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In Focus: International strategies to extend social security coverage
The extension of coverage is one of the greatest challenges for social security today. Studies estimate that between 70 and 80 per cent of the global population live in a state of “social insecurity”. There is, however, growing recognition of the contribution of social security systems to social stability and poverty reduction. Ambitious new initiatives by the ISSA and the UN/ International Labour Organization seek to extend social security coverage, but will require improved governance, financing and administration of social security programmes.
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Social Security: Outreach to all (Strategy of extending social security coverage)
The extension of social protection calls for a dynamic approach through the design of a national social security policy grounded in the concept of the partnership between different actors, state, local, and other strategically partners. 阅读更多 |
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The Unified Law of Insurance Protection Extension for the Gulf Cooperation
In its effort for more cooperation, the supreme council of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States foresaw the need for social tranquility for the council state citizens working outside their home states. Therefore, a working group of specialists was formed from the social security agencies, as well as from the Executive Office of the Council of Ministers of Labor and Social Affairs of the Council States. 阅读更多 |
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Mbao Pension Plan
For a long time, the informal sector in the country had remained unreached. With only 15 per cent of the total work force covered by a registered retirement plan the Retirement Benefits Authority (RBA) had to come up with initiatives to reach out to the informal sector. 阅读更多 |
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Extension of social security coverage to the informal sector
Rwanda’s vision 2020 roadmap entails the Government’s commitment to develop all necessary programs and mechanisms to attain the ideal situation of social security coverage for all. However, by 2009 only 7 per cent were covered – mainly in the formal sector – out of over 4 million working population. 阅读更多 |
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Government Employees Provident Fund’s Voluntary Savings Retirement Scheme
Around only 6 per cent out of a 21 million active labour force in Tanzania are covered by social security. This being a major challenge in achieving quality of life for all, the Government Employees Provident Fund (GEPF) initiated the Voluntary Savings Retirement Scheme (VSRS) to provide pension coverage to all Tanzanians irrespective of the type of their employment. 阅读更多 |
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