Social protection at the crossroads – in pursuit of a better future

The International Labor Organization has published the 2021-2022 World Social Protection Report, which details the effects of COVID-19 on not just people’s health but instabilities in employment and income.

The pandemic has only revealed the inequalities and gaps in social protection coverage. The report finds that “more than 4 billion people still lack any social protection… [and] …only 46.9% of the world’s population are covered by at least one social protection benefit.” The report investigates recent developments in social protection systems on a global scale, broken into global, regional and country statistics for specific analyses.

The ILO also outlines areas of improvement and recommends further actions that will work towards achieving universal social protection for all by 2030. The report is broken into five chapters: 1) an overview, 2) the pre-COVID situation, 3) the effects of social protection during COVID-19, 4) strengthening social protection and 5) shaping the future; all of which are explained in further details in smaller sub-thematic areas e.g. economic, social, children, working men and women, elderly, etc.

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