21/10/2025 03:30 PM

According to Razak, who was speaking on Monday, in Maputo, at the opening ceremony of the “3rd Edition of the Dialogue on Social Resilience”, which marked the beginning of the celebrations for “Social Protection Week”, taking place under the motto “Investing in social protection is investing in human capital”, the assistance is divided into mandatory social security, provided by the National Social Security Institute (INSS), and the basic social security, provided by the National Social Welfare Institute (INAS).

20/10/2025 02:27 PM

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Friday it would publish September's consumer inflation report on October 24 to assist the Social Security Administration with its annual cost-of-living adjustment for 2026 for millions of retirees and other benefits recipients.

16/10/2025 09:57 AM

By 2030, 1.4 billion people will be aged over 60, with low- and middle-income countries hosting 80% of older populations, highlighting urgent disparities in health, care and social support.

08/10/2025 02:56 PM

The EU’s old-age dependency ratio, defined as the proportion of elderly individuals (aged 65 years or over) relative to the working-age population (people aged 20 to 64 years), has increased noticeably in the last 20 years. In 2004, the EU’s old-age dependency ratio was 26.8%, meaning there were slightly fewer than 4 working-age adults per elderly person aged 65 years or over. On 1 January 2024, the ratio was 37.0%, indicating that there were fewer than 3 working-age adults for every elderly person.

02/10/2025 03:35 PM

China's national social security fund posted an investment return of 8.1 percent in 2024, earning 218.42 billion yuan (about 30.72 billion U.S. dollars), according to an annual report released Tuesday.

02/10/2025 11:00 AM

Peru’s strong economic growth over the past two decades has already boosted incomes and living standards. To continue its growth trajectory, Peru needs to maintain strong public finances, unlock its human capital potential, and improve the business environment, especially for smaller firms, according to a new OECD report.

01/10/2025 03:26 PM

At the opening of the World Social Security Forum 2025 (WSSF) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the hosts presented important developments and bold reforms to expand social protection in the country.

30/09/2025 10:12 AM

For sustainable development, economies need more than growth- they need good jobs. In this article, Radhicka Kapoor, senior employment specialist at the ILO and Amit Basole, professor of Economics at Azim Premji University argue that macroeconomic policy should integrate employment goals through strategic investment and employment sensitive monetary frameworks.