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During the last two decades, disability benefit payments increased significantly in most of the industrialized countries, although the rate of this growth has declined over time. This has occurred despite increased efforts to prevent disabilities and a clear long-term improvement in physical work conditions, including the decline in the prevalence of manual work.

 

 
Return-to-work programmes: Supporting health and employability
Return-to-work programmes: Supporting health and employability
Social Policy Highlight 22
Disability, Employment policies | International | Chinese, English, French, German, Russian
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Disability benefits: Turning back the rising tide
Disability benefits: Turning back the rising tide
Social Policy Highlight 2
Disability | | Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish
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障害給付:増加傾向を阻止する
ソーシャル・ ポリシー・ハイライト 2
Disability | | Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish
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Administration of disability insurance programmes
Administration of disability insurance programmes
Technical Report 24
Susan Williams
This report examines the issue of fraud, abuse and misuse of disability benefit programmes in seventeen member countries.
Disability | International | English, French, German, Spanish
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The state of development of private non-profit social protection organizations
The state of development of private non-profit social protection organizations
Technical Report 27
Alain Coheur
The aim of this survey was to analyze the role and activities of non-profit groups whose objective is to reduce the impact of various social risks...
Disability, Extending coverage, Social security and health, Old age / Survivors | | English, French, German, Spanish
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