February 2016

 
 
 

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

Publications

South Africa. Extending social protection to children, ILO, February 2016

Mongolia. A one-stop shop for accessible, transparent and efficient public service delivery, ILO, January 2016

The state of social protection in ASEAN at the dawn of integration, Cheng Boon Ong, Celine Peyron Bista, ILO, December 2015

France. The Active Solidarity Income: Providing income security and supporting return to work, ILO, December 2015

National experiences in building social protection floors. India's Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, Ellen Ehmke, ILO, November 2015

Cash transfer programmes, poverty reduction and empowerme

The Decade of Adjustment: A Review of Austerity Trends 2010-2020 in 187 Countries, Isabel Ortiz, Matthew Cummins, Jeronim Capaldo, Kalaivani Karunanethy, ILO, October 2015

The Forthcoming Adjustment Shock, Policy Brief ILO, October 2015

Fiscal Space for Social Protection: Options Exist even in the Poorest Countries - Eight Options to Expand Social Investments in 187 Countries, Policy Brief ILO, October 2015

Realising the right to social security and the right to food. The contribution of national social protection floors towards food security and the realisation of the right to adequate food for all, Stephen Devereux, ILO, October 2015

Social Protection Assessment Based National Dialogue: Towards a nationally defined social protection floor in Myanmar, ILO, October 2015

Long-term care (LTC) protection for older persons: A review of coverage deficits in 46 countries, Xenia Scheil-Adlung, ILO, September 2015

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Data & Tools

Main statistical resources

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

News

Moldova's transition to the formal economy, ILO news (14.01.2016)

Ireland: Social Protection fraud control steps save €500m, Irish Examiner (26.01.2016)

Maroc. Une révolution sociale : La couverture maladie et la retraite généralisées!, La nouvelle Tribune - Le blog finance de {Afifa Dassouli} (25.01.16)

UK: NHS funding is falling behind European neighbours' average, research finds, thegardian (20.01.16)

Netherlands: Majority of Dutch pensions breach solvency levels, ai-cio.com (05.01.2016)

Cabo Verde government approves creation of unemployment benefits, macauhub (04.01.16)

India: Govt to increase maternity leave in pvt sector from 12 to 26 weeks, Shalini Nair, The Indian Express (29.12.15)

Argentina: Pagarán un extra de $ 400 para los beneficiarios de la AUH y los jubilados, lanacion.com.ar (22.12.15)

Pakistan: Sehat Sahulat programme: K-P to get social health protection, The Express Tribune (16.12.15)

Nepal: Thousands deprived of social security allowance, kathmandupost.ekantipur.com (13.12.2015)

South Africa's Cabinet Approves White Paper on Health Insurance, BloombergBusiness (11.12.2015)

Poland to lower retirement age in mid-2016, Reuters (09.12.15)

UK: British workers will have worst pensions of any major economy, theguardian.com (01.12.2015)

France: Un sans-abri sur dix n'a aucune couverture sociale, mutualite (01.12.2015)

India poised to move to Social Protection Floor, business-standard.com (24.11.2015)

Sénégal : 2,4 millions de Sénégalais touchés la Couverture maladie universelle en 2016, fr.starafrica.com (13.11.2015)

More news

Training

Social health protection, addressing inequities in access to health care, 07 - 18 March 2016

Strengthening financial governance and management of pension schemes in Arab States, 0415 April 2016

ILO international Training Centre: Training catalogue 2016

Blog and Videos

Tree videos produced by the ILO in the context of an awareness raising campaign on the informal economy and undeclared work in Moldova:

Ecuador ¿Por qué la protección social es importante para nosotros?, ILO (December 2015)

Realizing the Right to Social Protection: The Role of ILO Social Security Standards, by Christina Behrendt (December 2015)

Basic Social Protection in Mozambique - Grandma Regina, ILO (November 2015)

Bolsa família: an international example of social inclusion. An interview with Helmut Schwarzer, ILO (October 2015)

Interview de Mr. Abdi Houssein Ahmed, Ministre du Travail et de la Réforme, Djibouti, ILO (October 2015)

The vital role of social protection in the fight against inequality - Winnie Byanyima, ILO/OXFAM (October 2015)

70 ans de la sécurité sociale française - discours de Valérie Schmitt, ILO (Octobre 2015)

Social protection for all to change people's lives by 2030 by Isabel Ortiz, ILO (Octobre 2015)

G20 starts to tackle inequality - Sandra Polaski, ILO Deputy Director-General for Policy, ILO(Octobre 2015)

Interview of Dr. Johan Strijdom, Department of Social Affairs, The African Union, ILO (September 2015)

Interview of Mr Albert Eberhardt Biwa, Ministry of Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare, Namibia, ILO (August 2015)