Michael Cichon's research while affiliated with The Uganda National Council for Science and Technology and other places
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Publications (18)
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Three lessons can be drawn from the global crisis with respect to social security: (1) People covered by different - with respect to financing, design and coverage - social security arrangements are differently exposed to economic shocks; (2) soci...
Social protection systems consist of the set of (a) all public transfers in a society that seeks to provide income security and prevent and alleviate poverty; (b) all measures that guarantee public access to health and social services; (c) all measures that protect workers’ income, health and well-being. Social protection thus seeks to free people...
Countries which have been the most successful in achieving long-term sustainable growth and poverty reduction have achieved this — to a greater or lesser extent — by putting in place extensive systems of social security. Clearly, social security has only been one factor among many and, of course, one might ask whether there is a potential chicken a...
Le présent article examine brièvement le degré de protection sociale atteint dans le monde et résume les avantages économiques et sociaux d'un système de sécurité sociale. Il soutient ensuite que les systèmes de sécurité sociale sont un élément nécessaire du cadre institutionnel de toute économie de marché efficace et qu'ils créent — entre autres c...
En el presente artículo se analiza brevemente la cobertura de seguridad social que el mundo ha alcanzado y se resumen las ventajas económicas y sociales de los regímenes nacionales de seguridad social. Más adelante, se argumenta que los regímenes de seguridad social son una parte necesaria del marco institucional de cualquier economía de mercado ef...
Der vorliegende Beitrag prüft kurz die Errungenschaften der sozialen Sicherheit weltweit und fasst die wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Vorteile eines staatlichen Systems der sozialen Sicherheit zusammen. Dann wird dargelegt, dass Systeme der sozialen Sicherheit notwendiger Teil des institutionellen Rahmens einer wirksamen Marktwirtschaft sind, da sie...
The Paper briefly reviews social security coverage that the world has achieved and summarizes economic and social benefits of a national social security system. It then goes on to argue that social security systems are a necessary part of the institutional framework of any effective market economy, creating - among other things - societal cohesion...
This paper seeks to explore the framework within which the International Labour Office should promote a principled, practical approach to social security policy in the new millennium. Integration has to be built around a joint coherent policy vision and building such a policy vision requires debate. This paper is a product of a joint effort of memb...
This report presents the methodology and the results of a modelling exercise that demonstrates that basic social protection benefits are not out of reach for low-income countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, even though some international assistance would be necessary for a transitory period. The Social Protection Sector of the International Labour Organ...
Textbook published within a series on financial, actuarial and statistical aspects of social security prepared jointly by the International Social Security Association and the Social Security Department of the International Labour Office
The ILO has developed an innovative concept of global solidarity for social security — the Global Social Trust — which supports the development of national social protection systems through international financing. The concept is ready to be tested nationally and the present paper proposes a pilot project for Ghana. The paper considers the virtues...
Until recently, most pension benefit formulae in social security schemes resembled each other. They were all defined-benefit formulae that were either generous or mean, while defined-contribution formulae were exclusively used in private and occupational pension schemes and some national provident funds. Then came the mandatory retirement savings m...
The first part of this paper portrays social budgeting as a pivotal tool in national social governance. The second explains the meaning of social budgeting, which, essentially, consists of two elements: a database and a set of interdependent tools for projecting social protection revenue and expenditure. The third part discusses the particular need...
Written mainly for those elaborating short- to medium-term financial planning, management and monitoring - those who have a planning horizon of two to five, sometimes of up to ten, years. It is part of a series on quantitative techniques in social protection being published by the Financial, Actuarial and Statistical Branch of the Social Security D...
Citations
... However, this trade-off is largely a myth. More broadly, following Cichon and Scholz (2009), there may be said to be three major myths about the relationship between social protection and economic performance, namely: 20 (i) At each stage of development, societies can only afford a certain level of social expenditure (the affordability myth); ...
