November 2014

 
 
 

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

Publications

Policy brief: Pensions and other social protection benefits for older persons
ILO, November 2014

Country brief: Uruguay. Monotax: Promoting formalization and  protection of independent workers, ILO, November 2014

Country brief: Brazil. Cadastro Único: Operating a registry through a national public bank, ILO, October 2014

El papel de los pisos de protección social en América Latina y el Caribe. La estrategia de desarrollo de los sistemas de seguridad social de la OIT, ILO, October 2014

Social protection for older persons. Key policy trends and statistics, ILO, October 2014

Universal Health Protection: Progress to date and the way forward, ILO, September 2014

Namibia Social Protection Floor Assessment, ILO, September 2014

Mozambique: Actuarial Review of the National Social Security System (NSSS), ILO, September 2014

Mozambique: Actuarial Review of the Civil Servants and State Agents Social Protection System, ILO, September 2014

Análisis actuarial, legal, de cobertura y gobernanza del sistema de seguros sociales de Honduras. Resumen de conclusiones y recomendaciones, ILO, September 2014

Country brief: Income security for older persons in Viet Nam: Social pensions, ILO, UNFPA, August 2014

Policy brief: Rapid extension of health protection, ILO, July 2014

World Social Protection Report 2014/15, ILO, June 2014

More publications here

News

La cuantía de las pensiones nuevas cae por primera vez desde 2000, El País (02.11.2014)

How Obamacare has changed health insurance in the US, Business Insider (30.10.2014)

France: La crise a fait basculer 440.000 enfants dans la pauvreté, Le Figaro (29.10.2014)

Argentina: Con la Asignación Universal por Hijo aumentó la escolarización y la protección social a más de 3,5 millones de niños, Telam (29.10.14)

Child poverty up by 2.6 million in rich world, UNICEF (28.10.14)

Colombia: Hay dos millones de nuevos afiliados a seguridad social, por tributaria de 2012, Diario La República (25.10.14)

Progress on labour rights and factory safety in Bangladesh, but ILO calls for further improvements, ILO Press release (20.10.2014)

France's family allowance not universal any more, RFI (17.10.2014)

Formalizing employment in Brazil: A "simple" path to formal employment, ILO News room (9.10.2014)

UK: Retirement age to rise by as much as six months per year, The Telegraph (6.10.2014)

Cambodia: better health care for the people, The Phnom Penh Post (03.10.2014)

Almost half the world's older persons lack pensions ILO report says 52 per cent of older persons receive a pension, but levels are inadequate and the trend has been worsened by fiscal consolidation, ILO News (30.09.14)

Data & Tools

Training

Executive course on pensions, 3 - 7 November 2014, ILO International Training Centre, Turin

Actuarial modelling of public pension schemes, 24 November - 5 December 2014, ILO International Training Centre, Turin, Italy

ILO international Training Centre: Training catalogue 2015

Jobs

Social Security Development Branch, Director, International Social Security Association Geneva

Insights