2 The right to social security of the workers in the informal economy/ sector Table of Contents Pages Executive Summary 1 Scope and Context of the Report 3 I. 6 Methodology II. The right to social security Normative contents of the right to social security III. 9 10 Results of the focus group discussions (FGDs) on the right to social protection of the workers in the informal economy/sector in the National Capital Region (NCR) Government programs and initiatives on the right to social security 14 14 The strategic framework for the updated Philippine Development Plan developed by IV. the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) 14 Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 18 Social Security System (SSS) 26 PhilHealth 28 Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 30 Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) 32 Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) 36 Land Transportation Office (LTO) 40 Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) 41 Pasig City Local Government Unit 43 The general profile of the respondents 45 Incidence of Indebtedness 52 Perceptions 53 V. Concluding Observations 54 VI. 63 Recommendations