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In this video, Guy Ryder, UN Under-Secretary-General for Policy and former ILO Director-General, talks about how everyone has a right to social security and this right is firmly enshrined in the…
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New ways of protecting people are needed. Together, we can shape the future of social protection in ways that ensure broad gains for societies in general, and the poorest in particular. This video…
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Good governance of social protection systems is one of the preconditions for the effective
realization of human rights. Governance starts at the highest levels of policymaking —…
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Countries need to pursue a range of financing options to close this financing gap. However,
they confront a number of structural challenges, including pervasive economic informality, tax evasion
at…
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The rapidly changing nature of work in countries at all income levels requires a dramatically new approach to social protection and labor policy. The challenge is to adapt
labour and social…
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Social protection systems help poor and vulnerable people cope with crises and shocks, find jobs, invest in the health and education of their children, and protect the aging population. Social…
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Despite the unprecedented worldwide expansion of social protection during the COVID-19 crisis, more than 4 billion people around the world remain entirely unprotected. This is a pivotal moment to…
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Effective mainstreaming of
disability issues requires the inclusion of persons with disabilities in decision-making in all areas
of policymaking, at all levels of government and elsewhere,…
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Explores the concept of universal social protection and examines the protection over the complete life cycle. To make health for all a reality, all people must have access to high quality services…
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One of the key policy areas that people are debating now, especially in light of the pandemic, is whether it is a good idea to introduce universal basic incomes. In particular, the pandemic rekindled…
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What if making people less poor was as simple as just making them less poor, with money? Learn about NGOs that are sending money to people living in poverty around the world, no strings attached.…
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What is fiscal policy? Fiscal policy describes changes to government spending and revenue behavior in an effort to influence the economy. By adjusting its level of spending and tax revenue, the…
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We can think about public policy interventions in three phases. The first phase is how we make sure that every child is able to perform up to their full potential, making sure that they have adequate…
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This video will talk about the question how should developing countries get started with the sustainable development goals. The SDGs are a 15-year agenda to reorient every economy to make sure that…
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While laws all over the world guarantee equality between groups of people, there is structural inequality that excludes vulnerable groups in existing power structures. This cannot be afforded at a…
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This chapter is part of Module 11: New Directions: Rights and the SDGs and concludes the course Human Rights, Human Wrongs: Challenging Poverty, Vulnerability and Social Exclusion. In this course,…
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