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How Mobile Technology is Driving Africa's Digital Economy | Digital Skills Academy
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How mobile phones are changing the digital economy of Africa %u2013 The Indian Economist
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Digital economy invents new jobs - AFRICA - Chinadaily.com.cn
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Digital Jobs Africa - The Rockefeller Foundation
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Silicon Mountain: Buea-Africa 2019s Tech Hub | C-Life
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How Digital Platforms Like LinkedIn, Uber And TaskRabbit Are Changing The On-Demand Economy | The Huffington Post
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Welcome to MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy | MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy
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Good governance: Streamlining and securing the expenditure process
The General Mutual Fund for Civil Service Employees (Mutuelle générale du personnel des administrations publiques – MGPAP) is keen to secure the sustainability of the financial system and to ensure that it is managed in a modern and efficient way, and has therefore embarked on an ambitious project to reform the expenditure process with the aim of guaranteeing maximum transparency, rationality and good governance.
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Big Data system of NHIS, Korea - ISSA - WSSF 2016
Presentation done by Mr JONG-HEON PARK, NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE SERVICE (REPUBLIC OF KOREA)
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Measuring the Information Society Report
The Measuring the Information Society Report, which has been published annually since 2009, features key ICT data and benchmarking tools to measure the information society, including the ICT Development Index (IDI).
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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.
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Deutschland: Ruhestand: Bundesbank fordert Rente mit 69
Die Zeit (15.08.2016) Das Renteneintrittsalter wird derzeit von 65 auf 67 Jahre angehoben. Den Experten der Bundesbank geht das nicht weit genug.
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France: L’Urssaf relâche la pression sur les patrons
L'Humanité (11.08.2016) Par le biais d’un décret, le gouvernement vient de modifier les missions de l’organisme de recouvrement de cotisations sociales dans un sens plus favorable aux employeurs.
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South Africa: Stress, extra work put women’s health at risk
IOL (20.08.2016) People seldom take into account the extra unpaid hours of work that women put in each day - hours that increase their risk of serious health problems due to the added stress
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3 alternative sources of financing for social protection
devex.com (22.08.2016) When it comes to financing social protection programs, taxes are seen as a major resource. This can be problematic in countries where tax evasion and tax avoidance by individuals and companies are rampant, such as the Philippines.
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Belgique: Les congés parentaux sont en pleine explosion chez nous: "C’est évidemment toujours un problème dans l’entreprise
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.
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[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'ils augmentent aussi leurs prestations sociales ?
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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.
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France: Assurance-maladie : le coût du diabète risque de s’envoler
lesechos.fr (24.08.2016) Les patients diabétiques mobilisent déjà 15 % des dépenses.
Les médicaments innovants renchérissent le prix des traitements.
La facture devrait s’alourdir de plus de 500 millions d’ici à 2020.Regions / CountryfranceTopicsHealth -
Finlande: chômage stable en juillet à 8,9%
Le Figaro (23.08.2016) Le taux de chômage en Finlande est resté stable à 8,9% en juillet, pour le troisième mois consécutif, a indiqué mardi l'institut statistique national
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Five ways pensions need to change in Ireland
irishtimes.com (16.08.2016) Pensions Authority reforms aim to make private schemes simpler and increase uptake
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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.
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Brazil’s Fiscal Plan Could Falter Without Pension Reform
Bloomberg (16.08.2016) Acting President Michel Temer’s prized fiscal austerity proposal to cap public spending will only succeed if he can convince Brazil’s Congress to pass a controversial pension reform as well, according to a leading member of his economic team.
Regions / CountrybrazilTopicsGovernance and administrationSocial policies & programmes