Measuring Social Protection Taking stock of our statistical

Measuring Social Protection Taking stock of our statistical knowledge Social Security Department International Labour Office (ILO) Show and Tell 2010 International Labour Office, Geneva, 12 May 2010

Taking stock of our statistical knowledge| Outline 1. SSI Overview of the ILO social security inquiry database: Why? What and How? 2. WSSR The World Social Security Report 2010/ 2011 3. Concluding Challenges & Strategy Remarks

SSI. Why? | The ILO Social Security Inquiry Main objective è Building a knowledge base at the global level N Objective: Collect, store and disseminate, on a regular and sustainable basis, comparable statistics on the financing, expenditure, benefit levels & coverage of social security systems/programmes. N Rationale: Address the lack of (comparable) social security statistics outside the OECD world è Collected information should N Allow calculation of indicators for specific social security schemes and selected aggregate indicators at national level for as many countries as possible; N Constitute a basis for analysis within the framework of studies and research work; N Contribute to measure progress towards decent work with respect to its social security dimension; N Be accessible to internal and external users but regulated (different access according to category of users)

SSI. What ? | The ILO Social Security Inquiry Scope Includes data on N Expenditure and revenue at the national and scheme levels N Coverage and benefit levels (collected at the scheme level) N Some background information Covers both statutory schemes and some non-statutory schemes Covers both private and public schemes Type of data | data collected at the scheme level from social security institutions which administer the scheme è Functions covered N Old age; disability; survivors; sickness and health; unemployment; employment injury & occupational disease; family/children, and maternity (C 102). N Supplemented by housing; other income support and assistance (n. e. c. ) /social exclusion è Compatibility | Systematic approach compatible with existing statistical frameworks used in the EU (ESSPROS) and the OECD è Focus on developing countries (EU and OECD countries being covered by existing databases — expenditure data at least)

SSI. Where & How? | Countries covered & main sources National coordinator & Other ISSA countries (25) OECD & Eurostat sources Source: ISSA statistical Benefit expenditure from National coordinator (32) database on social security in OECD SOCX database ADB | Social Protection Index (27) Data on expenditure & beneficiaries Comprehensive overview for one or two years Issues: update and find more detailed information Some countries partially updated contacting collecting data developing & countries. Expenditure & Revenue from directly from social security Long term benefits (main Eurostat (recently Ukraine, institutions schemes) & in some cases Senegal) Issue: No data employment injuryon coverage Issues: i) most efficient way to Completed whenstatutory possible for Public compulsory identify schemes but also the a few countries (e. g. Australia, schemes most costly one; ii) regularity New-Zealand, Canada) and When possible, completed sustainability of the & updated with national available process of data collection data National Issues reports & websites Stop the(23) process in 2006|07. Thesecurity objectiveinstitutions’ is to re-activate N Social the network of ISSA members annual and statistical reports & use SSÌ & websites Complete the overview N Data collected in the context of specific projects

SSI. What ? | Screen shots: “a guided tour in the inquiry” Levels of information & sources What? National level Economic & financial information Population & Employment Used as denominator for indicators Social security expenditure & revenue (IMF, ESSPROS) Sources International data sources (automatic insertion) National sources Scheme level SSI Core data Social security institutions | individual scheme data Data entry online possible Automatic calculation of indicators

SSI. What ? | Screen shots: “a guided tour in the inquiry” Step 1 | Thailand - An Inventory of schemes First && direct First part || Textualinformation directlinks Step 2 | Individual scheme information Description of Descriptionsecurity of the scheme including information from Inventory of social schemes & from SSPTWQualitative & Quantitative definition of each scheme SSPTW Second part | Quantitative information at the scheme level Target group, Affiliated | active contributors, Expenditure & Revenue Third part | Benefits provided by the scheme (beneficiaries, expenditure and benefit level)

