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Labour Regulations in India: Improving the Social Security Framework
(Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2017-01-30)
An important segment of labour regulations concerns the protection aspects of social security. These regulations provide safety nets or fall back mechanisms to enable workers to cope with crises that affect households from time to time, such as illness, ...
Mongolia Social Protection Sector Fact Sheet
(Asian Development Bank, 2017-06-30)
Due to persistent economic volatility, limited diversification, internal migration, and rapid urbanization, Mongolia currently faces rising inequality, expanding informal sector employment, and increasing vulnerability. This requires continuous focus ...
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PHARMAC economic analysis and “savings” claims
(New Zealand Institute of Economic Research, 2018-10-15)PHARMAC frequently claims that it achieves savings through its negotiations practices and approvals process for new medicines. In the 2017 financial year, PHARMAC claims to have achieved $52 million in savings for New Zealand. PHARMAC further claims ... -
Portable Screening Devices for Medicine Quality: Putting Power into the Hands of Regulators in Low-Resource Settings
(Asian Development Bank, 2018-10-15)Across Asia and the Pacific, countries are striving to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC)—equitable access to quality medical care without undue financial hardship—in order to meet their population’s right to health. The quality medical care ... -
Strong Regulation of Medical Products: Cornerstone of Public Health and Regional Health Security
(Asian Development Bank, 2018-09-30)National regulatory agencies (NRAs) are the gatekeepers of the supply chain of medical products such as pharmaceuticals and medical devices. It is through registration with an NRA that a manufacturer brings products to market. Post marketing surveillance ... -
Fiscal Challenges to Financing Social Protection to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals: A Case of Three Countries
(Asian Development Bank, 2018-09-30)This working paper presents an analysis of the fiscal challenges faced by Mongolia, Myanmar, and Timor-Leste in meeting the social protection-related targets of the Sustainable Development Goals. These three countries represent diverse social, political, ... -
Imtimate Partner Violence Against Women of Timor-Leste: Understanding the differences between the Nabilan Baseline Study and the Demographic and Health Survey
(The Asia Foundation, 2018-09-27)The Asia Foundation undertook the Nabilan Health and Life Experiences Study (the Nabilan Study) from July to September 2015. The purpose of the Study was to generate rigorous, reliable data from women and men in Timor-Leste on the prevalence and ... -
Aging and Implications for Elderly Care Services in the People’s Republic of China
(Asian Development Bank, 2018-09-15)Aging can be harmful to an economy over the long run, as an increase in the share of the elderly population reduces both the labor force and output per adult, and increases the social security burden. Policy changes can partly offset the labor squeeze. ... -
Vulnerability to Poverty in the Philippines: An Examination of Trends from 2003 to 2015
(Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2018-08-30)The reduction of poverty is at the heart of the development agenda both nationally and globally. This is reflected in the Philippine Development Plan, and the worldwide commitment toward the Sustainable Development Goals. While the measurement of poverty ... -
Is India Ready to Jam?
(Brookings India, 2018-08-30)The Indian government’s JAM trinity comprises three components: Jan Dhan bank account, Aadhaar unique identity number and mobile phone. A combination of these three elements is seen as the pathway to implementing large-scale direct benefit transfers ... -
Investing in Health Security for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific: Managing Health Threats Through Regional and Intersectoral Cooperation
(Asian Development Bank, 2018-08-30)Emerging infectious diseases and the risk of transmission in the constant movement of people, animals, and goods make health security a priority issue in Asia and the Pacific. The region is paying more attention to strengthening health security through ... -
Towards a Social Protection Strategy for Bangladesh
(Centre for Policy Dialogue, 2018-08-15)Bangladesh now stands at the crossroads of maintaining the momentum of high economic growth and dealing with rising inequality. Social protection measures can play an instrumental role in narrowing inequality through distribution of some of the social ...