E-services

Social protection and response to COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean: Innovations in registration and payment systems

Submitted by pmassetti on Fri, 08/19/2022 - 16:10

International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG) (01.08.2022) The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has hit the foundations of the economy and provoked devastating social effects in all the countries in the world, being Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) one of the most affected regions.

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latin america
Global challenges
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E-services

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Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Service delivery
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UK. Minister calls on pension schemes to get “data ready” for dashboards

Submitted by pmassetti on Fri, 07/15/2022 - 15:36

Pension Policy International (14.07.2022) The calls come as the government publishes its response to a consultation which gathered feedback from industry, potential providers, consumer groups and future users on what data should be included and how this should be displayed to people. Bringing pensions into the digital age, dashboards will allow savers to see what they have in their various pensions – including their State Pension – in a single place online, at any time they choose.

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united kingdom
Global challenges
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Pensions
Interoperability
E-services
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Social protection response to COVID-19 in rural LAC: The potential of digitalization to build back better

Submitted by pmassetti on Tue, 05/31/2022 - 16:35

International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG) (April 2022) This Policy Research Brief analyses how digitalisation can facilitate rural populations’ access to effective and adequate social protection and economic inclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean. It investigates the region’s social protection response to COVID-19 and highlights three good practices in providing digitalised social protection to vulnerable rural populations during the crisis.

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latin america
Global challenges
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Information and communication technology
E-services

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Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Service delivery
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A digital Philippines: Leveraging ID for a digital social protection delivery

Submitted by pmassetti on Mon, 04/25/2022 - 16:09

worldbank.org (31.03.2022) The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the fundamental role digital ecosystems can play in helping a country to rapidly deliver services and relief to its people, such as healthcare education, and social assistance.

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philippines, the
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E-services
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Service delivery
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Toward More Accessible and Inclusive Social Assistance Delivery : A Geospatial Analysis in the Philippines

Submitted by pmassetti on Thu, 04/14/2022 - 17:23

worldbank.org (2022) The Philippines’ experience in implementing the social amelioration program (SAP) in response to the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic highlights the pressing need for financial inclusion, especially among the poor. The absence of a national identification (ID) system and low bank account ownership posed a challenge in the delivery of SAP. The Government of the Philippines (GoP) expedited the development and registration for the national ID system (PhilSys) and used the opportunity to facilitate bank account opening.

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philippines, the
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E-services
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Pension dashboards are coming - action for occupational pension schemes to take now

Submitted by pmassetti on Fri, 03/18/2022 - 16:42

Lexology (17.03.2022) Establishing a system of “pension dashboards” to enable individuals who have yet to take retirement benefits to find clear, standardised information about all their pension arrangements (including rights to state pension) in one place is a key element of the government’s pension strategy. The ambition is laudable but achieving it will be a mammoth task, requiring significant time and resource from occupational pension scheme trustees, pension managers and administrators.

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united kingdom
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Pensions
Interoperability
E-services
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COVID-19 G2P Cash-Transfer Payments : Case Study : Philippines

Submitted by pmassetti on Tue, 08/31/2021 - 16:25

worldbank.org (01.05.2021) The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic is having devastating impacts on the economy and people of the Philippines, and since the onset of pandemic, the Government of the Philippines (GoP) has responded with strong social protection measures. The Social Amelioration Program (SAP) enacted under the Bayanihan To Heal as One Act in March 2020 and managed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), aims to provide cash assistance to 18 million households (over 75 percent of total households) in the country.

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philippines, the
Global challenges
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E-services
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Digital finance and inclusion in the time of COVID-19. Lessons, experiences and proposals 

Submitted by pmassetti on Thu, 04/01/2021 - 16:24

fao.org (2021) The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted digital financial inclusion trends across the world in many and complex ways. In developing and emerging contexts, this crisis also holds the potential to propel an unprecedented acceleration in the process of financial digitization and turn out to be a game-changer for digital financial inclusion.

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Philipine: National ID to help financial inclusion of poorest sector

Submitted by pmassetti on Mon, 03/29/2021 - 16:32

Philstar.com (20.03.2021) The poorest sector, especially those with no access to banking services, will benefit from the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys), so President Duterte is urging every Filipino to sign up for the national ID.

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philippines, the
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Argentina: Expansion of virtual offer by the social security institution ANSES

Submitted by mmarquez on Mon, 02/22/2021 - 14:28

ANSES (03.02.2021) Through Resolution 37/2021 published today in the Official Gazette, ANSES expanded its virtual procedures. Now you can manage online the request for the payment of fees, a one-time payment, the accrual of a pension benefit due to death and assistance for the start of the Honorary Pension of Veterans of War.

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argentina
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Innovation capacity
Information and communication technology
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