October 2016

 
 
 

At the time of publishing the Social Protection OUTLOOK the main international issues on social protection are:

Publications

Timor-Leste: Universal old-age and disability pensions, ILO, Sept. 2016

Bangladesh: Employment injury insurance. Challenges in building a new scheme, ILO, Sept. 2016

Bolivia: Financing social protection through taxation of natural resources, ILO, Sept. 2016

Brazil: Extending social protection by anchoring rights in law, ILO, Sept. 2016

Brazil: Financing social protection through financial transaction taxes, ILO, Sept. 2016

China: Extending social protection in Qingdao through labour and social security inspection, ILO, Sept. 2016

Ecuador: Financing social protection through debt restructuring, ILO, Sept. 2016

Indonesia: Financing social protection through contributions and the removal of fuel subsidy, ILO, Sept. 2016

Malaysia: Employment injury and invalidity insurance, ILO, Sept. 2016

Mongolia: Financing social protection through taxation of natural resources, ILO, Sept. 2016

China: Extending social protection to rural migrants, ILO, Sept. 2016

South Africa: Extending social protection by anchoring rights in law, ILO, Sept. 2016

The Philippines: Assessment-based national dialogue. A process to define a national SPF, ILO, Sept. 2016

Zambia: Financing social protection through taxation of natural resources, ILO, Sept. 2016

Belgium: Mass campaign on social protection for all, ILO, Sept. 2016

India: Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, ILO, Sept. 2016

Myanmar: Towards a social protection floor. Assessment-based national dialogue, ILO, Sept. 2016

Thailand: Universal health-care coverage scheme, ILO, Sept. 2016

Uruguay: Building a culture of social protection, ILO, Aug. 2016

South Africa: Universal disability grant, ILO, Aug. 2016

South Africa: Older person’s grant, ILO, Aug. 2016

India: Worker facilitation centres, ILO, Aug. 2016

Argentina: Universal maternity protection, ILO, Aug. 2016

Bolivia: Universal pensions for older persons, ILO, Aug. 2016

UNDG Eastern and Southern Africa social protection issues brief. A joint UN response to implement social protection floors and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, UNDG, June 2016

Social protection systems in Latin America: An assessment, J. A. Ocampo; N. Gómez-Arteaga, ILO, June 2016

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Data & Tools

Main statistical resources

Inter-Agency Social Protection Assessments (ISPA)

Statistics & indicators of the World Social Protection Report 2014/2015

Social protection assessment based national dialogue: A good practices guide

The ILO/UNICEF Costing and Assessment Tools

Social Protection Floor Initiative: Manual and Strategic Framework for Joint UN Country Operations

Inter-agency social protection assessment (ISPA) tools

Financing social protection

Actuarial practice in social security

Training

Actuarial modelling of public pension schemes, 21 November – 02 December 2016

Blog and Videos

Launch of the Global Partnership for universal social protection, New York, ILO

ILO Director-General Guy Ryder on universal social protection and the SDGs, ILO

Mongolia. Education on social protection, ILO

Garantizando el acceso universal a la salud en Perú, ILO

Seguro social campesino en Ecuador, ILO

Archbishop Emeritus and Nobel Peace Laureate on Universal Social Protection, ILO

News

The National Parliament of Timor-Leste unanimously adopted the Law on Social Security, RTP Notícias (18.10.16)

Belize: Retirement age in Belize revisited, Amandala (08.10.2016)

Uganda: Dignity, not poverty the cash grants helping Uganda's older generation, The Guardian (10.10.16)

USA: Obama administration announces paid sick leave for government contractors and a new policy to address pay disparities, The Washington Post (29.09.16)

Guinée: Enfin une politique nationale de protection sociale, ledjely.com (29.09.16)

UK: BMW to shut final-salary pensions of 5,000 staff in Britain, theguardian (27.09.16)

Chile: OIT llama a crear pacto social por sistema de pensiones, diarioUchile (27.09.16) and and Protesters demand reforms to Chile's private pension system, DW (21.08.16)

Health care in Rwanda: An African trailblazer. How a poor country brought health insurance to 91% of the population, The Economist (17.09.16)

México: Sólo 25% de población en vejez recibe pensión económica: UNAM, La Jornada (22.09.16)

Bangladesh: Working towards employment injury protection for all, The Daily Star

Malaysia: 44% workers not covered by any scheme, says EPF, The Star Online (12.08.2016)

Canada: Strengthened Canada pension plan will mean a more secure retirement and a better quality of life for middle class Canadians, Department of Finance Canada (19.09.16) and Le Canada abaisse l'âge de la retraite de 67 à 65 ans, Le Figaro (06.06.2016)

Mozambique. Dockers will start contributing for a Social Security scheme in Mozambique, Saponotícias (15.09.16)

Tanzania's Workers Compensation Fund will provide employment injury insurance to 2 million formal sector workers, ILO Africa (23.08.16)

India: Amendment to Maternity Benefit Act is historic, but more needs to be done for women in India, Firstpost.com (14.08.16)

Algérie: Révision de l'âge de départ à la retraite, tsa-algerie (21.07.2016)

The Philippines: SSS initiatives for social protection of ISGs show higher coverage and collections, PIA/News (28.07.2016)

Fiji: Increased funding for enhanced child services In Fiji, Fiji Sunonline (04.07,16)

New Zealand: Zero fee doctors' visits for children aged under 13, Ministry of Health (07.2016)

India: EPFO aims to cover all workers under provident fund, pension by 2030, Financial Express (29.06.2016)

India: Budget spend on health inadequate, says study, Times of India (18.07.2016)

Ireland: Workers without pensions automatically enrolled in new scheme under latest proposals, Independent.ie (18.07.2016)

España: Las pensiones solo serán sostenibles en 2050 si se crean 10 millones de empleos, El País (11.07.2016)

France: Accès aux soins - la « fracture sanitaire » s'aggrave, Le Monde (29.06.2016)

Sénégal: Couverture maladie universelle : Le taux passe de 20 à 40% de 2012 à 2015, Le Soleil (16.06.2016)

Zanzibar's pioneering pension scheme, BBC News (01.06.2016)

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