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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.
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The extension of social security and the social responsibility of multinational enterprises. An Exploratory study
09 May 2013
An exploratory study on the relation between the extension of social security and corporate social responsibility of multinational enterprises.
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Socially responsible investment, decent work and pension funds. Concepts and international experiences
04 March 2013
This paper aims at reviewing concepts and internationale experiences of Social responsible investment practices, especially among pension funds.
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Older workers. How does ill health affect work and income?
01 January 2013
This article seeks to provide evidence on the fact that older workers constitute a non-homogeneous group concerning health challenges. It analyses the impacts of ill health of those concerned on work and income and argues to remove barriers faced by older workers when accessing labour markets and health care. Finally, it discusses comprehensive policy approaches that have the potential to address the issues faced by older workers.
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Saint Lucia. Report to the Government. Tenth actuarial valuation review of the National Insurance Fund as of 30 June 2010
01 January 2013
ILO/TF/Saint Lucia/R.10
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.
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Fiscal space and the extension of social protection. Lessons learnt from developing countries
11 August 2012
This paper focuses on the analysis of experience in creating fiscal space for the extension of social protection. It presents the results of studies conducted in eight developing countries (Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Costa Rica, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Thailand) that successfully extended social protection including floors for national social protection systems in recent years. The studies seek to identify the strategies that were adopted to finance the extension of social protection and how the necessary fiscal space was created.
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Decent Work Indicators - Concepts and definitions
21 June 2012
Decent work is central to sustainable poverty reduction and is a means for achieving equitable, inclusive and sustainable development. The 2008 ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization recommends the establishment of appropriate indicators to monitor and evaluate the progress made in the implementation of the ILO Decent Work Agenda. The ILO is supporting member States through technical assistance and capacity building at national, sub-regional and regional levels. In this regard, the contribution of the EU project on Measuring and Assessing Progress on Decent Work (MAP) plays an important role.
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Social security and food security - Successful policy experiences in Brazil
14 June 2012
This ESS Paper presents an analysis of the reciprocal relation between the concepts of social security and food security as applied in public policy, with particular emphasis on the social protection floor. The paper also provides the analysis of relevant and effectively implemented experiences of Brazilian public policy which have established a virtuous connection between these two concepts and have achieved important and empirically verifiable outcomes.
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Analysis of the Viet Nam National Social Protection Strategy (2011-2020) in the context of social protection floors objectives. A rapid assessment.
24 May 2012
The Viet Nam study was launched to support the implementation planning of the draft Social Protection Strategy (2011-2020) in Viet Nam. The ILO, on behalf of the UN CEB SPF Initiative, assessed the existing social protection system of Viet Nam and designed several alternative scenarios, using the Rapid Assessment Protocol (a costing tool developed by the ILO for the SPF Initiative based on previous experiences with the ILO-UNICEF costing tool) to estimate the costs of closing the social protection floor gaps. For each benefit the impact on poverty was estimated using a micro simulation at the household level. Taking into account some fiscal space considerations, the study estimates that the social protection floor gap could be gradually closed progressively over the next 10 to 15 years without a major increase of overall revenues compared to pre-crisis levels.
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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.
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The political economy of pension reforms in times of global crisis: State unilateralism or social dialogue?
27 March 2012
This paper examines the political economy of pension reforms in times of economic crisis and its impact on social dialogue and tripartite institutions in ten countries.
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Evidence on gender inequities in social health protection. The case of women living in rural areas
28 February 2012
This document examines issues concerning inequalities in health for rural women: the differences in utilization of health care between men and women, and between women living in rural and urban areas; the barriers to utilization of health services for women in rural areas, and the systemic weaknesses for rural women. It presents recommendations on how to address issues in access to health care for rural women.
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Paid sick leave: Incidence, patterns and expenditure in times of crisis
24 January 2012
This document provides some insights into the concepts, patterns and expenditure of paid sick leave in countries throughout the world. Further, it is argued that providing for sick leave and related income replacement is a key component of decent work in times of crises and beyond and should be considered within national social protection floors.
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The concept of fiscal space and its applicability to the development of social protection policy in Zambia
24 January 2012
This paper analyses the implementation of a social protection package in Zambia. It introduces the concept of creating fiscal space to finance social protection. Fiscal space has to do with the financing from government revenues of policies conducive to the development of a country. The term may be seen both in its narrower definition as a redefinition of the fiscal rules to which sensible fiscal policy has always been subject, or in broader terms as a full-blown set of policy actions for development.
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Cambodia. Social Security for the formal economy. Outlook and challenges ahead
01 January 2012
ILO/EU/Cambodia/R.7
