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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813653903321

Titolo

Extending social security to all [[electronic resource] ] : a guide through challenges and options / / International Labour Office, Social Security Department

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, : International Labour Organization, 2010

ISBN

92-2-123065-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (158 p.)

Disciplina

368.4

Soggetti

Social security

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Part I. The policy framework -- 1. Needs, rights and a promise unfulfilled -- 2. An emerging policy framework for adequate social security for all -- 3. Practical policy options and policy design issues -- 4. Summary and conclusions -- Part II. Facts and evidence -- 1. A statistical analysis of the coverage gap -- 2. Country experiences -- 3. Compendium of the effects of non-contributory social transfers programmes -- Terminology -- Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

This book outlines basic concepts such as the social protection floor and the social security staircase, analyses the affordability of various approaches, and examines the results of practices around the world, especially in low- and middle-income countries.