Providing coverage in times of crisis and beyond
Social security systems play a critical role in alleviating poverty and providing economic security, helping people to cope with life's major risks and adapt to change. They can have a remarkable effect on income inequality and poverty in developing countries through income transfers. The 2008/09 financial crisis has shown that they are also powerful economic and social stabilizers, with both short- and long-term effects. However, there are serious problems of access to social security around the world which the crisis has shown into sharp relief, and the financing of systems has been put at risk by shrinking national budgets.
The World Social Security Report 2010/11 monitors social security coverage across the world, and examines the role of social security in times of crisis. It maps social security coverage globally and by region or other country grouping, presenting methods and approaches to assessing social security coverage. It also identifies gaps in measurable statistical knowledge on not only social security coverage but its costs and impacts. The report includes full statistical annexes.
The World Social Security Report 2010/11 is the first in a new series of ILO reports monitoring social security coverage and is an essential reference for anyone interested in social security issues.
Table of contents
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Abbreviations
Introduction
PART I:
1. Standards, concepts and definitions
PART II:
2. Scope of social security coverage around the world
3. Social health protection coverage
4. Coverage by social security pensions: Income security in old age
5. Income support to the unemployed
6. Coverage by other branches of social security
7. Investments in social security: Amounts, results and efficiency
8. Conclusions: The state of social security across the world - a first approximation to a typology of approaches
PART III:
9. Responding to economic crisis with social security
Bibliography
Statistical Annex
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