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Enabling informal workers to access Social Security
Evidence from the AlkanSSSya Programme in the Philippines
Summary (English)
This paper explores an innovative method of expanding social protection coverage to the informal sector and increasing social inclusion. A concrete example of such a scheme is the positive experience of the AlkanSSSya programme in the Philippines, which aims to offer informal sector workers a structure to be included in a social protection system, ranging from short-term benefits to old-age pension. This paper is organized as follows: after an introduction on demographic trends in the Philippines, the focus will shift to the justification of the need for a pension system for informal workers. The Philippines’ social protection system for elderly and the institutions in charge of the pensions will then be explained briefly. The second section presents the AlkanSSSya programme, its target-population, its main characteristics and the challenges to close the existing social security gap. Before the concluding section, the linkage of the AlkanSSSya programme to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is briefly presented.
Summary (Spanish)
This paper explores an innovative method of expanding social protection coverage to the informal sector and increasing social inclusion. A concrete example of such a scheme is the positive experience of the AlkanSSSya programme in the Philippines, which aims to offer informal sector workers a structure to be included in a social protection system, ranging from short-term benefits to old-age pension. This paper is organized as follows: after an introduction on demographic trends in the Philippines, the focus will shift to the justification of the need for a pension system for informal workers. The Philippines’ social protection system for elderly and the institutions in charge of the pensions will then be explained briefly. The second section presents the AlkanSSSya programme, its target-population, its main characteristics and the challenges to close the existing social security gap. Before the concluding section, the linkage of the AlkanSSSya programme to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is briefly presented.
Summary (French)
This paper explores an innovative method of expanding social protection coverage to the informal sector and increasing social inclusion. A concrete example of such a scheme is the positive experience of the AlkanSSSya programme in the Philippines, which aims to offer informal sector workers a structure to be included in a social protection system, ranging from short-term benefits to old-age pension. This paper is organized as follows: after an introduction on demographic trends in the Philippines, the focus will shift to the justification of the need for a pension system for informal workers. The Philippines’ social protection system for elderly and the institutions in charge of the pensions will then be explained briefly. The second section presents the AlkanSSSya programme, its target-population, its main characteristics and the challenges to close the existing social security gap. Before the concluding section, the linkage of the AlkanSSSya programme to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is briefly presented.