Question: According to the World Social Protection Report 2017-19 of the recently released International Labor Organization (ILO), how many people worldwide are without social security?
(a) 4 billion
(b) 5 billion
(c) 6 billion
(d) 3 billion
Answer: (a)
Related Facts:
- On 29 November 2017, International Labor Organization, World Social Protection Report 2017 -19 ‘issued According to the Report, 4 billion people worldwide are without social security.
- There is a need to make massive efforts to ensure social security for all at the global level,according to the Reports.
- The population covered by least social benefits effectively, is only 45 percent of the global population.
- While the remaining 55 percent of the global population (4 billion) are socially defenseless.
29 percent of the global population is comprehensive social security. - Such a population was 27 percent in the year 2014-15.
- Thus, 71 percent or 5.2 billion population is such a social security or only partially protected.
- The lack of social security weakens people to fight illness, poverty, inequality and social exclusion throughout life.
- This situation is an important obstacle in global social development.
- Report recommends the increase of public expenditure on social protection (especially in the context of Africa, Asia and Arab countries).
- To provide at least one basic social security to the people.
- The Reports show that Universal Social Protection is helpful in achieving sustainable development goals.
- Report emphasizes the need to expand social security to workers in the informal economy. According to the Report, only 35 percent of the children in the world are socially protected.
- About two-thirds of the world (1.3 billion) children (mostly in Africa and Asia) are deprived of social security. On average, the expenditure on children and family welfare is only 1.1 percent of GDP for the benefit of children under the age of zero to 14 years of age. Due to the fiscal consolidation policies, many countries have reduced social protection for children.
- Mothers only 41.1 percent of the world’s mothers receive maternity benefits.
- While the remaining 58.9 percent (83 million) of the newborns are deprived of this benefit.
21.8 percent of the unemployed workers are covered with ‘unemployment benefits’. - The number of non-custodians is 152 million.
- Worldwide, the percentage of overlap with disability benefits is 27.8.
- 68% of the world’s people get pension in old age.
- There are wide regional variations in the pension and other benefits of the elderly. On this item, there is an average 6.9 percent expenditure on GDP globally which is insufficient to spend.
- Global level, 56% of the population in rural areas is undermined by health, service protection.
In terms of urban areas it is 22 percent. - 10 million additional health workers are estimated at the global level to achieve universal health coverage.
Reference:
http://www.ilo.org/global/publications/books/WCMS_604882/lang–en/index.htm
http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/—dgreports/—dcomm/—publ/documents/publication/wcms_604882.pdf