ilo.org (03.11.2025) This document analyzes how Chile, Morocco, the Philippines and Spain are advancing in the design and implementation of public care policies, highlighting their progress, challenges and lessons learned. The report demonstrates that investing in care systems can create jobs, reduce inequalities and strengthen social protection.

ilo.org (05.11.2025) Since the 2000s, China has made significant progress towards the extension of social insurance coverage to its entire population. Alongside this progress, growing demand for convenient and high-quality social insurance services has driven efforts to establish a nationwide service platform. The Unified Social Insurance Public Service Platform, launched in 2019, integrates national and local platforms, social security cards and service windows to provide comprehensive and seamless services.

manilatimes.net (11.03.2025) A nationwide initiative led by the All-China Federation of Trade Unions has made strides this year, using a "centralized collective bargaining" campaign between platform companies and their workers.

oecd.org (30.10.2025) Informality is one of Latin America’s most persistent challenges, shaping the lives of millions of workers and their families. Nearly half of the region’s labour force works outside formal arrangements, without secure contracts, stable incomes, or access to social protection.

Building a Comprehensive Social Security System Fit for a Modern Jordan highlights how inclusive lifecycle benefits can close critical gaps in the country’s current system. Today, many children, persons with disabilities, older people and informal workers remain excluded from protection. The paper sets out how Jordan can expand coverage through benefits that support citizens across all stages of life, helping to reduce poverty, strengthen resilience and extend security to the majority of Jordanians in the coming years.

Euronews (15.10.2025) Germany will introduce an “active pension” from 1 January 2026 that lets people who choose to work past the statutory retirement age earn up to €2,000 per month tax-free. Labour Minister Bärbel Bas framed the Aktivrente as a straightforward incentive intended to keep experienced workers in the labour market.

ilo.org (02.09.2025) The report assesses options as regards the management and operation of a new Unemployment Benefit Fund (UBF) in Eswatini. Two institutions have been proposed by the Government as potential operators – the Public Sector Pension Fund (PSPF) and the Eswatini National Provident Fund (ENPF).

The Jakarta Post (10.10.2025) Graying Europe has long been considered an outlier in global demographics – but the rising cost to its governments in terms of bills for pensions and health care are more manageable than assumed and less than in rival economies in the United States and China. In a detailed report on the rising cost to the public purse from Europe's aging population, Brussels-based think Breugel this week outlined the trajectory through 2070 using the latest country-by-country data from the European Commission.

World Economic Forum (01.10.2025) By 2030, 1.4 billion people will be aged over 60, with low- and middle-income countries hosting 80% of older populations, highlighting urgent disparities in health, care and social support. The UN Decade of Healthy Ageing was launched by WHO to focus on age-friendly environments, combating ageism, integrated care and long-term care. Critical gaps remain as awareness is still low; accelerated action is therefore, needed to scale community-based programmes, strengthen intergenerational linkages and integrate initiatives.

postandcourier.com (29.09.2025) America is fast approaching a historic milestone. By 2027, freelancers will make up more than 50 percent of the workforce, marking a fundamental shift in the U.S. labor market. Yet many of these workers will have no retirement plan. According to the Pew Research Center, only 13 percent of single-person business owners are saving for retirement compared to almost three-fourths of Americans in traditional jobs.