Africa: The Old Social Protection Curiosity Shop

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The Centre for Social Protection welcomes the joint World Bank and ILO Universal Social Protection Initiative, announced on last month. The two agencies called on world leaders to promote universal social protection, which they define as "adequate cash transfers for all who need them, especially children; benefits and support for people of working age in case of maternity, disability, work injury or for those without jobs; and pensions for all older persons".

"It is a pleasant world we live in, sir, a very pleasant world" (Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop)

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