PowerPoint presentation. It includes:Overview of the costs of existing social protection transfers in different countries and their role in the development.Presentation of the methodology and results of the ILO studies on the costs of a hypothetical basic social protection package in selected Asian and African countries.Discussing the concept of affordability in the context of current and potential fiscal space, political will and international solidarity.Discussing the need to harmonize financial sustainability with adequacy of benefits provided in order to make any social programme viable.