Ilo.org (May 2016) This report shows that decent work is paramount in the fight to reduce poverty. One key finding is that poverty has tended to decline in many emerging and developing countries, whereas it has tended to increase in the majority of advanced economies, including in terms of working poverty.
The report also examines the role that policy can play, documenting country initiatives focused on job-centred economic policies, employment programmes, enterprise development, social protection and social dialogue.

The Guardian (11.05.2016) Research says the extension of benefit sanctions is leading to increased debt and eviction threats and causing ill health

Varacpé )01.05.2016) El informe de la ENS da cuenta que en 2015 se produjeron 723.836 accidentes laborales en Colombia.

Dominican Today (18.04.2016) Dominican Republic’s elderly withstand an alarming lack of social protection as just 11.2% of the population over 60 have a pension, of which 77.4% get less than RD$6,000 per month, equal to less than half of the bare needs of the poorest of households, estimated at RD$10,407 monthly

The Guardian (14.04.2016) Critics say scheme under which working people claiming universal credit can be fined for failing to do enough to find more work is ‘political dynamite’

ILO (14.04.2016) 11.7 million poor children in South Africa are now covered by the social benefit which is having a positive impact on their daily lives.

The Guardian (10.04.2016) Tens of thousands of low-paid working families can expect to lose up to £200 a month as a result of changes to universal credit introduced on Monday – the first wave of £3bn in welfare cuts that will affect 1m households by 2020.

AllAfrica (25.03.2016) A new report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has praised the impact of the State-funded Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme (VUP), a social protection initiative that has since helped improve the wellbeing of vulnerable citizens across the country.

The Nation Nigeria (03.04.2016) The new social assistance programme will also enrich social contract between the state and the citizenry and create a culture of accountability and trust between governments and citizens

European Commission (29.03.2016) Children are more likely to live in poverty than adults. Almost twenty million children in Europe, more than 1 child in 5, live below the poverty threshold