Books and reports
2019
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Maternity income protection in Southern and Eastern Africa. From concept to practice
02 December 2019
This publication is part of a collaboration of the ILO with the Eastern and Central Africa Social Security Association (ECASSA) to encourage the move from employer liability systems to social insurance based systems and to provide universal and comprehensive coverage.
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Fiscal Space for Social Protection. A Handbook for Assessing Financing Options
07 November 2019
This practical handbook is an essential companion to assess financing options to extend social protection coverage and benefits.
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100 years of social protection. The road to universal social protection systems and floors. Vol. 1: 50 country cases
07 February 2019
This book is a compendium of 50 country good practices in building national social protection systems including floors.
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Towards universal social protection for children: Achieving SDG 1.3
06 February 2019
The importance of ensuring adequate social protection for children has long been high on the agenda of both the ILO and UNICEF. For children, social protection takes on a special significance, since the negative effects of poverty and deprivation in childhood have ramifications that can last a lifetime.
2018
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Reversing Pension Privatizations. Rebuilding public pension systems in Eastern Europe and Latin America
31 October 2018
From 1981 to 2014, thirty countries privatized fully or partially their public mandatory pensions; as of 2018, eighteen countries have reversed the privatization.
2017
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Building social protection systems: International standards and human rights instruments
12 December 2017
A reference for practitioners, policymakers and other stakeholders, as well as a guidebook for the general public.
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Unemployment protection: A good practices guide and training package
25 August 2017
Learning from concrete country experiences and practices, the package provides guidelines and tools to conduct training sessions and workshops on unemployment protection.
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Case studies and exercises on unemployment protection: Based on the fictional country of Coresia
25 August 2017
Social protection and decent work are recognized as cornerstones of the new global development agenda, with a prominent space in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Social protection and unemployment protection are also priorities set by the 2013 ASEAN Declaration on Strengthening Social Protection, with a number of ASEAN Member States considering the introduction of unemployment insurance schemes in the near future.
2016
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Social Protection Floors. Volume 3. Governance and Financing
22 December 2016
The volumes on “Social Protection Floors” present best practices and experiences from countries that are useful for South-South learning, for practitioners and to provide the basis for more informed policy-making.
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Social Protection Floors. Volume 2. Innovations to Extend Coverage
22 December 2016
The volumes on “Social Protection Floors” present best practices and experiences from countries that are useful for South-South learning, for practitioners and to provide the basis for more informed policy-making.
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Social Protection Floors. Volume 1. Universal Schemes
22 December 2016
The volumes on “Social Protection Floors” present best practices and experiences from countries that are useful for South-South learning, for practitioners and to provide the basis for more informed policy-making.
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Challenges in long-term care of the elderly in Central and Eastern Europe
13 October 2016
The purpose of this report is to shed light on the growing long-term care challenges in social protection, with a particular focus on the Central and Eastern European countries.
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Child Benefits in Central and Eastern Europe - A comparative review
13 October 2016
The purpose of this report is to review the social protection policy for children in Central and Eastern European countries. In particular, the analysis of this report focuses on cash child benefits (family allowances) and their impact on child poverty.
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Extending social security to the informal economy - Evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Moldova
13 October 2016
This report analyses effects of the informal economy on social security, and discusses possible policy measures to extend the social security coverage for workers in the informal economy.
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Promoting social insurance: Dedicated for herders
30 September 2016
The self-learning manual for herders on social insurance. The manual was produced only in Mongolian.
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Bulgan and Tsatsral are getting familiarized with social insurance
30 September 2016
The comic book for students and young people provides basic information about social insurance in Mongolia including its all five schemes. The book is available only in Mongolian.
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Extending the social security coverage for farmers in the Republic of Moldova: findings and recommendations based on the social security assessment survey
28 July 2016
In the Republic of Moldova, agriculture is a major economic sector. However, farmers and agricultural workers are one of the most disadvantaged groups who are not adequately covered by social security. The extension of coverage to agricultural workers may face various challenges due to the specific vulnerabilities they face. These conditions make it all the more important to provide adequate social protection for this group.
2015
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The state of social protection in ASEAN at the dawn of integration
25 November 2015
The ASEAN Declaration on Strengthening Social Protection channels a growing consensus in the region that the establishment of Social Protection Floors is fundamental for reducing poverty and inequality and promoting inclusive and sustainable growth.
2013
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Social protection assessment based national dialogue. Towards a nationally defined social protection floor in Thailand
09 May 2013
An exploratory study on the relation between the extension of social security and corporate social responsibility of multinational enterprises.
2012
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Social security for all. Building social protection floors and comprehensive social security systems. The strategy of the International Labour Organization
20 December 2012
This document lays out the social security strategy of the International Labour Organization on the extension of social security. The ILO's two-dimensional strategy provides clear guidance on the future development of social security in countries at all levels of development. Its horizontal dimension aims at establishing and maintaining social protection floors as a fundamental element of national social security systems. The vertical dimension aims at pursuing strategies for the extension of social security that progressively ensure higher levels of social security to as many people as possible, guided by ILO social security standards. Together, these two dimensions aim at building comprehensive social security systems in line with national priorities, resources and circumstances.