SERIES

  1. SME Working Papers

  1. Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy (MNE Declaration) - 6th Edition (2022)

Publications

2019

  1. Decent work and adequate housing for households at the base of the pyramid

    02 May 2019

  2. Decent work and adequate housing for households at the base of the pyramid

    02 May 2019

  3. Social Finance Working Paper #76: Rokin Banks - 70 years of efforts to build an inclusive society in Japan through enhancing workers’ access to finance

    01 May 2019

    This working paper documents the experience of Japanese union-led cooperative financial institutions and trade unions in enhancing workers’ access to finance. The working paper highlights 70 years of experience of Rokin Banks in providing access to finance for workers, and in particular low income workers. The paper reviews the factors that contributed to the success and longevity of the model as well as the strategies that Rokin Banks chose to address the challenges of a changing labour movement, a changing world of work, and a highly competitive financial sector. This working paper was produced in close collaboration with the National Association of Labour Banks in Japan and the ILO Office for Japan.

  4. Case Brief #17: NHIA, Ghana

    01 May 2019

    The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) of Ghana is a public sector body established under the National Health Insurance Act in 2003. NHIA’s objective is to ensure access to basic healthcare services for all Ghanaian residents through the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). All residents are eligible to subscribe to the NHIS by paying a subsidised premium. This Case Brief focuses on a project of NHIA, the Facility and Agence Française de Développement, to digitize and improve the renewal process (allowing members the option to renew their membership digitally on their mobile phones) and to put in place systems for membership and identity verification at healthcare providers.

  5. Case Brief #16: APA Insurance

    01 May 2019

    APA Insurance Limited is one of the largest insurance companies in Kenya. The company has a specific team focused on microinsurance and agriculture insurance. This Case Brief focuses on APA's role in the development of Kenya's strong agricultural insurance market

  6. Cotton sector market systems analysis report - Balkh abd Samangan provinces ; Afghanistan

    30 April 2019

  7. Report on Market System Analysis of Grape and Raisin Sector in Balkh and Samangan provinces of Afghanistan

    30 April 2019

  8. Advancing Decent Work and Inclusive Industrialization in Ethiopia

    16 April 2019

  9. Green enterPRIZE Innovation and Development in Zimbabwe

    09 April 2019

  10. SIMUKA-PHAKAMA Is your business ready to leap and go green?

    09 April 2019

  11. Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises in Sierra Leone: Main Findings

    04 April 2019

  12. Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises in Sierra Leone: Main Findings

    04 April 2019

  13. Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises in Sierra Leone

    04 April 2019

  14. Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises in Sierra Leone

    04 April 2019

  15. Impact Insurance Working Paper #55: Actuarial analysis of the Federal Sehat Sahulat Program

    01 April 2019

    Pakistan has made great strides in health coverage, offering valuable in-patient cover to some of the most vulnerable members of society through the Sehat Sahulat Program, an initiative of the federal government and the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In 2018, an independent actuarial study of the Program was commissioned by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH with funding from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. This report captures the key findings and recommendations of this study.

  16. Case Brief #15: MicroEnsure's Innovation Lab

    01 April 2019

    MicroEnsure is a leading global insurance solutions provider serving more than 42 million customers in emerging markets. It has over a decade of experience of introducing innovations in insurance for the low-income market. This brief focuses on MicroEnsure's experience in setting up innovation lab.

  17. Livelihoods for migrants and refugees in Brazil

    07 March 2019

  18. Livelihoods for migrants and refugees in Brazil

    07 March 2019

  19. Bangladesh – ILO Technical Report on the Feasibility Assessment of an Employment Injury Insurance Scheme – Executive Summary

    05 March 2019

  20. Supporting Document Cost Estimate of the Proposed Employment Injury Compensation Scheme in Bangladesh

    28 February 2019