Technological transition

ADB study: government action needed to ensure Asia’s workforce benefit from new technologies |

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OpenGovAsia (12.04.2018) To ensure that everyone can benefit from new technologies, policymakers will need to pursue education reforms that promote lifelong learning, maintain labour market flexibility, strengthen social protection systems, and reduce income inequality, The Asian Development Bank (ADB) issued its latest report yesterday on the impact of technological advances on labour markets in Asia.

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Asia
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Information and communication technology
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Labour market
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[Rapport] France: Donner un sens à l'intelligence artificielle : pour une stratégie nationale et européenne

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ladocumentationfrancaise.fr (Mars 2018) Le rapport aborde successivement différentes facettes de l'IA : politique économique, recherche, emploi, éthique, cohésion sociale. Cinq annexes insistent par ailleurs sur des domaines d'intérêt particulier : éducation, santé, agriculture, transport, défense et sécurité.

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european union
france
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Information and communication technology
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No identity crisis for social protection programmes that link with ID agencies

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Development Pathways (24.10.2017) Biometric technology presents a huge opportunity to social protection programmes, in particular the potential to ensure that only eligible programme beneficiaries receive payments. But to fully realise the benefits of biometrics, social protection programmes need to work closely with national identity agencies who are better placed to provide individuals with a unique identity record and can match people with those records, writes Richard Chirchir.

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Schweiz: Mitarbeiter 4.0: Startklar für die digitale Welt

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myjob (09.04.2018) Vor dem Hintergrund der Digitalisierung kommt es in der Arbeitswelt zu einem tief greifenden Wandel, der Unternehmen wie Mitarbeiter gleichermassen betrifft. Für beide gilt: Wer morgen noch erfolgreich sein will, muss umdenken. So hat sich in den vergangenen Jahren die Einstellung junger Menschen zur Arbeit grundlegend verändert

 

 

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switzerland
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Employment of young workers
Information and communication technology
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Labour market
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Luxembourg: Nouvelle identité visuelle et lancement du site Internet complètement remodelé de l’Association d’assurance accident

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gouvernement.lu  (27.03.2018) La nouvelle identité visuelle et le site Internet remodelé de l’Association d’assurance accident (AAA) ont été dévoilés lors d’une conférence de presse en présence de Romain Schneider, ministre de la Sécurité sociale. Comme le site www.aaa.lu a été intégralement remodelé, l’AAA a profité de l’occasion pour la réalisation d’une nouvelle identité visuelle. Le logo au style minimaliste a conservé les trois "A" définissant l’Association d’assurance accident.

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luxembourg
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Information and communication technology
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[Report] US: Labor 2030: The Collision of Demographics, Automation and Inequality

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Bain & Company (February 2018) Demographics, automation and inequality have the potential to dramatically reshape our world in the 2020s and beyond. Our analysis shows that the collision of these forces could trigger economic disruption far greater than we have experienced over the past 60 years (see Figure 1). The aim of this report by Bain's Macro Trends Group is to detail how the impact of aging populations, the adoption of new automation technologies and rising inequality will likely combine to give rise to new business risks and opportunities.

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United States
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Information and communication technology
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[Opinion] AI and robots should not be attributed legal personhood

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EurActiv (28.03.2018) Technology has revolutionised the financial industry, but we’re long overdue a revolution in the way we think about its future role and the policies that should govern it, write Daniel Schlaepfer and Hugo Kruyne.

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Europe
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La Suisse cherche un statut pour les chauffeurs d’Uber

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Le Temps (22.03.2018) La plateforme de transport se dit prête à améliorer la couverture sociale de ses utilisateurs-chauffeurs. Le SECO considère qu’ils sont des employés, alors que le Conseil fédéral envisage un statut hybride, entre salariés et indépendants

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switzerland
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Digital economy and automation to impact Malaysian labour market

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Digital News Asia (18.03.2018) Individuals at all levels will need to actively develop their skills and stay relevant. Many sectors being reshaped by technology, creating new roles and different demands

 

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malaysia
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Employment
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[Analyse] Dans 20 ans, les robots feront le sale boulot

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Le Temps (18.03.2018) Ces prochaines années, les robots vont prendre une place considérable dans un monde du travail bouleversé. «Le Temps» a sondé trois experts, qui imaginent chacun à leur façon un nouveau paradigme qui questionne notre relation à l’emploi

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