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From country to country, and even within national frontiers, social security coverage levels vary widely. While the richest economies have nearly universal coverage, some countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia have coverage levels of less than 10 per cent of the population.

 
Dynamic Social Security for Asia and the Pacific: The integral role of social security
Dynamic Social Security for Asia and the Pacific: The integral role of social security
Social Policy Highlight 9
ISSA
About social security, Extending coverage, Social security and health | Asia and Pacific | Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Russian, Spanish
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Extending health care coverage in social security systems
Extending health care coverage in social security systems
Technical Report 28
Aviva Ron
The participants in this Regional Social Security Forum are mainly directors of social security systems, most of which have not yet introduced heal...
Extending coverage, Social security and health | International | English, French, German, Spanish
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Dynamic Social Security for Africa: Extending social protection for development
Dynamic Social Security for Africa: Extending social protection for development
Social Policy Highlight 7
About social security, Extending coverage, Social security and health, Old age / Survivors | Africa | Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Russian, Spanish
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Extending health protection: Meeting the challenge
Extending health protection: Meeting the challenge
Social Policy Highlight 6
Extending coverage, Social security and health | | Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Russian, Spanish
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The state of development of private non-profit social protection organizations
The state of development of private non-profit social protection organizations
Technical Report 27
Alain Coheur
The aim of this survey was to analyze the role and activities of non-profit groups whose objective is to reduce the impact of various social risks...
Disability, Extending coverage, Social security and health, Old age / Survivors | | English, French, German, Spanish
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