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Objectives and challenges in the implementation of a universal pension system in France

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Oecd working paper (2019) The mission of the French High Commission for Pension Reform is to prepare the reform introducing a universal pension points system in France. This paper explains why implementing a universal points system in France would increase transparency, reduce inequality and generate efficiency gains for the whole economy. It documents the experience of OECD countries which have opted for a points or a notional defined contribution (NDC) schemes, and provides a technical framework to compare defined benefit, points and NDC pension systems.

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france
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Pensions
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[Report] Opening Access to Social Protection for Forcibly Displaced Populations

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ReliefWeb (11.09.2019)  In recent years, forcibly displaced populations have attracted enormous media attention as an increasing number of disasters and political conflicts push more and more people to move away from their homes and seek refuge and opportunities in other places. At the same time, political nervousness about the financial and institutional capability of ‘receiving’ locations to adequately respond to the needs of these large-scale population movements contributes to the shrinking space for thinking about the rights and needs of people on the move.

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[Report] WHO Europe: Digital health systems

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EuroWHO (September 2019) This issue of Eurohealth provides interesting oversight of the key issues surrounding the digitalization of health systems and how together, we can leverage the benefits of digital health.

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Europe
Global challenges
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
Large-scale automation
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[Report] The Social Protection Indicator for the Pacific: Assessing Progress

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socialprotection.org (2019) This report presents the analysis of comprehensive 2015 data on social protection programs in 13 Pacific developing member countries.

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Asia
Global challenges
Topics
Conditional cash transfers

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[Report] Two new reports and a set of videos aim to help policymakers address long-term unemployment

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Europa (10.07.2019) Two reports and a series of videos on long-term unemployment are being published today, marking the end of a 2-year mutual learning project on the subject.

Regions / Country
european union
Topics
Unemployment
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Report: Digital labour platforms and the future of work: Towards decent work in the online world

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ILO report (Sept 2018) The report offers one of the first comparative studies of working conditions at five of the major, global, online micro-task platforms

Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
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The economics of artificial intelligence: Implications for the future of work

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ILO Research Paper Series (Oct 2018) The current wave of technological change based on advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) has created widespread fear of job losses and further rises in inequality. This paper discusses the rationale for these fears, highlighting the specific nature of AI and comparing previous waves of automation and robotization with the current advancements made possible by a wide-spread adoption of AI.

Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
Large-scale automation
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[Report] WHO: Poland Health System Review 2019

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euro.who (June 2019)  Governance of the public health system is divided between the Minister of Health and three levels of territorial self-government. This fragmentation helps explain the slow progress in tackling important and longstanding problems and imbalances, such as high hospital bed numbers and hospital debt, and related to this, an overreliance on hospital care compared to community-based care.

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poland
Topics
Health
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