Expanding the benefits of social security to the masses: A guide to policy makers

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
SaurabhRamBihariLal Shrivastava ◽  
PrateekSaurabh Shrivastava ◽  
Jegadeesh Ramasamy
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Masses

scholarly journals Mental Illness in Primary Care Settings

1985 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Greg Wilkinson
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
General Practice ◽  
Social Security ◽  
General Practitioners ◽  
Research Unit ◽  
Practice Research ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Primary Care Settings

A Conference on the above topic took place at the Institute of Psychiatry, London, on 17 and 18 July 1984. The Conference was sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Security and was organized by the General Practice Research Unit. Over 100 invited clinicians, research workers and policy-makers took part. The majority of the participants were either psychiatrists or general practitioners, but representatives of all relevant disciplines attended.

Come conciliare la solidarietŕ sociale e l'efficienza economica nell'era della globalizzazione: un punto di vista "regolazionista"

ARGOMENTI ◽  
2009 ◽  
pp. 5-29
Author(s):  
Robert Boyer
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Financial Compensation ◽  
Regulation Theory ◽  
Régulation Theory ◽  
Incentive Strategies ◽  
National Systems

- The policy makers who seek a model that guide its efforts to reform national systems of social protection are faced with many tests that support the need to move from traditional welfare based on financial compensation of risk to incentive strategies to avoid the risks, especially those related to unemployment. This article proposes concepts and methods related to the régulation theory and the issue of social security coverage through the consideration of the national systems of social protection in a comparative and historical perspective and analyzing the evolution of social protection in France in the light of models of welfare, workfare and flexicurityKeywords: welfare, organizations and institutional forms, solidarity and efficiency. Parole Chiave: sistemi nazionali di protezione sociale, organizzazioni e forme istituzionali, solidarietŕ ed efficienza.

Efficient Implementation of E-Government Interoperability in Labour Market Information Systems based on Service Oriented Architecture

2011 ◽  
pp. 229-243
Author(s):  
Apitep Saekow ◽  
Choompol Boonmee
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Service Oriented Architecture ◽  
Skill Development ◽  
Xml Schema ◽  
Market Information ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
Operation Center

In many countries, governments have been developing electronic information systems to support in labour market in form of on-line services, web-based application as well as one-stop service. One of the biggest challenges is to facilitate the seamless exchange of labour market information (LMI) across governmental departments. This chapter introduces an efficient implementation of Thailand’s e-government interoperability project in LMI systems using service oriented architecture (SOA) based on XML web service technology. In Thailand, the Ministry of Labour (MOL) has developed a Ministry of Labour Operation Center (MLOC) as the center for gathering, analyzing and monitoring LMI to assist the policy makers. The MOL consists of four departments: department of employment, department of labour protection and welfare, department of skill development, and social security office. Thsse departments utilize electronic systems to manage LMI such as employment, labour protection and welfare, skill development and social security. Provincially, MOL has 75 branches called “labour provincial offices” located at 75 provinces in Thailand. Each office has developed a “Provincial Labour Operation Center or PLOC” as the operating center in the province where the information system called “PLOC” system has been developed to analyze and monitor the localized labour information for the provincial policy-makers. Since these systems differ, it requires the process of data harmonization, modeling and standardizations using UN/CEFACT CCTS and XML NDR for achieving the common XML schema standard, with the implementation of SOA to integrate efficiently all those systems. We apply TH e-GIF guidelines for interoperable data exchanges and the XML schema standardization. In Thailand, the first Thailand e-Government Interoperability Framework – the TH e-GIF - came into being in November 2006. This chapter illustrates main concepts of TH e-GIF, the project background and methodology as well as key leverage factors for the project.

scholarly journals Fredrich Schneider and Dominik H. Enste. The Shadow Economy—An International Survey. New Delhi / Thousand Oaks / London: Sage Publications. 2006. Paperback. Indian Rs 550.00.

2007 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-101
Author(s):  
Sophia Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Money Laundering ◽  
Shadow Economy ◽  
Underground Economy ◽  
Economic Crime ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
International Survey ◽  
Policy Makers

Social security fraud, economic crime, prostitution, money laundering, smuggling, and other illegal actions have one thing in common—they are all considered to be “shadow economy” activities. Such activities are increasing and require immediate attention from social and economic policy-makers and law-regulating authorities. Fredrich Schneider and Dominik H. Enste have made a commendable effort to highlight the causes, effects, and size of the underground economy in their new book.

scholarly journals From social security to state-sanctioned insecurity: how welfare reform mimics the commodification of labour through greater state intervention

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron Reeves ◽  
Insa Koch
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
State Intervention ◽  
The Political ◽  
Policy Reforms ◽  
Social Security Systems ◽  
Security Systems ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Social Insecurity ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Central Tension

Social security systems confront a central tension: how to reconcile welfare retrenchment with the political challenges with implementing these reforms. One way in which policy makers have responded to this tension is by repurposing existing institutions to serve new ends. We investigate the system of Universal Credit (UC) in the UK as an example of such a ‘conversion’. UC expands the mantra of ‘active citizenship’ to a much larger population than ever before. However, far from producing uniform outcomes, UC’s implementation has been marked by chaos and ultimately failure for individuals and communities. We argue that UC exemplifies a broader shift from social security to state-sanctioned social insecurity as policy reforms come to mimic the insecurities and risks commonly associated with the market

scholarly journals Social security coordination after Brexit: trying to take an egg out of an omelette?

