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Regional Forum to highlight social security as key to African development
ISSA, 27.10.2008 | Press release | Administration & management, Extending coverage, Social security and health, Old age / Survivors
The role of social security in the development agenda in Africa will be the focus of a high-level gathering of African social security leaders and policy-makers at the first Regional Social Security Forum for Africa, in Kigali, Rwanda, 18-20 November 2008.
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Small schemes examine pooling of resources and enhanced cooperation
ISSA, 26.10.2008 | News | Administration & management
Representatives of small social security organizations from Africa and other regions have examined the potential benefits of pooling resources and strengthened cooperation at an international conference organized by the International Social Security Association (ISSA) in cooperation with the Nati...
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Financial crisis may impact prospects for social security extension
Video  ISSA, 16.10.2008 | News | Extending coverage
The extension of social security coverage to some of the world's poorest populations is a realistic and affordable prospect, social security and policy specialists have been told, but the current financial crisis may curtail prospects for extension if social policies are not maintained.
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Dr. Carmelo Mesa-Lago
ISSA and the extension of social security coverage
ISSA, 14.10.2008 | News | Extending coverage
In an effort to address the issue of extension of social security coverage, the ISSA Bureau has decided to organize two back-to-back events on the occasion of its 98th meeting to be held on 15 October in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Children playing. © Alejandro Lipszyc/World Bank
Analysis: Creating "good societies" – the role of social security
ISSA, 08.10.2008 | Feature | About social security
The UN Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) has completed publication of the findings of a five-year research programme, "Social Policy in a Development Context", that examined the role of social security – and social policy more broadly – in the building of productive and competiti...
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