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MENA countries: Food security missing in region’s social protection plans — report | Africa, Asia | Jordan Times (29.03.2017) Despite plans implemented to provide support to refugees and host communities, the national social protection strategies of the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region lack food security as a core component, according to a recent report. |
Social assistance, Inequalities | poverty, megatrends | http://jordantimes.com/news/local/food-security-missing-region%E2%80%99s-social… | monitor | ||||
Costa Rica: Ser pobre en el país más feliz de América Latina | El Pais (23.03.2017) Pese a ser uno de los países más prósperos de la región, una quinta parte de los costarricenses vive en la pobreza. Así trata el Gobierno de ayudarles a salir de ella |
poverty | http://elpais.com/elpais/2017/03/23/planeta_futuro/1490226439_201337.html | monitor | ||||||
Irish take big step towards divestment | ireland | Corporate Knights (21.03.2017) A bill requiring Ireland’s €8 billion sovereign wealth fund to divest itself of all coal, oil and gas holdings moved one step closer to ratification after passing a second stage reading in the Irish lower house of parliament in January. |
Investment, Financing | http://www.corporateknights.com/channels/responsible-investing/irish-take-big-s… | monitor | |||||
Etats-Unis: Trumpcare : "14 millions d'Américains perdraient leur couverture santé d'ici un an" | United States | EuroNews (24.03.2017) Les dépenses de santé aux Etats-Unis sont estimées à 20 % du PIB pour 2017, un record mondial qui se chiffre à 3,5 trillions de dollars. Moins de la moitié de ces dépenses sont financées par le gouvernement américain. (A titre de comparaison, selon l’OCDE, au sein de l’… |
Health, Health insurance, Inequalities | managing reforms | http://fr.euronews.com/2017/03/24/trumpcare-14-millions-d-americains-perdraient… | monitor | ||||
El gasto de España en protección social se reduce tres décimas y amplía su brecha con la UE | spain | 20minutos (06.03.2017) El gasto español con relación al PIB es inferior (43,8%) a la media de la UE (47,2%) y de países como Finlandia, Francia (57% ambos) o Dinamarca (54,8%). El porcentaje del gasto dedicado a políticas sociales (ayudas a mayores, parados o dependientes) es del 39,1%, 1,5… |
Financing | http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/2977165/0/gasto-publico-union-europea-eurostat-… | monitor | |||||
Suisse: L'idée d'augmenter l'âge de la retraite au-delà de 65 ans n'est pas enterrée | switzerland | Le Temps (19.03.2017) Hausse de l’âge de la retraite des femmes à 65 ans, bonus AVS de 70 francs pour les nouveaux retraités, baisse du taux de conversion LPP, augmentation de la TVA: les éléments fondateurs de la réforme des retraites mise sous toit par le Parlement vendredi dernier ont… |
https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/2017/03/19/lidee-daugmenter-lage-retraite-audela-… | monitor | ||||||
[Opinion] India: Free internet access: the welfare state of 2020 | india | YourStory.com (03.04.1017) Over the past year or so, we have seen the announcement of multiple initiatives to provide free internet access to the Indian public. While some of these measures met with justified resistance, it is essential that we do not overlook the great potential that lies in a … |
Information and communication technology, Service quality | digital economy, services quality | https://yourstory.com/2017/04/free-internet-access | monitor | ||||
Belgique: La réforme du financement de la Sécurité sociale adoptée à la Chambre | belgium | LeVif.be (31.03.2017) La Chambre a adopté jeudi, majorité contre opposition (VB et Vuye se sont abstenus) le projet de loi réformant le financement de la sécurité sociale. |
Social policies & programmes | managing reforms | http://www.levif.be/actualite/belgique/la-reforme-du-financement-de-la-securite… | monitor | ||||
Gabon: Biyoghe Mba explique aux gabonais leur nouveau code de protection sociale | gabon | gabonactu.com (04.04.2017) Le ministre gabonais des Affaires sociales, Paul Biyoghe Mba a récemment consacré une demi-journée pour expliquer aux gabonais par des mots simples le nouveau code de protection sociale qui remplace l’ancien code de sécurité sociale datant des années 70. |
Social policies & programmes | managing reforms | http://www.gabonactu.com/biyoghe-mba-explique-aux-gabonais-nouveau-code-de-prot… | monitor | ||||
France: Pays surréglementé, la France est tombée amoureuse d’Uber | france | tdg.ch (10.04.2017) Fruit de la révolution numérique, Uber fait un carton dans les banlieues. De manière générale, la France se veut le pays de la nouvelle économie. Les politiques sont à la traîne. |
Employment, Employment of young workers, Information and communication technology | digital economy | http://www.tdg.ch/monde/pays-surreglemente-france-tombee-amoureuse-uber/story/1… | monitor | ||||
Ghana: Women on social protection undergo skills training | ghana | Business Ghana News (29.03.2017) More than 3,000 women on social protection intervention programmes are receiving skills training as part of efforts to wean them off the programmes. |
Employment | https://www.businessghana.com/site/news/general/143749/Women-on-social-protecti… | monitor | |||||
[Analyse] France: Protection sociale - concilier solidarité et liberté dans un monde en plein bouleversement | france | Les Echos (05.03.2017) Prévalence de nouvelles formes de contrat de travail, explosion du chômage, accroissement du nombre de retraités, avènement des nouvelles technologies… Tous ces changements sont autant de défis pour le monde de la protection sociale. Comment faire évoluer les modes de… |
Social policies & programmes, Inequalities | digital economy | https://www.lesechos.fr/idees-debats/cercle/cercle-168441-protection-sociale-co… | monitor | ||||
UK: Healthcare urged to look at co-operative model | united kingdom | BBC News (05.04.2017) More worker-owned businesses could help deal with the budget shortfall for health and social care, according to the Wales Co-operative Centre. |
