All publications: Lao People's Democratic Republic

Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102)

This brochure explains the nine social security benefits of ILO Convention No. 102: medical care, unemployment benefit, employment injury benefit, disability benefit, maternity benefit, sickness benefit, old-age pension, survivor benefit, and family...

ILO report

SOLAR: Report of the endline study

The “Reducing Vulnerability in Lao PDR: Advancing Social Protection and Labour Rights and Entitlements in the Coffee and Tea Sectors (SOLAR)” project is funded by the European Union and jointly implemented by the ILO and Oxfam from 2021 to 2024. The...

Domestic workers

A summary of key findings: Skilled to care, forced to work? Recognizing the skills profiles of migrant domestic workers in ASEAN amid...

The study carried out in 2023 by the International Labour Organization’s TRIANGLE in ASEAN programme funded by the Australian Government through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Government of Canada through Global Affairs Canada...

APESO

Asia-Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2024: Promoting decent work and social justice to manage ageing societies

This Asia-Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2024 report pulls together the most recent statistics to depict the state of the labour market and its impact on the 3.4 billion people living in the region. Beyond past trends, the report examines the...

ADBI-OECD-ILO joint publication

Labor migration in Asia: Trends, skills certification, and seasonal work

The report describes the labour migration landscape and trends in Asia as the region continues its post-COVID-19 pandemic recovery.

Integrated approaches for formalization in Asia and the Pacific

This report highlights why the multi-faceted dimensions of informality demand an integrated approach to formalization, outlines the nature of an integrated approach to employment formalization, reviews the extent that countries in Asia and the...

Social protection

Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102)

Social Protection Floors Recommendation, 2012 (No. 202)

Social Protection Floors

Understanding informality and expanding social security coverage in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic

The research report contains quantitative analysis of the labour force and enterprise landscape in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and results of field work in three sectors. We hope that the findings can be useful to make tailored,...

Fact Sheet of Advancing Social Protection in Cambodia

Advancing social protection in Cambodia extends social protection coverage and quality of provisions by improving operational capabilities of social protection institutions and the adaptability of existing schemes to the characteristics and needs of...

Labour inspection practices for domestic work in ASEAN

Promising practices in labour inspection in the context of domestic work in ASEAN

This paper highlights promising practices in labour inspection in the context of domestic work, considering the role of gender-responsive policies in responding to the short- and longer-term impact of the COVID-19 crisis.

Project fact sheet

Accelerating Universal Social Protection for Achieving the SDGs and Ending Poverty

Research Brief

Disability rights and domestic work in ASEAN

In 2023 the ILO TRIANGLE in ASEAN programme conducted a study about the skills and working conditions of migrant domestic workers in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, the findings from which were published in the report Skilled to care, forced to...

Organizing domestic workers

Talking to trade unions/ affiliates/ members about domestic work

This guide, developed in conjunction with the ASEAN Trade Union Council, equips advocates and champions to answer the questions often heard when talking to trade unions and trade union members about organizing more domestic workers and working...

Organizing domestic workers

Talking to service providers about domestic work

This guide, developed in conjunction with the ASEAN Trade Union Council, equips advocates and champions to answer the questions often heard when talking to service providers about improving their services for domestic workers. It also gives the...

Organizing domestic workers

Talking to policy makers / politicians about domestic work

This guide, developed in conjunction with the ASEAN Trade Union Council, equips advocates and champions to answer the questions often heard when talking to parliamentarians and policy makers about improving protection for domestic workers. It also...

TRIANGLE in ASEAN

The ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour: A review of the implementation of Recommendations (3rd to 14th Forums)

This report is the sixth in a series of progress review background papers, biennially prepared by the ILO’s TRIANGLE in ASEAN programme, that track the progress of ASEAN stakeholders in implementing recommendations adopted at previous AFMLs.

Labour migration

Precarious pathways: Migration patterns and service needs of Lao migrant workers

New research sheds light on the key issues faced by Lao migrant workers and outlines measures to help ensure they can migrate more safely and obtain decent work.

Gender equality and women workers

Investments in childcare for gender equality in Asia and the Pacific

The report highlights why and how investing in childcare impacts positively on gender equality and decent work in Asia and the Pacific.