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... According to Cichon et al (2011), "the concept of the SPF must be seen in a much wider and more ambitious development context. The adoption of the SPF concept reflects the emergence of a new socio-economic development paradigm, which the ILO normally describes as a virtuous cycle of development called "Growing with Equity". ...
... With the influx of young pensioners, as well increased benefits to compensate for the withdrawal of subsidies, pension costs increased substantially. It became clear that the system was unsustainable and reforms were needed to increase effective retirement age (Cichon, Hagemejer andRuck, 1997 andHagemejer, 1999). After long debates and a series of parametric reforms that did not resolve the main issue of low retirement ages, the government passed the paradigmatic reform of 1998. ...
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... Changes over time in the population, the economy and the labour market of a country have a direct influence on the financial development of its social security system (Cichon et al. 1999). To study possible trends in the cost of universal and partial BSB over the next 12 years, three potential scenarios are posited here in line with the recommendations of European Economy (2/2012). ...
... On the contrary, there is also evidence of the affordability of universal social policy. Pal, Behrendt, Leger, Cichon, and Hagemejer (2005) used a simulation model to project costs of universal social policy in sub-Saharan countries and confirmed that at the end of the projection period in 2034, universal social pensions and universal access to primary education are affordable contrary to what may be assumed. Behrendt and Hagemejer (2009) and Cichon and Hagemejer (2007) also confirmed the affordability of a social protection floor in many low-and middle-income countries. ...
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... Pal, Behrendt, Leger, Cichon, and Hagemejer (2005) used a simulation model to project costs of universal social policy in sub-Saharan countries and confirmed that at the end of the projection period in 2034, universal social pensions and universal access to primary education are affordable contrary to what may be assumed. Behrendt and Hagemejer (2009) and Cichon and Hagemejer (2007) also confirmed the affordability of a social protection floor in many low-and middle-income countries. Cichon (2018) go as far as to ensure that out of 150 countries studied by the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors, only twelve countries would require intranational assistance to fund a basic social protection floor (Bierbaum, Oppel, Tromp, & Cichon, 2016). ...
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... In Spain the system of contributory social security payments includes the first pillar in the World Bank's proposal, and there is coincidence as to the second and third basic pillars of social protection in place. However, two further pillars are incorporated here: a "zero pillar" comprising a financial allocation sufficient to ensure that all citizens of a country can, each with his/her own possibilities and characteristics, meet the minimum necessities for survival taking into account the demographic and economic circumstances of that country (Cichon & Hagemejer 2004;Kulke 2007); and a fourth pillar dealing with health services and housing provided mainly by family members. The ILO (ILO 2012) currently proposes a basic level of social welfare protection, acknowledging that social security is a vital tool for public sector social policies to prevent and reduce poverty, inequality, exclusion and social insecurity, promote equal opportunities and prevent discrimination on grounds of race and gender. ...
... This perception has only strengthened following the implementation of the structural adjustment programme measures as this further constrained urban actors' means. This has resulted in a preference amongst urban actors for investing their funds in education and health related expenses as these arise, rather than allocating these to formal social security measures (Cichon et al 2003;Van Ginneken 2003). ...
... And finally, the NDC system makes people think in accounts because any contribution paid gives additional rights, and it's a good way for politicians (Cichon;1999) as it makes the transition to partial funding psychologically easier (Börsch-Supan; 2005). ...
... Pal, Behrendt, Leger, Cichon, and Hagemejer (2005) used a simulation model to project costs of universal social policy in sub-Saharan countries and confirmed that at the end of the projection period in 2034, universal social pensions and universal access to primary education are affordable contrary to what may be assumed. Behrendt and Hagemejer (2009) and Cichon and Hagemejer (2007) also confirmed the affordability of a social protection floor in many low-and middle-income countries. Cichon (2018) go as far as to ensure that out of 150 countries studied by the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors, only twelve countries would require intranational assistance to fund a basic social protection floor (Bierbaum, Oppel, Tromp, & Cichon, 2016). ...
