Social protection, the COVID-19 crisis, and the informal economy: Lessons from relief for comprehensive social protection

Laura Alfers and Florian Juergens-Grant

No wp-2023-93, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This paper considers the implications of COVID-19 relief measures for the building and extension of comprehensive and universal social protection systems. It highlights three key areas emerging from the crisis, which are likely to affect the shape of social protection systems moving forward. These include the contested meaning of universality, the digitization of social protection systems, and the possibilities for informal worker participation in building a more inclusive social protection.

Keywords: Informal work; Universalism; Social protection; COVID-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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