All publications: El Salvador
Scope and implementation of international social security agreements: Analysis in the member countries of the RCM
This report presents an analysis of the scope and implementation of international social security agreements in the member countries of the Regional Conference on Migration (hereafter, RCM), including bilateral and multilateral agreements between...
Latin America and the Caribbean
Survey on workers on web-based digital platforms
This report summarises a survey of 1,153 digital platform workers in Latin America and the Caribbean. It analyses their profile, working conditions and income, revealing precariousness, informality and lack of social protection. 52% use these...
Executive summary
Women's participation in temporary labour migration programmes
This technical note analyses how the content of bilateral labour migration agreements, as well as the procedures and practical operation oftemporary labour migration programmes in the Central and North American region, provide conditions for access,...
Social Finance Brief: Pacífico Seguros
Pacífico Seguros is Peru’s largest insurer in terms of premiums collected and second largest in terms of people insured. In this Social Finance Brief, we explore "Protected Business", an insurance product designed by Pacífico to cover the main risks...
Social Finance Brief: Insurance for MSMEs in Mexico
The ILO’s Impact Insurance Facility has been collaborating with the Mexican Association of Insurance Institutions to build inclusive insurance markets for excluded persons and for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the country. This...
Labour Overview series for Latin America and the Caribbean 2021
2021 Labour Overview, Latin America and the Caribbean - Executive Summary
The 2021 Employment Outlook describes a mixed bag scenario for employment and suggests that pre-pandemic levels will be reached by 2023 or even 2024.
Social Finance Brief: Seguros Futuro
Seguros Futuro is the only cooperative insurer in El Salvador. First created in 1994, Seguros Futuro’s mission is to provide protection for Salvadoran families that do not have access to insurance. In this brief, we cover the growth of Seguros...
Fair recruitment
Central American migrant women in Mexico: Informality in recruitment and employment
This brief summarizes the current state of recruitment practices for Central American migrant women, focusing on four key sectors including agriculture, domestic work, sex work and street vending, and focuses on migrants from Guatemala, Honduras and...
Brief
All work and no play
Using a systemic lens to determine the economic root causes to child labour
Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises in El Salvador
Regional or country brief
Women in Business in Central America
Case studies from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico (Chihuahua) and Panama show that women’s success as business owners and employers can be influenced by the size of their enterprise, the economic sectors in which they operate, their education and...
Eliminating child labour in El Salvador through economic empowerment and social inclusion – Final Evaluation Summary
Evaluation consultants: Mauricio García Moreno (team leader) and Silvia Rubio (team member)
P&B Outcome 17 (Discrimination in employment and occupation is eliminated) - Final evaluation summary
Evaluation consultant: Magali Bonne-Moreau
Social Protection Floors. Volume 3. Governance and Financing
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.
Social Protection Floors. Volume 2. Innovations to Extend Coverage
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.
W4Y El Salvador country summary
Work for Youth (W4Y) - (Final Evaluation Summary)
Project: GLO/11/01/MCF
Promoting respect for informal workers' labour rights in Costa Rica, El Salvador and Honduras (Midterm Evaluation Summary)
Project: RLA/12/01/USA - Evaluation Consultants: Gabriela León Segura and Andrea Meneses Rojas
Informal economy
Transition to the formal economy in Latin America and the Caribbean
Based on the recent developments that took place in the region, the main aim of this report is to depict the regional patterns in policies and outcomes and obtain lessons from them to enrich the discussion on better policies to handle the...
Latin American Network to Combat Child Labour: Public-Private Partnership
This partnership between Fundación Telefónica and the ILO created a strategic regional alliance to more efficiently combat child labour in Latin America. It strengthens institutions and provides the required tools to disseminate good practices and...