Social Protection Floors Recommendation, 2012 (No. 202)
Legal depository - Year: 2012
Recommendation No. 202 is the first international instrument to offer guidance to countries to close social security gaps and progressively achieve universal protection through the establishment and maintenance of comprehensive social security systems. To this aim, the Recommendation calls for (1) the implementation, as a priority, of social protection...
Read MoreToward a system of basic cash transfers for children and older persons: An estimation of efforts, impacts and possibilities in Latin America
Resources - Author: Ernesto Espíndola, Fernando Filgueira / Year: 2015
Summary: This paper seeks to estimate the costs and impacts of expanding the coverage and imrpoving the quality of cash transfers to older people and families with young children in the countries of Latin...
Read MoreShaping the future of social protection: access, financing and solidarity
Resources - Year: 2006
The proposals put forward in this document are designed to build bridges between social rights and policy guidelines aimed at making them more enforceable through improved access, better financing and greater solidarity. To this end, the study devotes particular attention to some of the main issues relating to social...
Read MoreWorld Social Protection Report 2014/15: Building economic recovery, inclusive development and social justice
Resources - Author: ILO / Year: 2014
Social protection policies play a critical role in realizing the human right to social security for all, reducing poverty and inequality, and promoting inclusive growth – by boosting human capital and productivity, and by supporting domestic demand and structural transformation of national economies. This ILO flagship report provides a...
Read MoreFiscal Space for Social Protection: Options to Expand Social Investments in 187 Countries
Resources - Author: Isabel Ortiz, Kalaivani Karunanethy, Matthew Cummins / Year: 2015
It is often argued that social protection is not affordable or that government expenditure cuts are inevitable during adjustment periods. But there are alternatives, even in the poorest countries. This working paper offers an array of options that can be explored to expand fiscal space and generate resources for...
Read MoreFinancing
Sustainable financing and sound delivery structures are key factors for the performance of the social protection system: The best policy design and legal framework become meaningless if not backed by sound structures for their financing and implementation. Ensuring a financially sustainable and equitable social protection system remains a challenge...
Read MoreTaxation, fiscal space and resource mobilization
Responding to the social protection needs of the population requires a sufficient level of resources. Most of these resources have to be raised at the national level, ensuring sustainability, equity and solidarity in financing, and good governance. National tax systems are one important source of financing, particularly with regard...
Read MoreFinancial institutions, markets and globalization
The globalization of international trade, investments and financial markets has had profound implications for national economies, labour markets and employment, as well as social protection systems. High rates of economic growth in some countries have benefited some, yet poverty and inequality still remain high in many parts of the...
Read MoreSustainable financing
Ensuring the financial sustainability of social protection schemes and systems is key to realizing the right to social security. Financial sustainability is often discussed in the context of demographic trends (increased longevity, declining fertility rates and increasing mobility), yet a comprehensive assessment also needs to take into account structural...
Read MoreEquitable financing and solidarity
Ensuring the equitable and sustainable financing of national social protection schemes is one of the key challenges for policy makers. ILO Recommendation No. 202 underlines the principles of solidarity in financing as well as financial, fiscal and economic sustainability with due regard to social justice and equity. Social protection...
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