Resources on social protection

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. Decent work in Asia : ILO activities in the region, Thirteenth Asian Regional Meeting, Bangkok, August 2001 : report of the Director-General

    01 August 2001

    Presents an overview on ILO activities in Asia, Pacific and Arab countries, in each of the four dimensions of the decent work agenda : fundamental principles and rights at work, employment, social protection and social dialogue.

  4. Decent work deficit in Asia

    15 January 2001

    Asia has been struggling to recover from a financial crisis that rocked the region 4 years ago. But that recovery is on shaky ground as the global economic downturn throws more people out of work and into uncertainty. The International Labour Org. opens a four-day conference in the region to shore up recovery as ILO TV explains.

  5. 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