Wednesday, September 8, 2021
A menos de diez años para cumplir con la Agenda 2030 y con los 17 Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS), queda claro que necesitamos redefinir acciones prioritarias, articular esfuerzos y avanzar más rápido para lograrlos. Pocos países han hecho los...
Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Ha quedado en evidencia la falta de servicios estatales capaces de atender la enorme demanda sanitaria debido a la disminución y en gran parte privatización de los mecanismos de previsión social. Esto ha potenciado, en varios países de la región, agudos...
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America, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela
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Monday, May 24, 2021
On 31 March, Emergency Decree No. 034-2021 was published in an extraordinary edition, through which the Social Health Insurance (ESSALUD) has been authorized to pay the 'Economic Benefit of Emergency Social Protection in the face of the COVID-19...
Monday, May 24, 2021
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The need for higher allocation for the social safety net programmes (SSNPs) has never been felt so badly than...
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America, Argentina, Mexico, Peru, Asia, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, South Korea
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Thursday, December 17, 2020
On 3 December 2020, the ISSA Social Security Virtual Summit for the Americas brought together more than 500 administrators, managers and experts in the field from across the region. Under the theme Towards a new normal: Challenges and opportunities, the...
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America, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Uruguay
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Sunday, March 15, 2020
El Poder Ejecutivo, mediante el Decreto Supremo N° 004-2020-Midis, dispuso el doble pago a los usuarios de los programas sociales Pensión 65 y Contigo para evitar el contagio por exposición en colas o aglomeración de personas.
Así, en el próximo...
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Peru’s government on Wednesday announced plans for an ambitious reform package including better health care and a higher minimum wage amid regional protests against market reforms and social injustice that have rocked neighbors Ecuador and Chile. ...
Thursday, November 23, 2017
El economista e integrante de la Comisión de Protección Social (CPS), Augusto de la Torre, señaló hoy que más del 80% de la fuerza laboral del país no cuenta con algún tipo de programa de pensión de jubilación.
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Organized groups of domestic workers have been fighting for employment contracts, health care, pensions, and other protections.Although small groups of domestic workers have been organizing and fighting for the recognition of their rights for nearly 40...
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America, Bolivia, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay
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Thursday, November 19, 2015
$300 million loan is linked to reforms that will help improve expenditures and cover the uninsured
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $300 million loan for Peru as part of a program to modernize the management of the...