Technological transition

Creating access to social services using digital identity

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Punch Newspapers (01.09.2019) Nigerian government has intensified the capturing of Nigerians all over the world into its identity database. IFE OGUNFUWA examines the benefits of the digital identity

Regions / Country
Africa
nigeria
Global challenges
Topics
Information and communication technology
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Service delivery
Document Type

China: Telehealth services to be introduced in Tibetan hospitals

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Xinhua (16.08.2019) The General Hospital of the People's Liberation Army (PLAGH) said Friday that it will set up 45 stations of remote medical services in public hospitals in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region in five years. PLAGH and the regional government reached a framework agreement on health and poverty alleviation in Lhasa, capital of Tibet on Friday. PLAGH will provide free telemedicine services for Tibetan hospitals, according to the agreement.

Regions / Country
china
Global challenges
Topics
Health promotion

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Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Service delivery
Document Type

France: Auto-entrepreneurs d’Uber, Deliveroo et autres plateformes - des indépendants devenus très dépendants

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France Inter (12.08.2019) Tandis que la grogne ne cesse de monter chez les livreurs de Deliveroo, la plateforme britannique de livraison de repas à domicile, dénonçant la baisse de leur salaire, Le téléphone sonne braque le guidon vers ces travailleurs de la nouvelle économie.

Regions / Country
france
Global challenges
Topics
Difficult-to-cover groups
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
Labour market
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags

Calidad del empleo se daña en Amèrica Latina: Cepal

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eluniversal (12.08.2019) México, Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador y Perú están entre los países en donde la calidad del empleo se deteriora, advirtió la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (Cepal). De acuerdo con el Estudio Económico de América Latina y el Caribe 2019, en esas naciones se ha incrementado el número de trabajos por cuenta propia, modalidad en la que hay menos prestaciones de protección social, así como remuneraciones y condiciones laborales menos favorables.

Regions / Country
latin america
Global challenges
Topics
Employment
Difficult-to-cover groups
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags
Document Type

Cameroun - Digitalisation: Lancement officiel des quittances numériques - Caisse Nationale de Prévoyance Sociale

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La caisse nationale de prévoyance sociale (CNPS) a procédé le 2 août 2019 au lancement officiel des quittances numériques d'encaissement des cotisations sociales, en présence du directeur des Finances et du Patrimoine, Hortense Asim Abisone, représentante du Directeur Général.

Regions / Country
cameroon
Global challenges
Topics
Information and communication technology
Service quality
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Business processes
Document Type

La Sécurité sociale britannique s’allie à Amazon pour conseiller les malades

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usbeketrica.com (12.07.2019) « Alexa, je crois que j’ai la grippe… ». Désormais, les Britanniques peuvent se plaindre à l'assistant vocal d'Amazon de leur état de santé : la Sécurité sociale locale mise sur cette technologie pour dispenser des conseils médicaux.

Regions / Country
united kingdom
Global challenges
Topics
Information and communication technology
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Service delivery
Document Type

Tackling precarity in the platform economy—and beyond

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socialeurope (01.08.2019) To focus on online platforms in isolation would miss the point that they are part of a wider phenomenon of spreading and intensifying precarity at work.

Regions / Country
Europe
Global challenges
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
Labour market
Document Type

Germany expanding digitisation with the new Digital Care Act

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healtheuropa (23.07.2019)Introducing the new Digital Care Act (Digitale-Versorgung-Gesetz), which is now a part of Germany’s efforts to expand the digitisation of the German healthcare system.

Regions / Country
germany
Global challenges
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
Document Type

Madrid court rules Deliveroo couriers are employees and not freelancers

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Euronews (24.07.2019) Couriers working for online food delivery group Deliveroo are company employees not just freelancers, a Madrid court ruled on Tuesday. This means that workers will now be able to ask Deliveroo for a formal contract and corresponding benefits.

Regions / Country
european union
Global challenges
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
Document Type

insight2impact | Africa’s digital platforms database

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Search and navigate 277 online digital platforms across 8 countries. This interactive database provides a rare insight into the rise of African digital platforms and how they are connecting consumers and providers across Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. Use this tool to navigate through various attributes of digital platforms, including the types of products and services offered, and the types of payment methods allowed, on each platform.

Regions / Country
Africa
Topics
Information and communication technology
Service quality
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
Document Type