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Lao People’s Democratic Republic launches its first social security mobile application

Submitted by pmassetti on
ilo.org (12.12.2025) Developed with the support of the ILO-China Partnership Programme, the app represents a milestone in modernising social protection.
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laos
Global challenges
Topics
Mobile technologies
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Africa’s biometric-ID systems blocking millions of citizens from rights and services

Submitted by pmassetti on
ids.ac.uk (04.12.2025) Millions of citizens in Africa are unable to obtain essential services that they are entitled to as new digital ID systems continue being imposed across the continent, requiring them to provide biometric and personal information, new research reveals.
Regions / Country
Africa
Topics
Biometrics
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Building Rights-Based Unemployment Protection Schemes: Guidance from ILO Social Security Standards

Submitted by pmassetti on
ilo.org (05.12.2025) As crises become more frequent and complex, robust unemployment protection systems are essential to safeguard income security and support full, productive and freely chosen employment. This new ILO brief provides practical guidance for building rights-based unemployment protection schemes that deliver on these goals. 
Topics
Employment
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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.
Topics
Environment and climate change
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US: Reforming Long-Term Care Policy

Submitted by pmassetti on
ldi.upenn.edu (dec 2025) For more than 60 years, Congress has debated public policy around long-term care. Meanwhile, middle-class American families struggle to afford the care their older relatives need. Most people will need help with basic daily activities at some point in their lives, and many will be unable to pay for it. In this brief, we present an overview of the current long-term care crisis and its historical context .
Regions / Country
United States
Global challenges
Topics
Long-term care

Finances publiques : la France face au bouleversement démographique

Submitted by pmassetti on
lemonde-fr (02.12.2025) Dans un rapport rendu public mardi 2 décembre, la Cour des comptes a analysé les conséquences de la baisse de la fertilité et du vieillissement de la population sur les finances publiques.
Regions / Country
france
Global challenges
Topics
Old-age pensions
Document Type

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
Topics
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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Why private pensions can’t fix the ageing problem

Submitted by pmassetti on
reuters.com (20.11.2025) Across Europe, politicians increasingly tout private pensions as a cure-all for reviving stagnant stock exchanges, fostering entrepreneurship and curbing ballooning public spending as populations age. But any governments that bet on this solution may be disappointed. A proliferation of individual piggybanks will not solve the deeper challenges that flow from having purchasing power ever-more concentrated in older hands.
Topics
Pensions
Document Type

Pakistan: BISP Rolls Out Social Protection Wallet, Distributes Free SIMs to One Million Women

Submitted by pmassetti on
dailyindependent.com (18.11.2025) The Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) has launched a revolutionary Social Protection Wallet for its registered beneficiary women, marking a historic step towards digital financial inclusion. In line with Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s vision for a cashless economy, BISP has begun distributing free mobile SIMs to approximately one million eligible women across the country. This initiative also reflects the social protection vision of President Asif Ali Zardari and is considered among the largest social protection projects globally.
Regions / Country
pakistan
Topics
Digital inclusion
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