Global social development and policy indicators: Lessons from the ILO World Social Protection Report 2014/15

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1 Global social development and policy indicators: Lessons from the ILO World Social Protection Report 2014/15 InGRID Expert Workshop "Development and dissemination of social policy indicators" Stockholm, 20 November 2014 Christina Behrendt Social Protection Department International Labour Office

2 ILO World Social Protection Report 2014/15 The report provides a state of the art on social protection: organization of social protection systems, coverage, benefits, expenditures, in 192 countries most comprehensive source of social protection statistics Following a life cycle approach, presents social protection for children, for women and men of working age, and for older persons It finds that only 27% of the world population has adequate access more investments are needed Analyses trends and recent policies, e.g. negative impacts of fiscal consolidation and adjustment measures; and Calls for the expansion of social protection in pursuit of crisis recovery, inclusive development and social justice.

3 Building social protection systems around the world,

4 What is covered in the report? Income security Children and families Child and family benefits Working age Unemployment protection Employment injury protection Disability benefits Maternity benefits Old age Pensions and other benefits Health protection Mechanisms of financial protection (public and private health insurance, national/public health services) Assessment of coverage gaps (OOP, expenditure, health workers, outcome indicators) 4

5 Example: Old Age Pensions Source: ILO, World Social Protection Report

6 Public Expenditures on Old Age Pensions Source: ILO, World Social Protection Report

7 Only 51% Older Persons Receive a Pension Source: ILO, World Social Protection Report

8 Significant increase in pension coverage but: are these pensions adequate to ensure income security in old age?

9 Protected persons (2): Who is protected according to the law? (legal coverage) Source: ILO, World Social Protection Report

10 Protected persons (2) (contributory schemes) Who contributes to a pension scheme? (% employed) Source: ILO, World Social Protection Report

11 Where do the data for the WSPR come from and how can they be accessed? ILO Social Security Inquiry Expenditure and financing Data from OECD, Eurostat, IMF, national data Programmes Information from ISSA/SSA (SSPTW) Coverage (programme level and aggregated by function) and benefit levels/adequacy Data mostly from national institutions (complemented by household survey data) World Social Protection Report All graphs and tables available in Excel format protection.org 11

12 Lessons for global social development and policy indicators: International level Data availability and quality Relatively good: expenditure, financing Improving: coverage Challenge: adequacy, inequalities, impact Post 2015 development framework: ongoing discussion on indicators and measurement framework Inter agency cooperation > towards possible harmonization? (Social Protection Inter agency Cooperation Board, SPIAC B) Module of questions for household surveys? Definition of core indicators and closer collaboration Potential for further expanding data repositories to middle/low income countries (e.g. LIS, OECD) 12

13 Lessons for global social development and policy indicators: National level (middle and low income countries) More systematic analysis, combining information from different sources: legal information (entitlements) administrative data (inputs, outputs) household survey data (outcomes) Use of microsimulations to support policy formulation also in middle/low income countries Strengthening of national capacities in monitoring social protection systems Comprehensive assessment of different components of social protection systems Key to informing national policy making on strengthening national social protection systems 13

14 Thank you Contact: Christina Behrendt Social Protection Department International Labour Organization Visit: protection.org

15 The two fold objective of Recommendation No. 202: National social protection floors and social security systems Vertical dimension: progressively ensuring higher levels of protection guided by C.102 and more advanced standards Outcomes can be guaranteed through different means: there is no one size fits all Provides guidance to members to (b) Implement social protection floors within strategies for the extension of social security that progressively ensure higher levels of social security to as many people as possible, guided by ILO social security standards (a) Establish and maintain, as applicable, social protection floors as a fundamental element of their national social security systems Horizontal dimension: Guaranteeing access to essential health care and minimum income security for all Progressively build and maintain comprehensive and adequate social security systems Nationally defined sets of basic social security guarantees which secure protection aimed at preventing or alleviating poverty, vulnerability and social exclusion 15

16 Building national social protection floors: At least four nationally-defined guarantees Higher levels of protection NATIONAL SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM NATIONAL SOCIAL PROTECTION FLOOR: nationally defined basic social security guarantees access to a set of goods and services constituting essential health care including maternity care basic income security for children providing access to nutrition, education, care and any other necessary goods and services basic income security for persons in active age unable to earn sufficient income basic income security for persons in old age