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Social security and the financial crisis
In Focus: Social security responding to the financial crisis

The aftermath of global financial and economic crisis continues to affect economies and people in most countries. While the recession seems to have ended, the impact on the labour market looks destined to persist for several more years. Nevertheless, social security systems have responded effectively to the test by softening the impact of the crisis. The challenge for social security now is to continue to cope with the social fall-out.

 

Snapshots are intended to give a brief insight into interesting and topical news items connected with the financial and economic crisis.

Stress
Deciphering the human cost of the financial crisis
МАСО, 29.11.09 | Snapshot | О социальном обеспечении, Профессиональные риски, Финансирование социального обеспечения
Invariably, the language employed to discuss the crisis tends to be rather economistic, talking in abstract terms such as downturns, upturns and increasing unemployment rates. In such a context, the human element of the story can easily become lost and appear as an afterthought. The same also app...
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Johannesburg, Gauteng province, South Africa: Boys play with home-made toy cars made of wire in the Soweto suburb of Kliptown.
South Africa uses crisis as an opportunity to extend social security coverage
МАСО, 14.11.09 | Snapshot | Расширение охвата
While the crisis continues to constitute a problematic event for social security it has also acted as an incentive to enact improvements in social coverage. An illustration of this can be seen in recent changes to social security coverage in South Africa, where the government is poised to extend...
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Photo: © Budi Purwito
Conditional cash transfers seem to soften impact of crisis
МАСО, 28.09.09 | Snapshot
Conditional cash transfers [CCTs] are a form of non-contributory, means-tested social assistance programmes that administer a certain amount of cash to poor households on a regular basis on the condition that the beneficiaries fulfil some obligation(s) aimed at human development and reducing pove...
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Newspaper employment section
Relevance of social security remains strong amid signs recession may be easing
МАСО, 12.08.09 | Snapshot
In recent weeks, many column inches have been devoted to pinpointing where we are exactly in terms of the evolution of the crisis. This speculation has been fuelled by announcements that the recession seems to be over in a number of countries.
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Location of Latvia
Latvia implements anti-crisis measures
МАСО, 23.07.09 | Snapshot
Unemployment figures have increased significantly in the last two years. In 2007 the unemployment rate was 6%, in June 2009 it had reached 17.2%.
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