Resources on social protection

  1. Product Offer - Enterprise Formalization

    17 February 2017

  2. Enterprise Formalization: Fact or Fiction? – New ILO/GIZ Study on what works to formalize enterprises

    02 June 2014

    Informality of enterprises seems to be a rational behaviour that can best be overcome by reducing the cost of formalization and by offering clear benefits like an extended coverage of social protection. This is one of the key findings of a new joint study of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) trying to summarize what works and what doesn’t work in formalizing the large informal enterprise sector in developing and emerging countries.

  3. Report on Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises in Cambodia: Main Findings

    28 March 2014

  4. Can the European elderly afford the financial burden of health and long-term care? Assessing impacts and policy implications

    10 May 2012

    This research report assesses the financial impact of private health and long-term care expenditure on households of the elderly, in particular, the impact of out-of-pocket payments at the time of service delivery and related policy implications.

  5. Employment and social protection in Viet Nam

    01 December 2011

    This study provides an empirical analysis on the formal sector’s participation in mandatory social insurance, followed by a review of international practices on the interplay between employment and the social protection system.

  6. Issues: December 2008

    09 December 2008

    Among the topics covered in this edition are the findings of a new report on Labour and Social Trends in ASEAN, the ILO's global gender campaign, women's pay in Bangladesh, workplace practices to combat avian and pandemic human influenza, strategies for extending social security coverage, human trafficking for labour exploitation, and migration policies.

  7. Costing of basic social protection benefits for selected Asian countries: First results of a modelling exercise Issues in Social Protection Discussion Paper 17

    01 September 2006

    This study, outcome of joint ILO/DfID collaboration, offers a first estimate on the feasibility of basic social protection in low-income countries in Asia with a view to achieving the Millennium Development Goals and as a contribution to the construction of a Global socio-economic floor.

  8. Social Safety Nets, Public Works and Employment in the Infrastructure and Construction Sectors, Vietnam

    07 December 1999

    VIE/98/039/08/11 Social Safety Net Study