Azerbaijan and Ukraine to cooperate on population’s social protection

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ABC (27.01.2017) Labour & Social Protection Salim Muslimov of Azerbaijan and Social Policy Minister Andriy Reva of Ukraine signed a program of cooperation in Baku.
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Labour & Social Protection informs that the Program of Cooperation between the two countries’ social ministries was signed today during the Baku visit of the Ukrainian minister.

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ukraine
azerbaijan
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Governance and administration

MPs in Uganda make case for universal social protection programme

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Development Pathways (26.01.2017) When discussing the governance of social protection in developing countries, we usually focus on the Executive Branch institutions and their role in policy development – as well as the design, implementation and monitoring of schemes – but pay little attention to the role of Parliaments. Nonetheless, as part of their key legislative, oversight and representative functions running across the policy-making process,

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uganda
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Extension of coverage

Belgique: Les fonds de pension ne veulent pas de la taxe Tobin

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L'Echo (23.01.2017) 5,76%, tel est le ren­de­ment moyen af­fi­ché par les fonds de pen­sion belges (2e pi­lier) en 2016. Un bul­le­tin moins re­lui­sant que ceux pré­sen­tés ces deux der­nières an­nées, en rai­son, no­tam­ment, de la per­sis­tance des taux bas et des ni­veaux éle­vés consta­tés en 2015 et en 2014. Pour l'ave­nir, le sec­teur craint avant tout l'in­tro­duc­tion de la taxe Tobin, es­ti­mant qu'elle risque de pro­vo­quer une dis­tor­sion de mar­ché.

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belgium
Topics
Pensions

France: Revenu universel : pourquoi il divise la gauche

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franceculture.fr (12.01.2017) Au-delà des critiques sur sa faisabilité éventuelle, le revenu universel divise l'ensemble de la gauche. Le débat illustre des fractures idéologiques profondes sur la place du travail, les politiques pour l’emploi et l’avenir de la protection sociale.

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france