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France: Retraites - vers des besoins de financement supplémentaires

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Les Echos (20.01.2016) Le ratio entre personnes âgées et actifs devrait se dégrader d’après les nouvelles prévisions démographiques, souligne le Conseil d’orientation des retraites dans un rapport que  "Les Echos" ont pu consulter. Ce qui alourdira le besoin de financement des pensions à l’horizon 2040.

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France: Quand le travail s’« ubérise »

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AlterEco+ (02.08.2016) Uber est l'entreprise étendard de l'économie du service à la demande (la "gig economy" chez les Anglo-Saxons), une expression plus appropriée qu'"économie du partage" ou "économie collaborative" généralement utilisées.

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Philippines: ‘Income inequality high despite robust economy’

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The Manila Times Online (23.01.2017) Income and social inequalities still persist in the country even as the economy shows brisk growth, with out-of-pocket spending for health care remaining a major portion of household expenditure, state-think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) said.

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Malta: Social protection spending dominates government expenditure

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Times of Malta (30.01.2017) The €1,147.7 million spent on social expenditure represented a shade above 30 per cent of all general government expenditure, and was €37.3 million more than the 2014 figure. Despite the increase, spending on social protection was down as a percentage of total expenditure when compared to previous years.

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