Résumé

This report focuses on six key issues with respect to the objective of extending social protection coverage:

• demographic and economic framework
• working conditions and prevailing patterns of informality in the labour market
• social and living conditions of households with a focus on the overall situation of poverty and key vulnerable groups
• coverage and performance of existing public social protection interventions, both contributory and non-contributory
• current resource allocations to social protection within the current fiscal environment and future trends in the Zanzibar social budget
• illustrative policy options for a minimum package of social protection benefits