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Reinventing social security worldwide?

ISSA, 04.05.2010 | News

The integrity of institutional "social security" - earnings-related social insurance programmes - must be safeguarded, according to a new book by a former Secretary General of the International Social Security Association (ISSA), Vladimir Rys, launched in Geneva on 5 May 2010.

In the book, Reinventing social security worldwide: Back to essentials , Mr. Rys responds to present evolutionary trends towards blurring the frontiers between social insurance and social assistance.

Based on his lifelong experience of international social security, Mr. Rys advocates reinstating social insurance by reducing the volume of income redistribution, increasing the transparency of money flows and improving citizen information.

Additionally, he makes the case that in order to preserve social security institutions against any future economic upheavals, adequate financial reserves within the national economy should be available.

Vladimir Rys has written a pioneering study on the sociology of social security. On retirement from the ISSA, he returned to academic research and studied social security in transition countries with special reference to the Czech Republic. His current research focus is on social security problems at worldwide level.

Reinventing social security worldwide: Back to essentials
Published by Policy Press, United Kingdom, May 2010 >>

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