Ecuador seeks to extend social security to the informal sector

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To extend social security and health care benefits to the entire population, Ecuador will be reforming its laws to include workers in the informal sector in the system. Currently Ecuador has 3.5 million workers in the informal economy; reforms to the Social Security Law will enable them to access health care and receive a pension. Liz Scherffius reports from Quito. teleSUR