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Poverty and Exclusion Enhancing Human and Social Capacity for Development The case of France

Poverty and Exclusion Enhancing Human and Social Capacity for Development The case of France. Julien Damon Associate Professor, Sciences Po, Paris 13 June 2010, Hong Kong www.julien-damon.com. Summary. Poverty and Exclusion: a World of Differences and Similarities

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Poverty and Exclusion Enhancing Human and Social Capacity for Development The case of France

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  1. Poverty and ExclusionEnhancing Human and Social Capacity for Development The case of France Julien Damon Associate Professor, Sciences Po, Paris 13 June 2010, Hong Kong www.julien-damon.com

  2. Summary • Poverty and Exclusion: a World of Differences and Similarities • Social Protection in France and the Fight Against Poverty • Enhancing Human and Social Capacity: Demographic Performances and New Tools

  3. I. Poverty and Exclusion: a World of Differences and Similarities

  4. Absolute Poverty (up to $1 a day) Source : www.worldmapper.org

  5. Slum growth (1990-2001) Source : www.worldmapper.org

  6. Sewerage Sanitation(2002) Source : www.worldmapper.org

  7. II. Social protection in France

  8. Public social expenditure in percentage of GDP, in 2006 Source : Eurostat

  9. The Post-War Scheme Extras PROVISION FOR THE FUTURE Social Security INSURANCE Social Assistance ASSISTANCE • Optional and compulsory protection • Mutual associations, insurance companies, contingency fund organizations • 1945 goal:progressive reduction of the need for contingency mechanisms • Risk coverage for “social assistance” beneficiaries • Principally financed through contributions • Mainly horizontal redistribution • Divided into different programs • 1945 goal:universality • The various social insurance programs provide four-fifths of the benefits • Needs-based risk coverage • Principally financed through taxation • Mainly vertical redistribution • 1945 goal:assistance expected to become residual

  10. A “new” social risk: poverty By broad risk area, 2007 Old age Health Family Employment Housing Poverty • Four “social risks”... • Occupational injuries • Old age • Illness • Family • ... that grew to eleven! • Maternity • Unemployment • Work transitions • Survivors • Disability • Housing • Poverty

  11. Bird's-eye View (1) • French social policies have met many of the goals they were designed to achieve... • providing coverage for the whole population • achieving one of the highest fertility rates in the Western world • significantly improving the overall health of the population • fulfilling a role as an effective, Keynesian-inspired, economic stabilizer • limiting inequality through a relatively high level of redistribution • reducing poverty, particularly among seniors

  12. Bird's-eye View (2) • ... they have, however, been hindered by substantial difficulties arising from economic and social change • persistently high unemployment, resulting in lost revenue and increased social expenditures • structural deficits that create a burden for future generations • aging population • poor, insufficient, or incomplete coverage of new risks (dependency in old age, exclusion, immigrant integration, etc.) • changes to the family structure that challenge the “male breadwinner” concept • increasing individualism and consumerism of users and beneficiaries

  13. France and poverty: Five characteristics of poverty A RETENIR • Rejuvenation • Urbanization • More working poor • « Single-parentization » • And… migrations

  14. France and poverty: A new agenda • Quantitative target setting • MDG (UN) – 2000: Reduce by half the proportion of people living on less than a dollar a day • OMC (UE) – 2000: Eradicate poverty • France – 2007: Reduce poverty by one third in five years

  15. III. EnhancingHuman and Social Capacity: Demographic Performances and New Tools

  16. New Realities number of births and proportion of births outside marriage Progression des naissances hors mariage Source : INED

  17. Public spending on family benefits, in per cent of GDP, 2005 Source : OECD

  18. Aging, everywhere….Median age (years) Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision,n

  19. Another important relationship: share of births outside marriage and fertility ratefertility rate, Sources: OECD, National Statistical Offices and Eurostat Demographic Statistics for EU countries.

  20. In the end Three key words: Protection Innovation Investment Asset building. Why not? The case of CTF

  21. Thank you for your attentionMerci谢谢

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