| Autor: |
Cichon, Michael, Behrendt, Christina, Wodsak, Veronika |
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International Politics & Society (Verlag J.H.W. Dietz Nachfolger GmbH); 2011, Issue 2, p32-50, 19p |
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For a long time, the international community has failed to give prominence to the human right to social security. Many nation states seem to hide behind the principle of progressive realization. While the quality of social security has improved gradually for many workers in the formal economy worldwide, a large number of workers in the informal economy have been left without social security coverage, even in countries experiencing persistent economic growth. The demonstration that a basic set of social security benefits is affordable, also for developing countries, first broke the spell that had beset the social security development debate. However, it took a global financial and economic crisis to push social security to the top of the international agenda, with social security systems being recognized as important economic stabilizers even by the G20. The social protection floor (SPF) must be evaluated in a development context: Without an SPF, many people will not reach the level of skills and productivity needed to enter the formal economy but will remain trapped in informality and low productivity. Investing in a basic level of social protection that triggers a virtuous cycle of improved productivity and employability will ensure the sustainability of statutory schemes by enabling more and more people to move into contributory systems. It is critical to ensure that public social security systems include and are supported by all strata of the population in order to maintain and strengthen broad public support and national solidarity. Such broad national consensus will protect the necessary fiscal space and maintain pressure to assure the quality of provision. The 100th International Labor Conference in June 2011 will provide an opportunity to endorse the SPF as part of the ILO's two-dimensional strategy for the extension of social protection on a global level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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