International Labour Office 12 The ILO Global Campaign to extend Social Security to all Point three: Social impact – lessons learned in developing countries Coverage: Basic social transfers presently already cover 150-200 million people in about 25 to 30 countries Poverty impact: the old age grant in South Africa decreased destitution gap by 45 %, oportunidades in Mexico reduced poverty rate of beneficiary households by about 12-points, similar order of magnitude in Brazil Education: positive enrolment effects and school attendance duration in Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Bangladesh, Nicaragua and Zambia Health: positive effects on height, weight of children and nutritional status in Colombia, Mexico, Chile, Malawi, South Africa
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