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Protection sociale: Le Maroc loin du compte!

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L'Economiste (29/10/2018) En dépit des progrès dans la mise en œuvre des programmes, l’efficacité et l’efficience du système de protection sociale restent limitées. C’est l’une des principales conclusions du rapport de l’Unicef sur le «Mapping de la protection sociale au Maroc».

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morocco
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Social policies & programmes
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Tanzania: New pension schemes all set to start disbursing unemployment benefits

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ippmedia.com (29.10.2018) The Public Service Social Security Fund (PSSSF) and National Social Security Fund (NSSF) are in the final stages of setting up operational guidelines for issuance of unemployment benefits to members, the sector regulator announced yesterday.

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tanzania
Topics
Unemployment
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World’s pension funds vulnerable to climate risks, study reveals

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Euractiv.com (23.10.2018) 87% of assets managed by the world’s 100 largest public pension funds are yet to undergo a formal climate risk assessment, according to research published on Tuesday (23 October), with only 15% of them adopting a coal exclusion policy.

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Investment
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En 2040, l'Espagne pourrait détrôner le Japon en matière d'espérance de vie 

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 Le Temps (17.10.2018)  Une étude estime que l'Espagne, avec 85,8 ans, pourrait prendre la tête du palmarès de l'espérance de vie d'ici à 2040, devant le Japon, Singapour et la Suisse

Regions / Country
spain
Global challenges
Topics
Old-age pensions
Demographic change
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Opinion: Rising inequality calls for a new social contract

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euractiv.com (25.09.2018) The gap between rich and poor in Europe has increased compared to thirty years ago, affecting young cohorts in particular. Yet the social protection systems currently in place across European countries were designed during the past century and are no longer fit for the present, argues Cyril Muller.

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Europe
Global challenges
Topics
Policy analysis

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Spain joins many countries offering parental leave

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Willis Towers Watson (31.08.2018) Spain joins a growing list of countries that have enacted or proposed increases and enhancements in maternity and paternity leave over the past 12 to 18 months, increasing statutory paternity leave from four to five weeks (plus two additional days per child for multiple births) as of July 5, 2018. During leave, pay replacement benefits are provided by social security — INSS (Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad ) ocial) at 100% of covered salary. Leave was already increased from 13 to 20 days in 2017.

Regions / Country
spain
Topics
Family benefits
Children
Parental leave
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With AI, jobs are changing but no mass unemployment expected – UN labour experts

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UN News (04.09.2018) The rise of frontier technologies like Artificial Intelligence has caused fears of robots taking over blue-collar jobs, but a United Nations expert says humans still have the upper hand given their creativity and ability to form relationships.   

Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
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