Inequalities

200 millions de chômeurs dans le monde en 2016

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Le Monde (19.01.2016) Chaque année, à l’occasion de la sortie de son rapport sur l’emploi dans le monde, l’Organisation internationale du travail (OIT) alerte sur la gravité et la durée de la crise économique, et annonce de nouveaux chômeurs. En vain, la situation ne change guère. L’édition 2016, publiée mardi 19 janvier à Genève, prédit une augmentation d’environ 2,3 millions de sans-emploi en 2016, pour venir flirter à la fin de l’année avec le seuil des 200 millions de personnes (199,4 millions), soit 30 millions de plus qu’avant la crise en 2007.

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Unemployment
Inequalities

Nigeria: Buhari to spend N60bn on poor Nigerians, market women and artisans in 2016

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YNaija (18.01.2016) The social protection programmes of President Muhammadu Buhari will see soft loans granted to about one million artisans and market women, as stated in the proposed 2016 budget.

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nigeria
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Extension of coverage
Inequalities

OIT: Panorama Laboral 2015 - 1,7 millones de personas ingresaron a las filas del desempleo en 2015 en América Latina y el Caribe

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ILO/News (10.12.2015) El Panorama Laboral 2015 de la OIT indicó que la desaceleración económica causa un aumento del desempleo e indicios de aumento en la informalidad. Sube el desempleo de mujeres y jóvenes. La situación es preocupante y plantea desafíos de política a los países de la región. En 2016 el desempleo podría aumentar nuevamente.

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latin america
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Unemployment
Inequalities

Sénégal: Protection sociale : Le projet Osiris va accompagner les populations rurales vulnérables

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lesoleil.sn (16.11.2015) La protection sociale et économique des populations rurales vulnérables sera davantage améliorée avec le projet Offre de services intégrés en milieu rural pour l’inclusion sociale (Osiris) qui a été officiellement lancé hier. Ce projet de quatre ans va déployer une offre de services coopératifs et mutualistes dans huit régions du pays et toucher directement 600.000 personnes vulnérables.

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senegal
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Extension of coverage
Inequalities

Building Myanmar's Social Protection System Can Protect the Poorest

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World Bank (04.11.2015) Traditional support structures such as families and communities are insufficient to help households cope with multiple issues that affect their wellbeing. Community support is usually limited to funeral funds and sporadic donations. Families suffer increased hardship when the main income earner becomes injured or passes away.

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myanmar
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Social assistance
Inequalities

[Opinion] China: Social Protection Key to Poverty Alleviation

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World Bank News (09.11.2015) China has an unmatched record of achievement in poverty reduction over the past three and a half decades - accounting for 72 percent of the global reduction in extreme poverty. Last month, at the United Nations General Assembly, President Xi Jinping reiterated China's ambitious targets to further reduce poverty, as 7 percent of the developing world's poor still live in China today.

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china
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Social assistance
Social policies & programmes
Inequalities

Le changement climatique aggrave l’extrême pauvreté dans le monde

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Le Monde (09.11.2015) Sans mesures immédiates de réduction des émissions de gaz à effets de serre conjuguées à des politiques de développement « solidaire et durable », plus de 100 millions de personnes supplémentaires pourraient basculer dans l’extrême pauvreté à l’horizon 2030. A trois semaines de la COP 21, la Banque mondiale vient rappeler aux Etats le caractère indissociable de la lutte contre le réchauffement de la planète et du combat contre la pauvreté dans un rapport publié dimanche 8 novembre.

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Inequalities
Shocks & extreme events

Study: Children hardest hit by Europe's economic crisis

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Euractiv (27.10.2015) Some 26 million children and young people in Europe are threatened by poverty or social exclusion after years of economic crisis, according to a new study by the Bertelsmann Foundation, which gave Greece the worst marks in the entire EU.

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european union
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Social assistance
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[Analysis] Nutrition, effective cash transfers: How to ensure social protection

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Hindustan Times (01.11.2015) Small and marginal farmers comprise 85% of the land holdings in India. Social protection is a survival tool for the rural poor, who have no easy access to wage labour. India recognised the need for social protection early on and introduced a slew of social protection programmes like the National Rural Livelihoods Mission. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) provides 100 days of assured labour wages to every rural poor household. The minimum support price serves as a social protection instrument for farmers.

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Social assistance
Conditional cash transfers
Inequalities

Ghana: Gender Ministry Implements Social Protection Interventions for Vulnerable Groups

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Allafrica (23.10.2015) The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has formulated and launched a Child and Family Welfare Policy (CFWP) which is designed to prevent and protect children from all forms of violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation.

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ghana
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Social policies & programmes
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