December 2014

 
 
 

SEASON GREETINGS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR 2015!

From the ILO Social Protection team, warm wishes to all for the festive season and the New Year.

HIGHLIGHTS: Here a summary of recent major social protection international events/publications in November and December 2014:

Publications

Country brief: Colombia. Universalizing health protection, ILO, December 2014
Social protection for older persons. Key policy trends and statistics, ILO, October 2014
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
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
Recibir y brindar cuidados en condiciones de equidad. Desafíos de la protección social y las políticas de empleo en Argentina, ILO, Buenos Aires, 2014

More publications here

Data & Tools

News

UK: Austerity to shrink U.K. government spending to 1930s levels, CNN (9.12.14)
US: Immigrants social security eligible in Obama Plan, abcNEWS (26.11.2014)
Eurofound: The economic crisis has prevented new groups from getting healthcare, EurActiv (24.11.2014)
Mexico: About 6 Million Mexican Families Will Have Greater Access to Social and Productive Programs, World Bank (17.11.14)
Developing countries opting for social protection over fiscal consolidation, UN News (17.11.2014)
India: ammoth pension scheme launched, The Hindu (9.11.2014)
Sénégal: Couverture maladie universelle: L¿IPRES annonce une contribution annuelle de 2 milliards de FCFA, Le Soleil Online (07.11.2014)
Eurostat: One out of four EU citizens at risk of poverty, EurActiv (05.11.2014)
España: La cuantía de las pensiones nuevas cae por primera vez desde 2000, El País (02.11.2014)
US: 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)
Bangladesh: Progress on labour rights and factory safety in Bangladesh, but ILO calls for further improvements, ILO Press release (20.10.2014)

More news here

Training

Strengthening financial governance and management of pension schemes in Arab States, 7 - 17 April 2015
Actuarial modelling of public pension schemes, 24 November - 5 December 2014, ILO International Training Centre, Turin, Italy
ILO international Training Centre: Training catalogue 2015

Insights

Global wage growth down since the financial crisis with no sign of recovery", by Sandra Polaski, ILO Deputy Director General
Extending pension coverage and ensuring effective access to health care for older persons is a priority, by Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General
Falling inequality in Latin America: trends and policies,, by Giovanni Andrea Cornia
Inequality: bringing redistribution back in the development agenda,, by Isabel Ortiz
Universal social protection floors. A minimum the world is too rich not to have by Frank Hoffer, Senior research officer at the Bureau for Workers' Activities of the ILO