ERA Forum ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 531-547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Free Movement ◽  
Legal Certainty ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Comprehensive Coverage

AbstractThis article examines the negotiations to secure social security and healthcare rights after Brexit for people who have exercised their right to free movement or move between the EU and UK in the future. The analysis is based upon examination of drafts of the Withdrawal Agreement informed by interviews with senior policy makers involved in the Brexit negotiations. The article finds that while persons and benefits included in the Withdrawal Agreement mirror those of the current Coordinating Regulations the procedure for identifying eligibility is complicated and future arrangements might not provide comprehensive coverage and legal certainty.

Progress in the Delivery of Health Care in Mexico

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-157
Author(s):  
Robert G. Frazier
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Delivery Of Health Care ◽  
Health Technology ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Retirement Benefits ◽  
Welfare Services ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Masses

The Joint Pediatric Congress of the National Confederation of Pediatrics in Mexico and of the Mexican Association of Pediatrics, held April 28 through May 4, 1980, provided an unusual opportunity to review the dramatic changes that have been implemented in the past few years in the health care system of Mexico. A social security system, embodying health and welfare services and retirement benefits, became law in Mexico in 1943. In addition to supporting community welfare services, it has struggled to develop a format and resources for delivery of health care to the masses of Mexicans, including the poor or those too isolated from urban centers to have any effective access to the benefits of modern health technology.

scholarly journals Alleviating Poverty

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ajay Phatak
Keyword(s):  
Standard Of Living ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The World ◽  
Employment Generation ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Viable Approach ◽  
The Masses ◽  
The Impact

This essay is focused on an important subject discussed all over the country and the world, especially in political circles and among policymakers. There is a need established that to be able to pull individuals and communities out of poverty, we need that, meaningful employment is generated for a very large number of people. World over, certain approaches have been used by the policy makers which seem to increase the divide between the haves and have-nots. The policy of industrialization is leading nations into widening the gap between rich and the poor. It is also creating undesirable side effects by way of ‘pollution’ and depletion of resources at an ever increasing pace. This situation leads to the author’s belief that something is not right. Such policies will not lead to sustainable livelihoods for masses. Hence this attempt to explore alternative policies, which could provide a viable approach to alleviating poverty. Poverty alleviation is indeed a noble goal. All of us must also be seriously concerned about the difference in the standard of living between the rich and the poor. Moreover, our objective must be to see how the masses can live well and peacefully. Around the world and within our country, being unemployed is not the best state to be in. Employment in this context is gainful occupation. The impact of such unemployment has been disastrous. This has led to militancy on one hand and ongoing unrest in many a city on the other. The way forward, as proposed since many decades and being followed incessantly, is “consumerism” to help us get out of this mess. Industrial mode of employment generation has been linked to production and productivity. But all aspects of Industrial production are linked to use of natural resources to produce intermediate goods. This means any additional employment generated would dip further into the natural resource reserves. Can one think of a very different model of generating employment? Employment which does not dip into the reserves? Employment that can restore biological resources? There seems to be an opportunity for more thinking at the policy level to understand the root causes of unemployment and how we can tackle these for creating employment that can sustain, resulting in sustainable elimination of poverty.

scholarly journals Green Computing: A Machinery for Sustainable Development in the Post-Covid Era

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wilson Nwankwo ◽  
Paschal Uchenna Chinedu
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Green Computing ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Common ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
The Masses ◽  
Political Governance

Socio-economic sustainability has emerged the common song of the policy makers globally. It has been projected as a developmental strategy by international and regional agencies. There has been several campaigns and programs all of which are intended to promote sustainability. In developing countries, the masses have been bamboozled with often unrealistic bogus policies hypocritically crafted in a bid to deceive the uninformed who are undoubtedly helpless in the midst of the conundrum. However, the 2019 reports of the IPCC and OECD respectively on global warming, sustainability and climate change is not a phenomenon that should be swept under the carpet by any sensible government. Though in many jurisdictions, campaigns and policies have long assumed political undertone, it must be stressed that it is time for talking the walk. Governments must put up implementable strategies that are all encompassing across the various sociopolitical classes and the different industry levels. According to the said reports, global warming and climate change pose severe challenges to sustainability and this is attributed to social, and economic root causes. The social sources are conflicts and poor socio-political governance structures whereas the economic sources are connected to industry, electricity, residential, agriculture, and transport. It is reported that 60% of greenhouse emissions globally emanate from the economic source. The worst hit is the sub-Saharan Africa where the dumping of electronic wastes and uncontrolled deployment of unregulated hardware for industry operations have remained a major environmental menace in the last decade. Having regard to the foregoing, this paper seeks to provide a systematic inquiry into the green computing policies and legislations in a major economic hub in the sub-Saharan Africa. The essence of this investigation is to critically review the present status of existing policies, strategies, and legislation vis-à-vis their strengths, lapses, and the contributory effect of these on driving the sustainability programs in the general developmental outlook of the sub region.

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