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Social protection assessment‐based national dialogue exercises: C ambodia, I ndonesia, T hailand, V iet N am
Author(s) -
Schmitt Valérie,
Chadwick Rachael
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international social security review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.349
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1468-246X
pISSN - 0020-871X
DOI - 10.1111/issr.12032
Subject(s) - social protection , poverty , business , population , situational ethics , social security , social care , political science , economic growth , economics , medicine , environmental health , nursing , law
Between 2011 and 2013, the International Labour Organization, in collaboration with governments and several United Nations agencies working as part of the Social Protection Floor Initiative, conducted social protection assessment‐based national dialogue ( ABND ) exercises in C ambodia, I ndonesia, T hailand and V iet Nam. The exercises were carried out in order to take stock of existing social protection realities in the respective countries, including social insurance, social assistance and anti‐poverty programmes. These inventories present a comprehensive picture of what elements of national social protection floors ( SPFs ) are in place, where “holes” in national floors exist, and provide a framework within which to propose recommendations for the further design and implementation of social protection provisions that guarantee at least the SPF to the entire population. This article describes the methodology for conducting ABND exercises, the situational analysis of the SPF in four countries, and the policy recommendations that were formulated for achieving basic health care and income security for children, the working‐age population and the elderly. The results of preliminary calculations of the cost of implementing proposed policy options are also outlined.