Health | http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-39352600 | monitor | |||||
Here's what the U.S. could learn from Singapore's plan for aging workers | usatoday.com (05.04.2017) At Chatters, a small café in the lobby of a hospital, the staff frothing cappuccinos and managing the register aren't your typical young baristas. That's because every employee must be at least 55. |
Employment | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/04/05/singapore-population-aging… | monitor | ||||||
[Publication] Social Protection for Informal Workers in Asia | Asia | Asian Development Bank (dec 2016) Asia’s growing labor force needs innovative solutions to reduce risks and ensure social protection of workers in vulnerable employment with informal arrangements. |
Employment, Extension of coverage, Inequalities | extending coverage, poverty | https://www.adb.org/publications/social-protection-informal-workers-asia | monitor | ||||
Europe: Workplace cancer prevention must be extended to reprotoxic substances | european union | EurActiv (30.03. 2017) Putting more than 10 years of paralysis behind it, the European Commission finally launched a revision of the directive on the prevention of occupational cancers in May 2016. Lawmakers can now address reprotoxic substances in the workplace, writes Laurent Vogel. |
Occupational accidents and diseases | http://www.euractiv.com/section/diabetes-cancer-hepatitis/opinion/workplace-can… | monitor | |||||
SSA's Quick Disability Determination (QDD) and Compassionate Allowances (CAL) - CarePlus New Jersey Mental Health Care, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Therapy | Americas | Social Security Administration is committed to providing benefits quickly to claimants whose medical conditions are so serious that they clearly meet our disability standards. Our two fast-track processes, Quick Disability Determination (QDD) and Compassionate Allowances (CAL), use… |
Disability, Pensions | http://www.careplusnj.org/mental-health/ssas-quick-disability-determination-qdd… | ruggia | |||||
Quick Disability Determination (QDD) - Part 1 of Fast-Track Disability Process - Disability Help Group | Americas | Country: USA. Institution: SSA. DocType: Regulation/Business Process. In an effort to improve the speed and quality of their disability claims process, Social Security developed the “fast-track” program, a two-part initiative that uses computer technology to identify cases where… |
Disability, Information and communication technology, Pensions | https://www.disabilityhelpgroup.com/quick-disability-determination-qdd-social-s… | ruggia | |||||
New Forms of Work in the Digital Economy - OECD iLibrary | This paper provides new evidence on the development of online platforms and explores the emergence of new forms of work in the digital economy. Following the rise of platforms that match demand and supply of goods (e-commerce) and information (search, social networks), platform markets for… |
Employment | digital economy, labour markets | http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/fr/science-and-technology/new-forms-of-work-in-the… | massetti | |||||
Bahamas: Universal Health Coverage - Full Range of Benefits/Potential Lowering of Private Health Insurance Costs | The Bahamas Weekly (13.08.2016) Eligible citizens and legal residents of The Bahamas will have access to a full range of benefits needed to restore and maintain optimum health under the proposed National Health Insurance Plan. |
Extension of coverage | extending coverage | http://www.thebahamasweekly.com/publish/bis-news-updates/Universal_Health_Cover… | monitor | |||||
El envejecimiento de los trabajadores amenaza la productividad de la zona euro | european union | El País (19.08.2016) Un informe de expertos del FMI sitúa a los países del sur de Europa como los más expuestos al aumento de la edad de la fuerza laboral |
Old-age pensions, Population ageing | megatrends | http://economia.elpais.com/economia/2016/08/18/actualidad/1471517123_001849.html | monitor | ||||
Belgique: Les congés parentaux sont en pleine explosion chez nous: "C’est évidemment toujours un problème dans l’entreprise | belgium | RTL Info (16.08.2016) Le congé parental a de plus en plus de succès. Les employés qui choisissent de lâcher du lest pour s'occuper de leur enfant sont chaque année plus nombreux. Les allocations octroyées pour congé parental ont augmenté de 74% en 10 ans. |
Family benefits | http://www.rtl.be/info/belgique/societe/les-conges-parentaux-sont-en-pleine-exp… | monitor | |||||
[Opinion[ Contre le chômage, inciter les Etats à augmenter leurs prestations sociales, | Les Echos (27.07.2016) Par peur du chômage, la France a longtemps augmenté ses allocations chômage, favorisant le refus de l'emploi. Dans le même temps, la concurrence internationale pousse au dumping social et fiscal entre les Etats. Et si la France faisait pression sur ses voisins pour qu… |
http://www.lesechos.fr/idees-debats/cercle/cercle-159177-en-france-le-chomage-e… | monitor | |||||||
New Zealand: New ministry dedicated to care and protection | beehive.govt.nz (18.08.20116) Social Development Minister Anne Tolley says that a new child-centred, stand-alone ministry with a new Chief Executive is to be established to focus on the care and protection of vulnerable children and young people. |
Family benefits | https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-ministry-dedicated-care-and-protection | monitor | ||||||
Facing the social protection challenges of climate change | Asian Development Blog (25.08.2016) Natural disasters bringing previously unimaginable chaos, heartbreak, and economic and social casualties are likely to increase in number and intensity in the coming years due to climate change. |
Shocks & extreme events, Natural disasters | climate change | http://blogs.adb.org/blog/facing-social-protection-challenges-climate-change | monitor |