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News

06.12.2019 Mexico: Más de 11 mil trabajadoras del hogar han sido afiliadas al IMSS en ocho meses

12.03.2020 The Philippines: SSS ready to pay unemployment benefits of Covid-affected workers

12.03.2020 Ireland: Government agrees next phase of Ireland's Covid-19 response

12.03.2020 United States: State expands unemployment benefits for workers impacted by COVID-19 outbreak

12.03.2020 United Kingdom: PM: workers with coronavirus will get sick pay from day one

12.03.2020 UK: Coronavirus: Support planned for self-isolators who don't qualify for sick pay

13.03.2020 France: Coronavirus : le recours au chômage partiel s'amplifie

20.03.2020 Italia: Coronavirus. Emergenza economica, domenica il decreto da almeno 15 miliardi: stop versamenti Fisco e rate mutui

20.03.2020 New Zealand: Coronavirus: New Zealand launches massive spending package to combat Covid-19

20.03.2020 France: Coronavirus : 18e cas en France, jusqu’à 20 jours d’indemnités pour les personnes en isolement

20.03.2020 Germany: Coronavirus: Easier access to short-time work allowance

20.03.2020 Portugal: Coronavírus: apoio aos recibos verdes é de 438 euros e dura seis meses

20.03.2020 Hong Kong: Coronavirus: Hong Kong's cash handout could boost the economy by 1%, says financial secretary

23.03.2020 India to offer unemployment benefits to workers affected by coronavirus

14.04.2020 Korea. Unemployment allowance hits record high amid pandemic

14.04.2020 Chile: Piñera promulga bono Covid-19 de CLP 50 mil por carga familiar: costo fiscal de USD 167 millones

14.04.2020 Saint Kitts and Nevis: Social security establishes $15M fund to assist workers impacted by COVID-19

14.04.2020 Costa Rica: CCSS recuerda a patronos y trabajadores independientes la posibilidad de suscribir acuerdos de pago

21.04.2020 Cabo Verde: Programa de Assistência Alimentar arranca em todos os Concelhos do arquipélago

21.04.2020 Morocco. Coronavirus: Series of Measures for Salaried Employees and Companies

21.04.2020 Tunisie: Une aide spécifique de 150 MD aux familles à revenus limités et aux personnes à besoins spécifiques

21.04.2020 Argentina: Ayuda social en la crisis Reforzarán el reparto de alimentos durante la cuarentena en escuelas y comedores

21.04.2020 Bolivia: Gobierno crea el ‘bono familia’ de Bs 500 por cada hijo en nivel primario en escuela fiscal

04.05.2020 Covid-19 au Congo, le gouvernement va octroyer à près de cent mille ménages pauvres 50.000 FCFA au titre d'allocation alimentaire

04.05.2020 Madagascar: A social protection response is launched in urban and suburban areas to aid families and their children during Covid-19 pandemic

04.05.2020 Malawi launches cash aid for poor amid COVID-19 pandemic

05.06.2020 Malawi president outlines new COVID-19 measures amid lockdown injunction

05.06.2020 Angola: Apoio financeiro beneficia mais de 11 mil crianças em três províncias

05.06.2020 Botswana: Government Supports Vulnerable Families

05.06.2020 Lesotho: Factory Workers Receive Salary Subsidies

05.06.2020 Cabo Verde: Trabalhadores domésticos não inscritos no INPS passam a ter direito ao Rendimento Solidário

05.06.2020 España: Las empleadas del hogar temen no cobrar la prestación hasta septiembre

05.06.2020 Myanmar to provide social security benefits for workers amid Covid-19 shutdown

18.06.2020 Perú debería volver a aplicar subsidios a la planilla para preservar empleos

18.06.2020 Chile: Retiro anticipado de fondos de pensiones

18.06.2020 México: Desempleo pegará a trabajadoras del hogar. Sólo 10% cuenta con seguridad social

25.06.2020 Argentina: El Gobierno promete que los jubilados que menos ganan no perderán contra la inflación

25.06.2020 Ecuador: IESS revisa cobro de prima para atención médica a hijos de los afiliados

07.07.2020 Liban: Projet de loi sur la création d’une caisse d’indemnisation du chômage

07.07.2020 Thailand: Social protection is pathway to pandemic recovery

29.07.2020 Zambia Launches Emergency COVID-19 Social Cash Transfer Scheme

17.08.2020 US: 1.2 million seek jobless aid after $600 federal check ends

17.08.2020 Australia expands wage subsidy scheme as COVID-19 cases surge

17.08.2020 France: Macron announces bonus package for homecare workers amid COVID-19 crisis

17.08.2020 Italy: Italy passes $29bn stimulus package for COVID-19 recovery

24.08.2020 Regional: La pandemia desveló fragilidades de los sistemas pensionales latinoamericanos

22.10.2020 Asia-Pacific Countries Endorse Action Plan To Strengthen Social Protection

29.10.2020 República Dominicana. Pandemia Covid-19 puso al descubierto carencias y desigualdades de la seguridad social

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Social Protection (Social Security): Resolution and Conclusions adopted by the Conference, ILC.109

Building the future of social protection for a human-centred world of work

Tripartite Round Table on Pension Trends and Reforms

World social protection report 2017-19. Universal social protection to achieve the SDGs

Extending social security to workers in the informal economy: Lessons from international experience (preliminary version)

Fiscal space for social protection. A handbook for assessing financing options

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Highlights

Jayati Ghosh

Financing social protection in developing countries in the age of Covid-19

COVID-19

Social protection Monitor: Social protection responses to COVID-19 crisis around the world

COVID-19

Rapid social protection calculator for COVID-19

Survey

Social protection floor actor survey: Reflecting on 12 years of joint work on social protection

Social protection in action

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Social Protection for Workers in New Forms of Employment

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Social Protection and Climate change

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Social Protection and Green Transition

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Social Protection and Human Mobility

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Adapting Health Protection for a Globalized World

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Social Protection to Realize Children's Full Potential

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Social Protection and Ageing: Adequate and Sustainable Old-Age Pensions

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Social Protection and Long-Term Care

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Training

May - October 2021

Diploma for Social Protection Managers

3 May - 11 June 2021

E-Learning on Actuarial Work for Social Security

3 May - 11 June 2021

E-Learning on Administrative Solutions for Coverage Extension

03 May - 11 June 2021

E-Learning on Contribution Collection and Compliance

03 May - 11 June 2021

E-Learning on Good Governance

03 May - 11 June 2021

E-Learning on Investment of Social Security Funds

03 May - 11 June 2021

E-Learning on Service Quality

03 May - 11 June 2021

E-Learning on Information and Communication Technology

14 June - 23 July 2021

E-Learning on Leadership for Social Protection

13 September-22 October 2021

E-Academy on social security

Sept. - November 2021

Diploma for Social Protection Analysts

01 November - 10 December 2021

Executive E-Learning on Pension Policy and Management

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Jobs

Consultant for a study on herders' behaviours towards health and social insurance in Mongolia

Technical Specialist on Social Protection, Dakar

Public Finance Economist, Geneva

Consultant, Communication, Social Health Protection, Bangkok

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