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🌍 More Than a Month Later: Our Call for Universal Social Security Continues! 🌍 It’s been more than a month since Social Policy Initiative joined forces with 96 organisations globally to urge the World Bank and IMF to support universal social security. The fight for economic justice and social rights is far from over! In these challenging times, rising inequality and ongoing crises continue to impact millions worldwide. It’s crucial for the World Bank and IMF to shift from targeted social protection to universal public provision. This change is essential for creating more just and equitable societies. 📢 Our Key Demands: 1. Support states to progressively realise the right to social security. 2. Replace poverty-targeting with universal systems. 3. Promote equitable and sustainable public social security systems. 4. Cease harmful austerity budgeting reforms. Join us in holding these institutions accountable. Let’s ensure that the right to social security is universally recognised and implemented. 🔗 Read our full statement and get involved: https://lnkd.in/dfxdZB_E #SocialPolicyInitiative #UniversalSocialSecurity #EconomicJustice #HumanRights #IMF #WorldBank #GlobalCallToAction

In a world where an unprecedented number of countries are experiencing democratic backsliding, MCC has demonstrated that democracies can deliver economic and social benefits to their people. Discover how MCC's competitive selection process, which prioritizes governing justly, investing in the health and education of their people, and fostering economic freedom, has delivered aid to 300 million people around the globe: https://ow.ly/6PlU50Qy8XL #GrowWithMCC

Social protection programs should be financially sustainable and resilient over time. They must be designed with long-term stability in mind to continue providing support through economic downturns or crises. #GreenResilience #EconomicSupport

The Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions, created in September 2021, aims to accelerate progress towards achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The initiative focuses on the challenges of poverty, income inequality, informal employment, the global jobs gap and inadequate social protection coverage. 🗒️The first progress report on the initiative shows headway on this path. Read the full report: https://ow.ly/skwY50SFYbT

How can policymakers get better at tracking social cohesion? I’ve written a piece for CAPX arguing what we really need is a dignity scale https://t.co/YT4hnT3jcE

https://lnkd.in/d5V7Zn4a Social Protection Graduates through Financial Inclusion! The government’s focus on macroeconomic stabilization and consolidation of fiscal pillar, demands new taxes and deepening of the existing tax-instruments. This is what has been done using the budget 2024-25, as a conduit. This makes poor on the fringes vulnerable to more destitution. Research Fellow, SDPI, Dr. Fareeha Armughan, who specializes in Financial Inclusion and Governance, says the budget has improved allocations for social protection and income inclusion, which can be used to help those who may face the main brunt of structural adjustment. Click the link to watch her special talk with Tahir Dhindsa, only on SDTV…

“Fiscal decisions... shape our societies, they shape how things work—who pays for what, who doesn’t pay, and what that money is used for”—Carlos Brown Solà, Program Director of Oxfam México and Atlantic Fellows for Social & Economic Equity (AFSEE) Fellow. 🏘️ #FiscalJustice puts nature, communities, and people at the center of public money decisions. It’s about redistributing resources to reduce #inequality gaps and ensure the effective exercise of #HumanRights. 📊 The impact of fiscal decisions impact people differently based on gender, age, location, and societal barriers. For example, policies designed to promote #sustainability, like rebates for electric vehicles (#EV), often benefit those with greater financial means—leaving out younger, less affluent groups. 💰 Learn more about fiscal justice 🔽 https://lnkd.in/eNqb2UF8 #NYUCIC #TaxJustice #SDG16Plus #JusticeForAll

Argument: If state authority is weakened, multinational corporations may establish themselves as the new governing entities.Corporate Power: In a context where the state has diminished authority, multinational corporations can gain unprecedented power over economic and social life. They may prioritize profit maximization over public interest, leading to exploitation and inequality. Example: In some developing countries, the influence of multinational corporations can overshadow local governance, resulting in practices that prioritize corporate interests over the welfare of local communities. This can manifest in labor exploitation, environmental degradation, and the undermining of local businesses.

#SocialJustice matters! Follow the Inaugural Forum of the Global Coalition for Social Justice on 13 June It will feature live discussions on the importance of building resilience, coherence between social & economic policy, and social dialogue ow.ly/lYnF50ScUWZ #ILC2024

I'm pleased that my colleagues at Good Ancestor Movement and I have today launched collaboration our report, Risks of Extreme Wealth, in partnership with Patriotic Millionaires UK. The report looks at seven 'at risk' domains: 📢 Democracy 📺 Media ⚖ The law 💰 The economy 👩👧👧 Social Cohesion ♎ Equality 🌿 The environment Ultimately, the report argues for the introduction of an Extreme Wealth Line, a metric that will enable us to understand the costs and negative impacts associated with extreme wealth. The report was authored by Milly Shotter adapted from a literature review prepared by Dr Kojo Koram. Read the report here: https://lnkd.in/e68Jp9S2 #extremewealth #wealthinequality