The importance of social protection measures in achieving Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 2010, para. 17
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- At a basic level, social protection has the potential to shield the most vulnerable segments of society from various "shocks". These include personal crises such as lack of income due to unemployment, disability or sickness, as well as crises at the macro level such as economic slowdowns, large-scale structural adjustments or, increasingly, crises due to climate-change-related environmental degradation (including crop failures, flooding and droughts). By transferring resources to those in need, social protection increases consumption, reduces a household's extreme vulnerabilities and prevents further deterioration in living conditions. Evidence suggests that without social protection, there will be, inter alia, an increase in poverty and the prevalence of child labour and HIV/AIDS, higher levels of exclusion from access to health and education, and low access to productive activities. Social protection also helps to keep individuals who live on or close to the poverty line from backsliding into poverty following a sudden loss of income or increase in expenses.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2010
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Paragraph number
- 17
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