devdiscourse (18.02.2019) The concept of ‘Vision Zero’ is fast gaining international acceptance and is expected to leverage the efforts of the Government of India to raise the occupational safety and health standards in the country so as to improve the occupational safety and health situation.

Le Monde (18.02.2019) Le chômage poursuit sa décrue. Selon le dernier bilan de l’Institut national de la statistique et des études éco­nomiques (Insee), le niveau de l’emploi a retrouvé son niveau de 2009. Au dernier trimestre 2018, 8,8 % de la population active française était sans emploi, selon la définition du Bureau international du travail (BIT), qui fait référence.

Gulf Times (18.02.2019) Pakistan has told the United Nations that the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan is pursuing a number of people-centric policies designed to eliminate poverty by boosting sustainable economic growth of the country.

La Republica (15.02.2019) Previsional. En informe se invita a garantizar una protección social universal. Además, sugiere que los gobiernos pueden "ampliar margen fiscal" para atender este problema. Según cifras de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT), hoy existen 2.000 millones de personas en el mundo que trabajan en la informalidad. Obtienen ingresos para garantizar su vida en el presente; pero estarán desprotegidas en el futuro ya que no contribuyen para su pensión.

Alternatives Economiques  (14.02.2019 Les déserts médicaux sont au programme du projet de loi sur la santé. En attendant, les initiatives se multiplient pour pallier le manque de professionnels de santé dont souffrent certains territoires. Et préfigurent pour beaucoup la médecine de demain.

KT Press (15.02.2019) Rwanda has started a process to revise social protection scheme (ubudehe) after recurrent complaints of citizens who blame local government authorities for ‘being corrupt’ in classification of citizens according to their social economic means.

BusinessMirror (14.02.2019) The Philippines needs to spend an average of 3.48 to 5.58 percent of its GDP to fill its social protection gaps up to 2030, according to estimates by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). In a report, titled “Asia’s Fiscal Challenge: Financing the Social Protection Agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals [SDGs],” the ADB said addressing the fiscal challenges in providing social protection is key to achieving Agenda 2030.

Le Monde (13.02.2019) Selon les derniers chiffres de l’Insee, la proportion de salariés embauchés en contrat court s’est stabilisée depuis les années 2010 après avoir été multipliée par quatre.

EurActiv (12.02.2019) Finland is the first country to complete a nation-wide experiment on universal basic income. With the first results in, Finnish finance minister Petteri Orpo told EURACTIV.com that the largest parties in his country don’t support the idea anymore

Financial Times (08.02.2019) There was good news from Brazil this week when a draft emerged of the government’s plans to overhaul the country’s deficit-ridden pensions system. The reform, under new president Jair Bolsonaro, would be a big step in setting the country back on the path to growth after its crushing recession of 2015-2016, raising hopes of investors who have seen several attempts to get the changes through congress fail over the past quarter of a century.