The implementation of the right to social protection through the adoption of social protection floors 2014, para. 42
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Social security and social protection have long been dismissed as unaffordable aspirations, particularly in low-income countries. One of the major contributions of the Initiative is that it has addressed in extensive detail the ways in which all countries can potentially afford to put such a programme in place. The most recent and extensive treatment of this issue is contained in the ILO World Social Protection Report 2014/15 and it is not proposed to repeat or challenge that analysis here. It must suffice to say that affordability is certainly crucial to the prospects of success of the Initiative and that the lengths to which its proponents have gone to demonstrate that dimension is impressive.
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Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights