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Market systems analysis - Moldova

Safety and Security at Work

A Systems Analysis for Moldova’s Decent Work Country Programme 2021-2024

Report

Social Security Fund of Nepal: A Capacity Needs Assessment and Learning Plan

The study assesses the multiple dimensions of capacity, and the competencies required to effectively implement a contribution-based social security system under the Social Security Fund (SSF) in Nepal.

Guidebook for policymakers, workers’ and employers’ organizations and other stakeholders

Extending social security to workers in the informal economy: Lessons from international experience

For most workers in the informal economy, the lack of social protection is a challenge not only in their daily struggles to make ends meet but in their aspirations to obtain decent work, rights and dignity. For the societies in which they live, the...

Report

Social protection responses to COVID-19 in Nepal

The report provides an assessment of how social protection systems can be reviewed and strengthened to fulfil their role as economic and social stabilizers during the crisis recovery and as integral elements of further economic growth.

Simplify social security- Pocket book

SIMPLIFY Social Security, is a tool that offers a systematic and harmonized approach for the effective and simplified application of Social Security Laws in Pakistan.

Simplify social security- trainers manual

Trainers' manual for effective compliance and the enforcement of social security laws in Pakistan

Project Outcome Brief - Achieving the SDGs and ending poverty through universal social protection

This compilation brings together key outcomes and successes of the ‘Achieving the SDGs and ending poverty through universal social protection’, a project jointly implemented by the ILO and UNDESA.

Actuarial analysis of a proposed unemployment insurance scheme in Indonesia

The report assesses the cost of implementing an unemployment insurance (UI) scheme in Indonesia and identifies which factors influence the cost of such a scheme. This report considers a specific design option for the UI scheme, as well as...

Social protection

Quarterly Social Security Policy Monitor China - Issue 7

The Social Security Policy Monitor is produced by the ILO under the EU-China project “Improving China’s Institutional Capacity towards Universal Social Protection”. It captures latest social security policy development in China, EU and globally.

Labour Law Guide for the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)

This Guide provides a single access point for labour laws in the OECS, covering all significant areas in the sub-region. It is derived from various labour laws, regulations and international labour law standards that have been ratified by Member...

Migrant Welfare Funds: Lessons for Myanmar from Nepal, Thailand and the Philippines

This paper prepared by ILO Myanmar’s Development of Internal and International Labour Migration (DIILM Project) (February 2016 – June 2021) funded by Livelihoods and Food Security Fund (LIFT) provides details of the development, administration and...

International Law, Social Protection and Myanmar Migrant Workers (ILO Brief 1)

This is the first brief on Social Protection and Myanmar Migrant Workers prepared by ILO Myanmar’s Development of Internal and International Labour Migration (DIILM Project) (February 2016 – June 2021) funded by Livelihoods and Food Security Fund...

Social security system in Myanmar and migrant workers (ILO Brief 2)

This is the second brief on Social Protection and Myanmar Migrant Workers prepared by ILO Myanmar’s Development of Internal and International Labour Migration (DIILM Project) (February 2016 – June 2021) funded by Livelihoods and Food Security Fund...

Partnership for improving prospects for forcibly displaced persons and host communities (PROSPECTS) - Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq

In Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq, the ILO under the PROSPECTS partnership is implementing interventions to address some of the critical decent work challenges facing both forcibly displaced persons and host communities, as part of efforts to enhance more...

Report

World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2021

In 2020, an estimated 8.8 per cent of total working hours were lost – the equivalent of the hours worked in one year by 255 million full-time workers. This report provides a comprehensive assessment of how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the...

Executive Summary

World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2021

In 2020, an estimated 8.8 per cent of total working hours were lost – the equivalent of the hours worked in one year by 255 million full-time workers. This summary indicator captures the various channels through which the pandemic has affected...

A social protection profile of Pakistan - Building an inclusive social protection system

Pakistan’s social protection profile 2021, highlights gaps and good practices on existing social protection systems and offers recommendations to increase the effectiveness and inclusiveness of these systems.

Transform Brochure

TRANSFORM : A Leadership and Transformation Learning Initiative on building and managing social protection floors (SP) in Africa

TRANSFORM is an innovative learning initiative on the implementation of national social protection floors in Africa. Social protection floors are nationally defined sets of basic social security guarantees which secure protection aimed at preventing...

Socio economic impact of COVID-19 towards people living with HIV and key population: Rapid assessment report

The impacts of COVID-19 pandemic have caused more burdens to vulnerable groups who have previously faced challenges in fulfilling their basic needs, such as access to health and economy. Moreover, the stigma and discrimination that they face as...

ILO Working paper 34

Old age work and income security in middle income countries: comparing the cases

This paper considers the demographic ageing trend experienced in 35 middle-income countries. It examines employment and other related dimensions that can reflect their preparedness to secure adequate income for their ageing population. Drawing from...