Zambia : social protection expenditure and performance review and social budget.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

International Labour Office, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

International Labour Office. Social Security Department.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public welfare--Zambia.

Public welfare.

Zambia--Social policy.

Zambia.

Zambia--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Geneva : Social Security Dept., International Labour Office, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This report, a review of the output of the first year's work of the project, examines the objective of extending social protection coverage in the country.

Contents:

CONTENTS; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Overview of the demographic, economic and social environment; 2. The poor and the poorest: Living conditions and vulnerability; 3. Degrees of informality: Prevailing patterns in the Zambian labour market and social security coverage; 4. Social protection schemes; 5. Government expenditure and Zambia's Social Budget; 6. Future trends in social expenditure and financing; 7. Conclusions; References; Appendix A. The Zambian Social Budget model; Appendix B. Population projections; Appendix C. Data issues; Appendix D. Tables of the Social Budget model

Notes:

"ILO/DFID/Zambia/R.22."

"September 2008."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

92-2-121252-1

OCLC:

700697570