January 2017

Social Protection OUTLOOK - January 2017

 
 
 

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2017! We wish you a prosperous year and look forward to our continued collaboration

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

Publications

Social protection floors. Volume 1; Universal schemes, I. Ortiz, V. Schmitt, L. De, 2016

Social protection floors. Volume 2: Innovations to extend coverage, I. Ortiz, V. Schmitt, L. De, 2016

Social protection floors. Volume 3: Governance and financing, I. Ortiz, V. Schmitt, L. De, 2016

Maternity cash benefits for women in the informal economy, 2016

Health workforce: A global supply chain approach. New data on the employment effects on health economies in 185 countries, X. Scheil-Adlung, 2016

Sistemas de protección social en América Latina: una evaluación, J. A. Ocampo; N. Gómez-Arteaga, 2016

Dilemas de la protección social Frente a la desaceleración económica: Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, L. Casanova; P. Casalí; F. Bertranou; O. Centrángolo; A. Goldschmit

Paraguay, panorama de la protección social: diseño, cobertura y financiamiento, P. Casalí, M. Valásquez

Mongolia: Financial assessment of the proposed reform to the social security system for older persons and proposed new pension scheme for the herders and self-employed persons, 2016

Extension of social Protection to workers in the informal economy in Zambia, L. Pellerano; M. Phe Goursat, 2016

Towards a Malawian social protection floor. Assessment of social protection programmes in Malawi, A. van de Meerendonk, N. Cunha, F. Juergens, Luca Pellerano, ILO, Irish Aid, 2016

Discussion note on targeting in Malawi and implications for the future of the social cash transfer, L. Pellerano, F. Juergens, ILO, Irish Aid, 2016

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Data & Tools

Main statistical resources

Inter-Agency Social Protection Assessments (ISPA)

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

Financing social protection

Actuarial practice in social security

Training

Strengthening financial governance and management of pension schemes in Arab States, 03 - 13 April 2017

G20 E-Learning on social protection, 07 September - 04 December 2017

Academy on Social Security, 18 - 29 September 2017

Actuarial modelling of public pension schemes, 20 November - 01 December 2017

ILO Flagship Programme on Social Protection Floors

Launched in 2016 by the ILO, the Gobal Flagship Programme is making social protection floors a national reality in 21 target countries. Complementing ILO's regular advisory services to 136 countries.

Videos

Being someone: Basic social protection in Mozambique, ILO

Building social protection floors together with Development Partners, ILO

Pakistan: An overview of social protection policy in Khyber Pakhtunk, ILO

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

Philipines: Duterte raises SSS pension, premiums, Philstar.com (11.01.17)

Colombia: Santos aprueba ley que amplía a cuatro meses y medio la licencia de maternidad, País.com (04.01.2017)

India: Government to provide Rs 6000 to pregnant & lactating women, The Financial Express (03.01.2017)

Ireland: Eu 20 cut to weekly rent payments for young people on social welfare, Irish Examiner (03.01.2017)

India: AP government unveils universal health scheme, Telangana Today (01.01.2017)

South Africa: Matric recipients of social grants qualify for tertiary funding, Eyewitness news (12.2016)

Monde: Le groupe Kering garantit à toutes ses salariées 14 semaines de congé maternité, La Croix (14.12.2016)

España: El permiso por paternidad sube de dos a cuatro semanas desde enero, El País (15.12.2016)

Kenya: KCB disburses Sh23.5 billion social welfare funds, Business Today (13.12.2016)

World: AXA rolls out global parental leave policy, Insurance Business (12.12.2016)

Malaysia: Making growth more inclusive by enhancing social protection: the case of Malaysia, OECD Ecoscope (08.12.16)

World: Ikea expanding parental leave; crib assembly still your job, CTV News (06.12.2016)

India: Amma magnanimous: Jayalalithaa's schemes that made Tamil Nadu a welfare state, The Indian Express (06.12.2016)

Brazil's Temer unveils pension reform, sets retirement age at 65, Reuters (05.12.2016)

La Belgique consacre une part record de son PIB aux pensions des fonctionnaires, L'Echo (05.12.2016)

Bangladesh: Social protection to cover every person with disability, Business News 24bd (03.12.2016)

UK: Five million self-employed workers set to benefit from new pensions revolution, The Telegraph (02.12.2016)

America's largest companies don't meet parental leave recommendations, Business Insider (01.12.2016)

Ireland: Expanded rural social scheme to accept only over-25s for a limited time, Farmers Journal (29.11.16)

United Arab Emirates: RAK gov't increases maternity leave for working mothers, Arabian Business.com 25.11.16

Uganda: Social Protection Investments Register High Returns, New Vision (25.11.2016)

Rwanda: Relief for working mothers as maternity leave benefits scheme comes into force, The New Times (22.11.2016)

Europe's migrant mothers struggle to access medical care, Financial times (17.11.16)

España: Acuerdo urgente para mantener las pensiones, El País (02.11.2016)

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)

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