The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Crisis of Social Protection
By Surendra Pratap, Center for Workers Education, New Delhi
This study attempts to understand and rearticulate the crisis of social protection in light of problems faced by workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, and tries to point out the shortcomings of the existing social protection systems in terms of their inability to address this crisis. On the basis of this understanding, the study proposes alternative policy measures and implementation strategies to effectively address the crisis of social protection. The research is specially focused on the construction and garment sectors.