Financial Times (21.03.2016) David Cameron and George Osborne have repeatedly declared sinc their election victory in May that the Conservatives will govern as a “one nation” party serving all of the British people. Ten months into their second term, however, many Tory MPs feel this commitment is being seriously undermined by Mr Osborne’s position on welfare, especially as regards those of working age.
sciencedirect.com (dec 2015) The End TB Strategy places great emphasis on increasing social protection and poverty alleviation programmes. However, the role of social protection on controlling tuberculosis has not been examined fully. We analysed the association between social protection spending and tuberculosis prevalence, incidence, and mortality globally.
Mirror (14.03.2016) A single mum working full time on the minimum wage and who has two kids will be stripped of £554 a year, according to the Equality Trust
Chronic Poverty Advisory Network (04.03.2016) Enhancing social protection is an immediate priority for reaching the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Cambodia. One of the major goals of the SDGs is to eliminate extreme poverty by 2030. Cambodia’s historical success in pro-poor growth over the last decade sheds light into several challenges that growth, as defined from an economic perspective, has failed to sufficiently address, including chronic poverty, child poverty, inequality and malnutrition.
The Jakarta Post (01.03.2016) Indonesia has emerged as a middle-income country and an important player in the global economy (G20) but faces three major problems: a slowing reduction of poverty rates, rising inequality and a high level of vulnerability for much of the population living in poverty.
Los Andes (09.02.2016) Desde hace 20 años rige el sistema de capitalización, administrado por las AFP. En promedio, las jubilaciones representan el 45% de los salarios. Algunos ganan menos de U$S 360 al mes.
The Guardian (16.02.2016) Despite at least one adult working full time, millions of households cannot make ends meet, Joseph Rowntree Foundation reports
ideas4development.org (09.02.2016) One of the most highly charged debates in social security is whether it is preferable to offer schemes to everyone or target them only at the poor. Across both developed and developing countries, we find many examples of both approaches: for example, according to the ILO (2014), 36 countries offer universal social pension schemes while 53 countries means-test them. From a technical perspective there really is no argument: universal provision is vastly superior in reaching those living in poverty and in reducing both poverty and inequality.
OsunDefenderOsunDefender (09.02.2016) Ghana’s Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Nana Oye Lithur has announced that the poverty level in the country has been reduced from 51.7 per cent to 24.4 per cent as a result of a number of social protection measures and strategies introduced by the government.
El País (31.01.2016) Entre 2003 y 2014, América Latina, y sobre todo el sur de la región beneficiado por la bonanza de las materias primas, experimentó fuertes bajadas de los niveles de paro, pobreza y desigualdad. Pero la contracción económica de 2015, concentrada en Brasil y Venezuela, ha revertido la tendencia de la reducción del desempleo, llevando a numerosas personas a la pobreza.
