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Technical Note Nepal 2007

Affordable and not an illusion. Costing of basic social protection benefits for Nepal 2007-2034ILO/RP/Nepal/R.7

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2007
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The preparation of the report stemmed from interest on behalf of UNICEF Nepal in proposals to strengthen the provision of cash transfers, which might be presented as "Quick-impact peace dividend interventions" benefiting the people of Nepal. The aim of the proposal is to lay down a set of costed social security measures which could be made available to the people of Nepal with a view to provide some economic and social stability to Nepalese in the wake of a return to peace. This report builds on a previous ILO report which presented a costing of a basic social protection benefit package in five Asian countries (Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Vietnam) for the period 2006 to 2034. The 2006 report demonstrated that a set of basic social protection measures - access to basic health care, universal old-age and invalidity benefits, and universal child benefits - was feasible and affordable for those countries within a reasonable strategic framework.

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