Tuesday, August 17, 2021
The Polish government has unveiled plans for a new child benefit scheme. It hopes that the policy will provide an “incentive to have more children”, who will “create the future of our nation”. Under the “Family Welfare Capital” scheme approved by the...
Monday, July 26, 2021
EU member states must ensure careful and efficient implementation of economic recovery plans that support inclusion and growth to bounce back from the worst impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, says a new World Bank report.
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Friday, July 23, 2021
Over the past decade, Romania has achieved a remarkable track record of high economic growth, sustained poverty reduction, and rising household incomes. An EU member since 2007, the country's economic growth was one of the highest in the EU during the...
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
A new report released by the International Trade Union Confederation demonstrates that increased investment in social protection yields positive economic returns.
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Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Malta has the second-lowest expenditure on social protection among European member states, a Eurostat survey on EU government spending has found. Social protection spending covers government expenditure on sickness and disability, old age, survivors,...
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
BLOG: Any ‘just transition’ worth its name must square a circle along three dimensions: effective production, fair redistribution and political feasibility. The productive puzzle is about finding the most relevant technology for the transition to get...
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Thursday, January 23, 2020
Italy is preparing to reform its pension system again to make it more flexible for those who want to leave work early, officials say, and the changes may include ending ahead of time a costly but underused 2018 plan that lowered the minimum retirement...
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
BLOG: For decades, political and economic policies have been built on the promise of helping people do better than the generations before them. But still today, in 2020, the opportunities we get in life remain largely dictated by the socio-economic...
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Tuesday, January 21, 2020
BLOG: Twenty twenty started with catastrophic bushfires in Australia, floods in Indonesia and record temperatures across much of the northern hemisphere. As wildfires, heatwaves and floods accumulate, people are demanding climate action. There is growing...
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Tuesday, January 21, 2020
While globalisation and the Fourth Industrial Revolution have benefited the world greatly, it has a number of far-reaching consequences that include exacerbating inequalities across societies, with inequality rising even in some countries where economic...
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