The quest for diversity and inclusion gained worldwide attention when delegates from 186 countries and representatives from 811 non-governmental organizations participated in The Copenhagen World Summit for Social Development that was held in 1995. The Copenhagen Declaration and Programme of…
During the period 1945-70, a team of professional actuaries, statisticians and medical doctors undertook pioneering research and development work at London Transport’s headquarters in the iconic 55 Broadway, Westminster building. This team comprised nine individuals who worked at London Transport…
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has issued a recent Working Paper Financing Gaps in Social Protection: Global Estimates and Strategies for Developing Countries in Light of the COVID-19 Crisis and Beyond. The paper covers 134 developing countries that were included…
The Office of the Chief Actuary for the US Social Security system has released an information note that provides an updated baseline for the actuarial status of the OASDI trust funds, reflecting the estimated effects of the covid-19 pandemic and…
Sir Stafford Cripps was one of the distinguished Labour Party politicians of Britain’s post WW2 era alongside Attlee, Bevin, Morrison, and Dalton. Cripps was appointed President of the Board of Trade by Prime Minister Attlee in 1945, and was subsequently…
Hugh Dalton served as Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1945-47 with the responsibility for managing the transition from Britain’s wartime economy to a peacetime framework. Dalton was a prominent Labour Party leader and renowned economist of his time; he…
Ernest Bevin was Britain’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in the post WW2 period 1945-51. Bevin recognized that Britain needed strong allies and international relationships in order to recover from the disastrous economic and geopolitical effects of the war.…
Herbert Morrison was the British Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the House of Commons during the period 1945-51. The Labour government owes much of its postwar success to Morrison, whose outstanding organizational and leadership skills provided the management and…
Aneurin Bevan served as the Minister of Health in Attlee’s Labour government in the post-WW2 period. Bevan’s political ability and oratorical skill earned him the respect of The Times as “the Labour Party’s most brilliant member in debate”. The son…
William Beveridge provided the creative thought-leadership for the social development policies that contributed to the economic recovery of Britain in the postwar period. Early in his career, Beveridge had served as an advisor to Prime Minister David Lloyd George on…