Informality and Social Protection: Theories and Realities

摘要

(H)alf of the world's population has no social security coverage at all. In many least developed countries, more than nine out of ten workers live and work without any type of safety net... The need for the expansion of social security coverage is greater than ever before. The gap in social protection, really in human protection, is just one dimension of a world full of imbalances,1 (Juan Somavia, Director General, International Labour Organisation).