The new report represents a complete source of information on social protection systems, policy trends and social protection statistics. According to the report, for instance, 73 percent of the population is covered partially or not at all by social security. Inadequate or lack of access to social protection represents a serious impediment to economic and social development, and is related to poverty, economic insecurity, inequality or slow growth.

Overall, the report:

• presents a global overview of how social protection systems are organised, their coverage, types of benefits, and public expenditures;
• following a life-cycle approach, presents  the current social protection for children and families, women and men of working age and older people;
• analyses trends and recent policies; for example from 2010 onwards, several countries have started contracting public expenditures, mainly adjusting their welfare and pension systems or reforming their healthcare;
• and provides the key elements of national policies to promote human development, political stability and inclusive growth.

The full report is available to download here.

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It presents 12 case studies across Europe, which offer a small sample of services that have had a demonstrable positive impact on the children and families they aim to serve. They were selected because they demonstrate an innovative response to unmet need and/ or a political drive towards a different way of doing things and because of their potential to use the learning or to replicate the practice more widely within their country or across Europe.

The Compendium brings together diverse examples of inspiring practice but some common themes can be identified as well as the policy recommendations they underpin

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