Prensa Latina (23.03.2019) United Nations, March 23 (Prensa Latina) The UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is advocating this Saturday providing them with social protection guarantees, mobility, security and access to economic opportunities.
The tie-up of Kenya's mobile sensation M-Pesa with PayPal and Western Union, coupled with the joint venture between two of the largest cellular operators – MTN and Orange – for a mobile wallet that operates across networks have capped a year that has seen significant developments in Africa's already blooming mobile payments market.
OECD (21.03.2019) This report provides a snapshot of the policy actions being taken by OECD, EU and G20 countries in response to growing diversity in forms of employment, with the aim of encouraging peer learning where countries are facing similar issues. These changes are driving policy makers worldwide to review how policies in different areas – labour market, skills development, social protection – can best respond. How can policymakers balance the flexibility offered by a diversity of employment contracts, on the one hand, with protection for workers and businesses, on the other?
OECD (20.03.2019) This review provides policy recommendations on how to improve the Portuguese pension system, building on the OECD’s best practices in pension design. It details the Portuguese pension system and identifies its strengths and weaknesses based on cross-country comparisons.
cbinsights.com (01.03.2019) Google is betting that the future of healthcare is going to be structured data and AI. The company is applying AI to disease detection, new data infrastructure, and potentially insurance. In this report we explore Google's many healthcare initiatives and areas of potential future expansion.
finchannel (20.03.2019) In 2017, total government expenditure in the European Union (EU) amounted to 45.8% of gross domestic product (GDP). This share has steadily decreased since 2012, when it stood at 48.9% of GDP.
El Economista (20.03.2019) En la última década, los derechos económicos de las mujeres, como el derecho al trabajo y a la protección social, han atraído la atención internacional
socialeurope (20.03.2019) It’s time to share evenly the benefits of automation. That’s why trade unions are calling for a four-day week.
EurActiv (07.03.2019) Les Italiens peuvent demander depuis le 6 mars le revenu de citoyenneté, mesure phare du Mouvement 5 étoile pour les chômeurs et contre l’exclusion sociale
EurActiv (19.03.2019) En dépit d’un taux d’activité record, les personnes âgées sont en proportion bien plus souvent en situation de chômage de longue durée que le reste de la population (60,2% contre 41,8%).
compte rendu de Reuter sur le rapport de l'OCDE en question
Dans les pays de l'OCDE, une plus grande progressivité des prélèvements et une plus grande redistribution est très attendue par l'opinion.
As populations age over the next several decades, the demand for long-term care (LTC) services (assisting individuals with their activities of daily life) will increase dramatically and is likely to reach crisis levels in many countries. Societies will have to confront this emerging need because historical methods for providing and financing LTC may not be adequate to address future LTC needs.
USA Today (18.03.2019) Many Americans who would like to dial back and work part time have been discouraged from doing so because of sharp premium increases in the individual health insurance market the past few years, experts say.
The aging population and the epidemic of chronic diseases requires an accompanying fi nance reform of long-term care
that will become increasingly dominant. Many countries have faced this situation and have set up a separate public
funding for such care on the basis of a universal insurance covering both home care and institutions. Canada and Quebec
must adopt such autonomy insurance and create a separate fund fi nanced partly by a more judicious use of current
Le vieillissement de la population et la pandémie de maladies chroniques
qui l’accompagne obligent à prioriser le financement des soins à long terme
qui deviendront de plus en plus importants. De nombreux pays ayant fait
face à cette situation ont mis sur pied un financement public distinct via une
assurance universelle couvrant les soins à domicile et en institution comme
c’est le cas en France avec l’Allocation personnalisée d’autonomie (APA).
À la lumière des comparaisons internationales, nous identifions certaines
La misE En oeuvrE des politiques sociales destinées explicitement à « traiter » la problématique du vieillissement remonte, en Europe, à la fin du xixe siècle et au début du xxe siècle. directement liée à la naissance et à l’affirmation des états-nations, elle répondait à deux grandes préoccupations:
World Economic Forum (14.03.2019) For generations healthcare has been episodic – someone gets sick or breaks a bone, they see a doctor, and then they might not see another one until the next time they get sick or injured. Now, as emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence open up new possibilities for the healthcare industry in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, policymakers and practitioners are developing new ways to deliver continuous healthcare for better outcomes.
Development Pathways (March 2019) This paper is the result of a global review of the effectiveness of different methods of selecting social protection recipients, both targeted and universal schemes. The work considered the effectiveness of 38 programmes across 23 low- and middle-income countries, including means-tested schemes and those using proxy means testing, community-based targeting, self-targeted and pension testing.
biomedcentral.com (July 2018) Although a growing body of literature has emerged to study medical tourism and address the policy challenges it creates for national health care systems, the comparative scholarship on the topic remains too limited in scope.
The Astana Times (18.03.2019) As of January, the National Social Insurance Fund has accumulated 1.4 trillion tenge (US$3.7 billion) and is reaching 6.126 million citizens, or 70.3 percent of the country’s working population, said Vice Minister of Labour and Social Protection Svetlana Zhakupova at the recent discussion by the Mazhilis (lower house of Parliament) of the mandatory social insurance bill.
Nouvel Obs (18.03.2019) "Je pense qu'un jour, nous serons obligés de travailler plus longtemps sinon notre système de retraite ne pourra pas tenir", a déclaré la ministre de la Santé.
Le Temps (18.03.2019) La droite pousse depuis des années pour un relèvement de l’âge de la retraite des femmes. Le compromis qui lie réforme fiscale et AVS, en vote le 19 mai, promet d’atténuer la pression. Mais la question reviendra sur la table
Apanews.net (16.03.2019) Les politiques africaines sont appelées à encourager le développement durable inclusif et à promouvoir la protection sociale sur le continent, et partant renforcer ce droit humain fondamental par la conclusion d'accords de coopération et de partenariat intrafricains en la matière, ont recommandé les participants à la journée d'information et de formation sur « la protection sociale en Afrique », organisée, vendredi, à Rabat, par l'Union Africaine de la Mutualité (UAM), en partenariat avec la Mutuelle Générale du Personnel des Administrations Publiques (MGPAP- Maroc)
