Yet, globally only 35% of children on average are covered by social protection which reaches 87% in Europe and Central Asia, 66% in the Americas, 28% in Asia and 16% in Africa. The report stated that universal social protection for children is not a privilege of wealthy countries. But in many other countries, social protection programmes for children struggle with limited coverage, inadequate benefit levels, fragmentation and weak institutionalization. “Child poverty can be reduced overnight with adequate social protection. To improve the lives of all children is an issue of priorities and political will: even the poorest countries have fiscal space to extend social protection floors," said Isabel Ortiz, Director of Social Protection, ILO.

Source: Mint February 06, 2019 15:56 UTC