SSI. What for? | Indicators at the national level Systematic calculation of a set of aggregate indicators Expenditure indicators (30 indicators in total), such as – Total social security expenditure as a percentage of GDP – Expenditure by social security branch Coverage indicators by function (or social security branch) – around 10 indicators per social security branch – Protection indicators (contributors and affiliated), such as: Trends in the number of active contributors in proportion of the working age (or economically active population) by function – Recipients indicators (beneficiaries) Trends in the number of beneficiaries for a given contingency (e. g. Old age pensioners (at all ages or above retirement age) as a proportion of elderly population (%)) Benefit level indicators under development ● Depending on data availability and type of indicators ● Trends from 2000 to 2008 (especially for old age & unemployment) ● Results for total and by sex

SSI. What for? | Aggregate indicators online National aggregated indicators Option 2 Consultation of All countries for a given indicator: Share of unemployed receiving unemployment benefits China | View all available indicators from 2000 to 2008 View all indicators for this country Indicators section

SSI | Current situation Significant recent expansion thanks to joint efforts with the inclusion of ISSA, ADB and OECD countries – Agreement of joint activities on the point to be signed between OECD, ADB and ILO Including OECD countries, SSI includes around one hundred countries with “some” data – More data on expenditure | Less on coverage & benefit level – Limited or no coverage information on health care but more on pensions and unemployment Supplemented when possible by complementary data: mostly household survey data One first significant “output”: the first edition of the World Social Security Report (WSSR 2010/11)

2. WSSR | The World Social Security Report 2010/11 Providing coverage in times of crisis and beyond è The first in a series of World Social Security Reports World Social Security Report 2010/11 Workspace è Objectives – To present the knowledge available on social security coverage worldwide; and identify existing coverage gaps; – To provide a factual basis which helps to monitor the global progress on social security coverage and thus support the ILO’s & national campaigns to extend coverage è Deals with i) the scope, extent and level of coverage; ii) scale of countries investment in social security and… è One specific topic in each new edition, è “the crisis” in 2010/11 and “Social security and women in rural areas in 2012/13” è A complete set of resources: data, graphs & databases available online http: //www. socialsecurityextension. org èWorld social security report section

WSSR | Indicators and further analysis — Effective coverage Unemployment type of programme Unemployed receiving unemployment benefits Less than one third No statutory unemployment scheme

WSSR | Chapters: “Meli-Melo” of graphs Chapter 6 |2 Coverage othersecurity branches of social Chapter | Scope ofbysocial coverage security around the world Thematic focus | Social security in times of crisis 9 social |by A first approximation of aother success factor Chapter 43||a. Chapter Coverage social security pensions: Chapter Social protection coverage Active contributors or protected persons a health percentage of working. Chapter 7 as |social Minimum income support and social Number of branches covered by statutory security Number of unemployed receiving security unemployment benefits, weighted Chapter 8 | Investments in social security: Amounts, analysis Income security old ageprogramme, population employment, latest available year The global deficit in social health protection coverage and 2008– 09 average, and selected countries, 2007– 10 (Index value 100 = to January 2008) Chapter 5 in | Income support the unemployed assistance results and efficiency Resources committed, statutory provision and coverage achieved: A Old-age pension beneficiaries as a proportion of the elderly by Unemployed unemployment benefits, selected countries, effective access toreceiving health services in 2006 Social protection expenditure by type (ADB definitions), selected Social security expenditure by region, weighted bylatest population, latest mapping ofyear countries by level income level, various countries, available year PART 1 | Monitoring the state of latest available countries, 2008 (percentage ofincome GDP) available year (percentage of GDP) social security coverage Chapter 1 | Definitions, standards and concepts PART 2 | Thematic focus — Social security in times of crisis

Concluding remarks | Challenges & Strategy There is need for data and we face some common challenges – Availability & quality of statistical information in particular in developing countries – Fragmentation of interventions: Multiplicity of actors and higher share of non governmental interventions – Deficit of coordination & network of social protection providers and social protection statistics providers at the national level Strategy – – Build on existing data and gradually improve the knowledge base Contribute to build capacity at the national level Enhance the use of household survey data for coverage measures and develop some complementary tools, in particular social security oriented modules in household surveys (HBS, LFS) Develop partnerships and set up agreed and shared methodologies Make the Social Security Inquiry “Non-ILO limited” Build a network of collaborators Combine efforts!

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