The proposal should turn material security into a concrete set of goods, services and protections without pretending that one equivalent international right already exists.
The proposal
Guarantee an integrated set of minimum material conditions, linked to sector-specific rights and the literature on decent living standards, without presenting it as a single right that already exists.
How to read it
Sources identify relevant rights, methods, findings or precedents. They do not automatically establish the full World4Humans formulation. Where the project makes its own choice, that choice remains open to criticism and revision.
Sources and literature
Authority
World4Humans requirement using source-specific external authorities.
Relationship
Strong existing literature and previous work cover this component; the substantive overlap and transfer boundary still need to be delimited.
Rao, Narasimha D. & Min, Jihoon (2018), “Decent Living Standards: Material Prerequisites for Human Wellbeing.” Social Indicators Research 138:225–244. Open full article; DOI 10.1007/s11205-017-1650-0. https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/14606/1/art%253A10.1007%252Fs11205-017-1650-0.pdf
Millward-Hopkins, Joel; Steinberger, Julia; Rao, Narasimha D.; Oswald, Yannick (2020), “Providing decent living with minimum energy: A global scenario.” Global Environmental Change 65:102168. DOI 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102168. https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/16764/1/1-s2.0-S0959378020307512-main.pdf
Kharas, H. & McArthur, J. (2019), Building the SDG Economy: Needs, Spending, and Financing for Universal Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Brookings WP 131. https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/building-the-sdg-economy.pdf
Carapella, Piergiorgio; Mogues, Tewodaj; Pico-Mejía, Julieth; Soto, Mauricio (2023), “How to Assess Spending Needs of the Sustainable Development Goals: The Third Edition of the IMF SDG Costing Tool.” IMF How-To Note 2023/005. Official PDF; DOI 10.5089/9798400258787.061. https://www.imf.org/en/publications/imf-how-to-notes/issues/2023/12/14/how-to-assess-spending-needs-of-the-sustainable-development-goals-the-third-edition-of-the-541463
Cattaneo, Umberto; Schwarzer, Helmut; Razavi, Shahra; Visentin, Andrea (2024), “Financing gap for universal social protection: Global, regional and national estimates and strategies for creating fiscal space.” ILO Working Paper 113. Official 48-page PDF; DOI 10.54394/FGPM3913. https://researchrepository.ilo.org/view/pdfCoverPage?download=true&filePid=13130576960002676&instCode=41ILO_INST
Stenberg et al. (2017), “Financing transformative health systems towards achievement of the health SDGs”, Lancet Global Health. DOI 10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30263-2. https://www.thelancet.com/article/S2214109X17302632/pdf
Hutton & Varughese (2016), The Costs of Meeting the 2030 SDG Targets on Drinking Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene. World Bank. DOI 10.1596/K8632. https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/847191468000296045/pdf/103172-PUB-Box394556B-PUBLIC-EPI-K8632-ADD-SERIES.pdf
Gaudin, Sylvestre et al. (2023), “Using costing to facilitate policy making towards Universal Health Coverage: findings and recommendations from country-level experiences.” BMJ Global Health 8\:e010735. Published full PDF located at UCL; DOI 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-010735. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9853124
ILO, 2012. Social Protection Floors Recommendation, 2012 (No. 202). International Labour Organization. https://normlex.ilo.org/dyn/nrmlx_en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB%3A12100%3A0%3A%3ANO%3A%3AP12100_ILO_CODE%3AR202
