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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460411503321

Titolo

Zambia [[electronic resource] ] : social protection expenditure and performance review and social budget

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, : Social Security Dept., International Labour Office, 2009

ISBN

92-2-121252-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (268 p.)

Disciplina

338.9689409045

Soggetti

Public welfare - Zambia

Electronic books.

Zambia Social policy

Zambia Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"ILO/DFID/Zambia/R.22."

"September 2008."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Overview of the demographic, economic and social environment; 2. The poor and the poorest: Living conditions and vulnerability; 3. Degrees of informality: Prevailing patterns in the Zambian labour market and social security coverage; 4. Social protection schemes; 5. Government expenditure and Zambia's Social Budget; 6. Future trends in social expenditure and financing; 7. Conclusions; References; Appendix A. The Zambian Social Budget model; Appendix B. Population projections; Appendix C. Data issues; Appendix D. Tables of the Social Budget model

Sommario/riassunto

This report, a review of the output of the first year's work of the project, examines the objective of extending social protection coverage in the country.