Financing the extension of social insurance to informal economy workers

Abstract

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Extending social protection to informal economy workers

“…To sum up, the KIIbIH data confirm that the extension of more universal tax-financed programmes, such as those providing child benefits and social pensions, could disproportionately benefit workers in the informal economy and their families (ILO and UNICEF, 2023 [11]). Moreover, one advantage of such benefits is that they are more predictable than means-tested benefits while being largely pro-poor and can help informal workers and their families to plan.…”