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55% of the world’s population (around 4 billion people) is not covered by any social protection benefit .
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71% of the world’s population is not protected by social protection systems that include a wide range of benefits .
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Coverage problems are associated with low levels of investment in social protection, especially in regions of Africa, Asia and Arab States .
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Lack of social protection makes people more vulnerable to poverty, inequality and social exclusion throughout the life cycle, constituting a major obstacle to social and economic development .
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The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) call for universal social protection and countries have the responsibility to guarantee at least a basic level of social security (a social protection floor) for all as part of their social protection systems
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65% of the world’s children do not have access to social protection, most of them living in Africa and Asia .
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On average 1.1% of GDP is spent on child benefit for children aged between 0 and 14 years, pointing to significant underinvestment in children, which affects not only the children’s overall well-being and long-term development, but also the future economic and social development of the countries they live in. .
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There has been an expansion of income transfer schemes targeting children in lower and middle-income countries in recent years. However, coverage and benefit levels remain insufficient .
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Many countries have reduced social protection for children in the wake of fiscal consolidation policies often narrow-targeting child benefits to the poor and leaving many vulnerable children without adequate protection
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41% of women with newborn children receive some type of maternity benefit.
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21.8% of unemployed workers are covered by unemployment benefit .
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Only a minority of the global labor force have effective access to employment injury protection.
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27.8% of persons with severe disabilities worldwide receive a disability benefit.
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Worldwide only 3.2 % of GDP is spent on public social protection to ensure income security for persons of working age.
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Although there has been an expansion in coverage of maternity and work accident benefit in some countries, there are significant gaps in coverage and adequacy in others.
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Many countries have reduced social protection for persons of working age as part of austerity policies at a time when social protection is most needed.
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68% of people above retirement age receive a pension, which is associated with the expansion of both non-contributory and contributory pensions in many middle and low-income countries.
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A number of developing countries have achieved universal pension coverage, while others are close to universal coverage.
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However, benefit levels are often low and not sufficient to push older persons out of poverty.
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Expenditures on pensions and other benefits for older persons account for 6.9% of GDP on average, with large variations across regions.
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Fiscal austerity policies in many countries continue to jeopardize the long-term adequacy of pensions.
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There is a tendency to return to public solidarity-based systems in some countries because privatization initiatives have not delivered the expected results
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The right to health is not yet a reality in many parts of the world, especially in rural areas where 56% of the population lack health coverage as compared to 22 5% in urban areas.
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An estimated 10 million health workers are needed to achieve universal health coverage and ensure human security, 7 million of which in rural areas .
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48.1% of the world’s population lives in countries that do not offer any kind of coverage for long-term care (LTC); 46.3 per cent of the older global population are largely excluded from LTC due to narrow means-testing regulations; only 5.6 per cent of the global population live in countries that provide LTC coverage to the whole population .
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An estimated 57 million unpaid “voluntary” workers are filling in the LTC workforce gap, many of whom are women who have to provide informal care for family members
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