All publications: social protection + social assistance + social security + pension schemes + social security financing + social security legislation + social security policy + social services

Work conditions and profile of the domestic workers (in Bahasa Indonesia)

Brief presentation of a mapping survey result of the domestic workers in Bekasi, Depok, Pamulang, Pasar Minggu.

Factsheet on domestic workers in Indonesia

Domestic work constitutes an increasingly important part of the Indonesian economy. Up to 2,593,000 domestic workers are estimated to be orking in Indonesia.

International standard setting for domestic workers

The development of international labour standards for domestic workers will fill a significant gap in the promotion of decent work for all.

Brave women: the story of Indonesian migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong

This book contains the stories of Indonesian women, who went to Hong Kong to work as domestic workers. These stories are presented here to allow them, in their own words, to tell you about the very difficult problems they face to do no more than...

ESS Paper Series No. 1

Achieving health insurance for all. Lessons from the Republic of Korea

Republic of Korea [Kwon, 2002] which has gradually extended compulsory health insurance to all workers over a period of 12 years (from 1977 to 1989): wage earners of large corporations with more than 500 workers were first to be covered, government...

ESS Paper Series No. 11

Non-contributory pensions in Brazil: Their impact on poverty reduction

Despite labour market informality, Brazil has reached a remarkable benefit coverage among the elderly over the last decades. This coverage extension is, to a large extent, due to two basic pension programmes financed by tax revenues and some social...

ESS Paper Series No. 6

Namibia's Universal Pension Scheme: Trends and challenges

Namibia faces a number of challenges in reforming and providing for a comprehensive, affordable and sustainable pension system. At present, only about 6 per cent of the population is over 60. The World Bank estimates that this ratio is expected to...

ESS Paper Series No. 2

Labour markets and social security coverage. The Latin American experience.

Since coverage for social security in Latin America has typically been closely linked to formal sector employment, it has excluded the self-employed and those employed in irregular and temporary work. This paper looks at the extent to which social...

ESS Paper Series No. 16

Gender equality and the extension of social protecion

Gender is rarely used as a differentiating lens by which to understand more fully the various experiences and ramifications of the social protection agenda. This paper takes as its starting point the overwhelming evidence that women occupy a...

ESS Paper Series No. 15

Extending social security: Challenges for Cape Verde

Cape Verde gained its independence from Portugal in 1975. Initially, it was governed as a one-party state and the economy was largely controlled by the public sector. Social policy followed the welfare state model and in spite of limited natural...

ESS Paper Series No. 13

Extending social security. Policies for developing countries

This paper reviews the main trends and policy issues with regard to the extension of social security in developing countries. It begins by defining the concept of social security, and it examines its linkages with the development process and its...

ESS Paper Series No. 20

Extending social security coverage in Africa

This paper traces the development of social security in the continent and the links with colonial systems and concepts. It also identifies the elements which influence the development of social security and it highlights some country experiences...

ESS Paper Series No. 7

Extending health protection in Tanzania. Networking between health financing mechanisms.

ESS Paper Series No. 9

Extending health insurance in Senegal: options for statutory schemes and mutual organisations

Social security in Senegal covers less than 20 per cent of the population in terms of both personal and derived rights. The list of persons excluded also includes temporary workers and day labourers as well as workers in the informal...

ESS Paper Series No. 8

Anti-poverty programmes in Costa Rica. The non-contributory pension scheme

This study provides an overview of the main problems facing the Costa Rican Government's poverty reduction programmes, with particular emphasis on the management of resources. In particular, it provides a detailed analysis of a specific programme,...

Arab Empoyment Forum (Thematic Papers)

The Forum addresses the broad challenges and opportunities posed by the financial and economic crisis, providing a platform for senior policy-makers and high-level representatives of workers and employers from across the Arab region.

Informal Employment in Arab States: A Gender Equality and Workers' Rights Perspective

Report of the Regional Meeting of Experts, Carthage, 15-17 July 2008

Pension Reform in Serbia from international and regional perspectives

Proceedings of the Conference on Pension Reform in Serbia (24-25 September 2009, Belgrade)

Situational analysis of domestic work in China

Focuses on China's internal domestic workers situation. Chinese domestic workers are allowed to work overseas, but there are limited information available about the scale, trends, and working conditions.

Advocacy brief on decent work for domestic workers

The International Labour Office in Asia and the Pacific has launched an advocacy campaign to work with our constituents in governments, worker and employer organizations to help them prepare for the 2010 International Labour Conference discussion on...