Changing the development policy paradigm: Investing in Social security floor for all

Michael Cichon and Krzysztof Hagemejer

International Social Security Review, 2007, vol. 60, issue 2‐3, 169-196

Abstract: The Paper briefly reviews social security coverage that the world has achieved and summarizes economic and social benefits of a national social security system. It then goes on to argue that social security systems are a necessary part of the institutional framework of any effective market economy, creating—among other things—societal cohesion that is needed for long‐term economic development. It makes the case that the introduction of basic social protection in developing countries is both a desirable and an affordable investment in their social and economic development. It estimates the global minimum investment cost to provide basic social security and finally suggests international instruments to introduce a global social security floor.

Date: 2007
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