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SPI
Social Insurance
Social Assistance
MARSHALL ISLANDS
3.7
3.3
0.4
0.0
PALAU
2.9
2.7
0.2
0.0
COOK ISLANDS
2.8
0.2
2.6
0.0
FIJI, REP. OF
1.3
0.7
0.5
0.1
NAURU
0.8
0.2
0.6
0.0
TONGA
0.8
0.6
0.2
0.0
2.1
1.3
0.8
0.0
4.8
4.5
0.3
0.0
SOLOMON ISLANDS
1.3
1.2
0.0
0.1
SAMOA
1.2
1.0
0.2
0.0
KIRIBATI
1.1
0.0
1.0
0.2
VANUATU
0.7
0.7
0.0
0.1
TIMOR-LESTE
0.6
0.3
0.3
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
AVERAGE LMIC
1.4
1.1
0.2
0.1
1.6
1.1
0.5
0.1
AVERAGE UMIC
LOWER MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
Only Fiji and Cook Islands have broad SP measures in place but
they are not fully integrated into coherent policy frameworks
Other countries all have Social Insurance schemes but few
have significant Social Assistance measures, universal elderly
benefits are the most common followed by child benefits
Very few countries have Labour Market Programmes
Small size, scope and scale of SP measures and lack of
coordination amongst SP measures makes data gathering on
SP difficult
The SPI is not well known in PDMCs; little advocacy for the indicator or its
underlying policy messages/uses
SP Policy needs greater advocacy through links to poverty, vulnerability and
exclusion; all these issues are becoming increasingly important as PDMC
societies change
PDMC governments should begin to develop comprehensive Social Policies
with the need for SP as a primary driver
Whilst more data is always welcome the most important issue is to improve
the data and policy analytical capacity of the available data from DHS, HIES,
Census and annual budgets
Principal recommendations are:
More advocacy for poverty, vulnerability & exclusion and associated SP needs
Development of coordinated social and social protection policies and
measures
Capacity building for policy analysis and the analytical use of data
Thank You
david@davidabbott.org