GENEVA (ILO News ) - For millions of workers around the world, globalization and the liberalization of trade has translated into lower incomes and heightened insecurity. Social protection systems, in this context, have a vital role to play especially in the face of major contingencies such as old age, failing health, incapacity to work, bearing and raising children and unemployment. But how are social protection systems adapting to changing circumstances, who benefits from them and what can be done to extend coverage to those - the vast majority - who remain unprotected?
World Labour Report 2000: Income Security and Social Protection in a Changing World
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at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday 20 June 2000
Salle III - Palais des Nations, Geneva
1 World Labour Report 2000: Income Security and Social Protection in a Changing World. International Labour Office, Geneva, June 2000. ISBN 92-2-110831-7. Price: 45 Swiss francs. Copies of the report may be obtained from ILO Publications, International Labour Office, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland. Tel.: +4122/799-7828; Fax: +4122/799-6938. e-mail: pubvente@ilo.org; Web site: www.ilo.org/publns
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