finland
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Pensions
Information and communication technology

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China eager to embrace tech to meet overflowing health care demands

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 South China Morning Post (02.07.2018) Patients need to have plenty of patience, especially in China’s under-resourced health care system where rural parents often travel with their sick children to seek treatment at Beijing’s Children Hospital but end up having to literally camp outside because of a shortage of lodgings in the city, or where the needs of the ageing population are rising with more than 200 million people aged over 60, equivalent to the entire population of Indonesia.

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china
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Old-age pensions
Information and communication technology

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ISSA Technical Seminar on social security and the future world of work

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March 2018 - Brussels, Belgium - The main topics that will be addressed are the new forms of work and their impact on social security schemes as well as the need to achieve adequate coverage and levels of benefits and at the same time guarantee financial sustainability.

Digital Economy Topical Cluster
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Labour market
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Digital Transformation of Italy

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Forum OECD (24.05.2018)  The “operating system” of the Country, a series of fundamental blocks upon which services for citizens, the Public Administration, and enterprises are built.

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italy
Global challenges
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Information and communication technology
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
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Re-booting government as a bridge to the digital age

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 OECD (2017) Digitalisation has already been under way for about half a century, yet it is only now that everyone is talking about a digital revolution. Why?

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Information and communication technology
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
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Jordan: Ministerial taskforce formed to handle social safety network

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Jordan Times (07.01.2018) Prime Minister Hani Mulki on Sunday formed a committee to handle all affairs related to the social security network, the term referring to the funds allocated to ease the impact of lifting subsidies in the 2018 budget.

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jordan
Topics
Information and communication technology
Social policies & programmes
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
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Service delivery
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Going Digital - OECD

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The ongoing digital transformation of economies and societies holds many promises to spur innovation, generate efficiencies, and improve services, and in doing so boost more inclusive and sustainable growth as well as enhance well-being. But these benefits go hand-in-hand with disruptions.

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Employment
Information and communication technology
Technological transition
Old_Global Challenges
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
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UN glimpses blockchain future with eye scan payments for refugees

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Zilient - Reuteur (21.07.2017) Thousands of Syrian refugees in Jordan's Azraq camp don't pay for their food with cash but by a scan of their eyes. Purchases are then recorded on a computing platform based on blockchain - the technology behind bitcoin. The U.N. agency launched the futuristic system in May as a one-month pilot involving 10,000 of Azraq's more than 50,000 inhabitants in a bid to explore blockchain's potential to cut costs and bottlenecks.

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Information and communication technology
Service quality
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Internal impact
Service delivery
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[Report] India: Social Protection : State of Aadhaar

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stateofaadhaar.in (2017) The Government of India aims to provide a comprehensive set of safety nets to India’s poor, including food subsidies, employment guarantees, and targeted cash transfers. Financial leakages and service delivery issues, however, reduce its effectiveness. The government aims to use Aadhaar’s authentication and fund transfer capabilities to address these problems.

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india
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Information and communication technology
Service quality
Social assistance
Old_Global Challenges
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Internal impact
Service delivery
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Social security goes digital: Quicker and easier exchange of social security information throughout the EU and beyond

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Europa (03.07.2017) Today the Commission launches the Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information system (EESSI), a new IT platform that will connect electronically around 15.000 social security institutions of EU Member States plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland

Regions / Country
european union
Topics
Governance and administration
Information and communication technology
Service quality
Social policies & programmes
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
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Service delivery
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