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World Social Protection Report 2014/15
Building economic recovery, inclusive development and social justice
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The World Social Protection Report 2014-15 is a comprehensive source of information on social protection systems, policy trends and social protection statistics. The report:
- provides a global overview of the organization of social protection systems, their coverage, benefits, and public expenditures;
- following a life-cycle approach, presents social protection for children, women and men in working age, and older persons, including progress towards universal health coverage;
- analyses recent policy trends, eg. negative impacts of fiscal consolidation and adjustment measures;
- calls to expand social protection for crisis recovery, inclusive development and social justice.
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Key links
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Training
- Academy on Social Security, 22 September - 3 October 2014, ILO International Training Centre, Turin
- Master in Occupational Safety and Health, 8 - 30 September 2014, ILO International Training Centre, Turin
- G20 E-learning course on social protection, 1 September - 5 December 2014 (online), ILO International Training Centre, Turin
- Assessing the feasibility, fiscal cost and impact of national social protection floors, 14 - 18 July 2014, ILO International Training Centre, Turin
- Estrategias para la implementación de pisos de protección social, 21 - 25 July 2014, Lima, Peru.
- Training programme on social protection of the ILO International Training Programme, 2014
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Insights
The Silver lining to ageing in Europe: How to cope with Europe's ageing population is the subject of discussion as ILO's Sandra Polaski talks to Euronews about the problems of a maturing society and the advantages brought by the "silver economy", 2014
World Day of Social Justice 2014: Social protection is both a human right and sound economic policy, says ILO Director-General Guy Ryder
"When you are providing basic health, nutrition, sanitation, and education, ensuring that people are covered over the life cycle, you are actually building for the future and enabling higher productivity", says Jayati Ghosh, professor of economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
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News
- Germany finalises flagship pension reform, euronews, 19.05.2014
- UK: New report warns that millions of pensioners face living on less than minimum wage, express.co.uk, 22.04.2014
- Mexico: Universal Pension will benefit one million of indigenous elderly people, Diario Rotativo, 27 abril 2014
- Mexico: Youth, pensions and health are the main challenges for social security, PRD Parliamentary Group, Senate of the Republic of Mexico, April 25, 2014
- VietNam: La couverture de l'ensemble de la population par l'assurance-santé, Vietnam+, 29.04.14
- US: More than 7 million Americans have enrolled under Affordable Care Act, Washingtonpost.com, 01.04.14
- Japan: Raising consumption tax rate to 8% big step for social welfare stability, The Japan News, 31.03.2014,
- La pensión universal, un primer paso para un mejor nivel de vida de los mexicanos, SDPnoticias.com, Eduado Esquivel, 29.03.14
- United Kingdom: Cuts have left 250,000 older people without state care, The Guardian, 26.03.14
- Ireland: Working mothers stand to lose up to €200,000 from pensions, The Irish Independent, 17.03.14
- Sénégal: "Nous comptons d'ici 2017 fournir à 250 mille familles une bourse annuelle de 100.000 F CFA", Setal.net, 13.03.14
- Indonesia launches world's largest health insurance system, The Christian Science Monitor, 10.03.14
- Côte d'Ivoire: Universal Health Coverage bill approved by National Assembly, Abidjan.net, 06.03.14
- Thailand: Government eases welfare rules for migrant, Bangkok Post, 06.03.14
- More news ...
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