Over 4 billion receive ineffective social protection: ILO
Social affairsDec 5, 2017
Only 45 percent of the global population are effectively covered by at least one social protection benefit, while the remaining 55 percent or as many as 4 billion people are left unprotected, according to a report released by the International Labor Organization.ILO’s World Social Protection Report 2017-19 said that the lack of social protection left people vulnerable to ill-health, poverty, inequality and social exclusion throughout their lifecycle. International Labor OrganizationILO estimate