Social protection floor for a fair and inclusive globalization.
- Document number
- 2842
- Date
- 2011
- Title
- Social protection floor for a fair and inclusive globalization.
- Author/publisher
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- Availability
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- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- Report of the Advisory Group chaired by Michelle Bachelet Convened by the ILO with the collaboration of the WHO
- Summary
- The social protection floor approach has been developed by the ILO, drawing on the recent experiences of extending protection, mostly in developing countries. It was endorsed by the United Nations Chief Executives Board and by the Heads of State and Government in the 2010 Millennium Development Summit as an integrated set of social policies designed to guarantee income security and access to essential social services for all, paying particular attention to vulnerable groups and protecting and empowering people across the life cycle. It includes guarantees of: basic income security, in the form of various social transfers (in cash or in kind), such as pensions for the elderly and persons with disabilities, child benefits, income support benefits and/or employment guarantees and services for the unemployed and working poor; universal access to essential affordable social services in the areas of health, water and sanitation, education, food security, housing, and others defined according to national priorities.
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