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Scoping Review on Innovative Climate Financing for Social Protection in Rural Areas

Submitted by pmassetti on
socialprotection.org (2025) This scoping review investigates the potential for channelling innovative climate finance into social protection systems with a specific focus on rural populations.
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Environment and climate change
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Best practices for developing and managing interoperability standards - Digital Convergence Initiative

Submitted by pmassetti on
Digital Convergence Initiative (nov 2025) This publication presents the results of a study conducted to identify best practices from public financial management (PFM) standards (PEFA, SDMX, GFSM), healthcare interoperability standards (HL7 FHIR, IHE), and ISO standards to inform the development of DCI standards. The study highlights several key factors behind successful interoperability standards: Engaging a diverse and extensive pool of experts, while keeping a clear focus, drives adoption and prevents complexity. A robust change management framework, with clearly-defined processes for prop
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Interoperability
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Demographic and Workforce Projections in Italy and Sweden: Social Security Challenges and Prospects

Submitted by pmassetti on
E-Journal of International and Comparative Labour Studies (Vol. 14 No. 2 - 2025) This paper examines the challenges facing European social security systems, focusing on Italy and Sweden’s differing approaches to pension reform amid ageing populations. It analyses how demographic shifts—such as declining fertility and increased longevity—are impacting the balance between contributors and beneficiaries in pay-as-you-go (PAYG) schemes.
Regions / Country
Europe
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Pensions
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Mapping of Humanitarian, Development and Social Protection initiatives in the MENA Region

Submitted by pmassetti on
socialprotection.org (2025) The MENA region faces increasing vulnerability, displacement and humanitarian needs that outpace available resources. While social protection systems exist in several countries, conflict, fragility and parallel humanitarian responses have strained national efforts. Strengthening coordination between humanitarian, development and SP actors is critical to ensure more coherent, efficient and sustainable support and impact.
Regions / Country
arabic countries
Topics
Extension of coverage
Shocks & extreme events
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Digitalisation of social protection | Eurofound

Submitted by rruggia on
This report focuses on the digitalisation of front- and back-office processes in monetary social benefits. In 10 EU Member States and Norway, a digital application is possible for all, or all but one, of the nine benefits investigated. In at least five Member States, paper applications have been discontinued for some of the benefits. The automation of benefits, which removes the need to apply and prevents non-take-up, is most common for child benefits. Digitalisation is often applied to identify overpayments, but rarely to detect cases of non-take-up.
Regions / Country
european union
Global challenges
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E-services
Technological transition
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Understanding ageism at the intersections: learning to inform future research, programming and advocacy (2024–25)

Submitted by pmassetti on
helpage.org (05.11.2025) HelpAge International’s 2024–25 Learning Report explores how ageism interacts with other forms of discrimination such as ableism and sexism, and how social factors like displacement, poverty, and gender shape older people’s experiences of exclusion.
Global challenges
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Old-age pensions
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From Reform to Reality: Understanding Perceptions of Iraq’s New Social Security Law

Submitted by pmassetti on
ilo.org (11.11.2025) A new ILO report, From Reform to Reality: Understanding Perceptions of Iraq’s New Social Security Law, presents evidence from a rapid survey of 121 formal enterprises and 300 workers in Baghdad and Basra. The findings show strong support for the objectives of the 2023 social security reform, but also reveal persistent gaps in awareness, enrolment and access to benefits. While most employers report registering their workers, many workers are unaware of their coverage, and only a small share have attempted to claim benefits.
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iraq
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Caring for the Future: Redefining development through care politics

Submitted by pmassetti on
ilo.org (03.11.2025) This document analyzes how Chile, Morocco, the Philippines and Spain are advancing in the design and implementation of public care policies, highlighting their progress, challenges and lessons learned. The report demonstrates that investing in care systems can create jobs, reduce inequalities and strengthen social protection.
Global challenges
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Health
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People’s Republic of China: The Social Insurance Public Service Platform

Submitted by pmassetti on
ilo.org (05.11.2025) Since the 2000s, China has made significant progress towards the extension of social insurance coverage to its entire population. Alongside this progress, growing demand for convenient and high-quality social insurance services has driven efforts to establish a nationwide service platform. The Unified Social Insurance Public Service Platform, launched in 2019, integrates national and local platforms, social security cards and service windows to provide comprehensive and seamless services.
Regions / Country
china
Global challenges
Topics
Information and communication technology
Extension of coverage
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Expanding Social Protection and Addressing Informality in Latin America

Submitted by pmassetti on
oecd.org (30.10.2025) Informality is one of Latin America’s most persistent challenges, shaping the lives of millions of workers and their families. Nearly half of the region’s labour force works outside formal arrangements, without secure contracts, stable incomes, or access to social protection.
Regions / Country
latin america
Global challenges
Topics
Extension of coverage
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