Social security in China and Mongolia
Seventy-three per cent of the world’s population do not enjoy access to comprehensive social protection. Extending social protection is critical in a country’s pursuit of sustainable social and economic development by sustaining income and therefore consumption, reducing inequality and poverty, and opening new markets for social services . When grounded in human rights principles, a social protection system can facilitate the realization of rights and address social and economic inequality. The United Nations system actively promotes policies and assists its member States to extend adequate levels of social protection to all members of society by building Social Protection Floors . ILO assistance is rendered through UN Country Teams and inter-agency initiatives such as the Social Protection Inter-agency Cooperation Board, co-led by the ILO and the World Bank.
In the world of work, the main goal is building comprehensive social security systems, ensuring workers have access to social security benefits; notably, health care and income security, particularly in terms of unemployment, sickness, invalidity, work injury, maternity, loss of a main income earner, or old age. Technical services from the ILO includes actuarial analyses so as to ensure the financial viability of the social security fund, and benefit definition, extension and expansion schemes.
International labour standards provide guidance on social protection floors and social security, which include the Social Security (Minimum Standard) Convention, 1952 (No. 102) , the Maintenance of Social Security Rights Convention, 1982 (No. 157) , and the Social Protection Floors Recommendation, 2012 (No. 202) .
In the world of work, the main goal is building comprehensive social security systems, ensuring workers have access to social security benefits; notably, health care and income security, particularly in terms of unemployment, sickness, invalidity, work injury, maternity, loss of a main income earner, or old age. Technical services from the ILO includes actuarial analyses so as to ensure the financial viability of the social security fund, and benefit definition, extension and expansion schemes.
International labour standards provide guidance on social protection floors and social security, which include the Social Security (Minimum Standard) Convention, 1952 (No. 102) , the Maintenance of Social Security Rights Convention, 1982 (No. 157) , and the Social Protection Floors Recommendation, 2012 (No. 202) .