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

Social protection

World social protection report 2024-26: Regional companion report for Asia and the Pacific

This Asia and the Pacific regional companion report complements the ILO’s World Social Protection Report 2024-26: Universal social protection for climate action and a just transition.

Social protection

Diagnostic of informality in the Cambodian construction sector

This study aimed to collect, analyse, discuss and disseminate qualitative information on the overall informal economy in the Cambodian construction sector; the situation of informal workers and economic units; and the diversity of constraints and...

World Social Protection Report 2024-26: Universal social protection for climate action and a just transition

This ILO flagship report provides a global overview of progress made around the world since 2015 in extending social protection, with a sharp focus on the climate crisis and the need for climate action to transition to a more sustainable world.

Social protection

Stories from the SOLAR Project

From 2021 to 2024, the “Reducing Vulnerability in Lao PDR: Advancing Social Protection and Labour Rights and Entitlements in the Coffee and Tea Sectors” (SOLAR) Project worked with coffee and tea farmers on the Bolaven Plateau in the southern Lao...

ILO Working Paper 124

A study on the employment and wage outcomes of people with disabilities

This study investigates the employment and wage disparities between people with and without disabilities.

ILO Brief

An analysis of the mid-term review of the National Social Protection Strategy in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

This ILO Brief summarises the key findings and recommendations from the “Report of the Mid-Term Review of the National Social Protection Strategy in Lao People's Democratic Republic”.

Technical Paper

Assessment and mapping of cash transfer payment modalities and frequencies in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

This technical paper provides practical guidance for the Ministry of Social Development, the Ministry of Finance and the European Union on strengthening the delivery of social assistance schemes in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. It focuses on...

Social protection

Report of the mid-term review of the National Social Protection Strategy in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic

The Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic recognizes the role of social protection in reducing poverty and inequality and in promoting socioeconomic development and social cohesion in a sustainable manner. It is committed to gradually...

Technical report

Public employment programmes at the intersection of employment and social protection policies

This report explains and discusses how Public Employment Programs (PEPs) are inherently integrated initiatives often situated at the intersection of employment and social protection policies. It argues that the primary focus on either job creation...

Project Factsheet

Strengthening capacities towards a coherent national social protection system across the humanitarian, development and peace nexus

This factsheet summarizes the project, "Strengthening capacities towards a coherent national social protection system across the humanitarian, development and peace nexus" in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Funded by the European Union (EU), and...

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...

Global Accelerator Progress Report 2023-2024

This is the first progress report of the Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions for the period January 2023 to April 2024. The report presents the vision, strategy, and results of the Global Accelerator in...

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...

Results brief

Bangladesh employment injury scheme pilot - phase 1 achievements

The Bangladesh pilot employment injury scheme aims to provide income security to workers, and their families in the event of work-related injuries, disability or death.

Social insurance

The Republic of Korea: Extending social insurance to digital platform workers

Extending social insurance to platform workers in the Republic of Korea offers valuable lessons for other countries facing similar challenges. This brief outlines recent advancements in extending employment injury and employment insurance coverage...

Technical note

ILO care policy investment simulator: Technical note

This Technical Note provides guidance on how to use the online ILO Care Policy Investment Simulator by explaining the underlying methodology, calculations and results. The Simulator helps build tailor-made care policy investment packages to fill...

Research Paper No.20

The effects of automation in the apparel and footwear industries and their gender dimensions: Indonesia case study

Impact of social policies adopted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic on informal employment in Argentina

Fact sheet

Pilot employment injury scheme for Bangladesh's garment sector

Fact sheet for the Bangladesh pilot employment injury scheme.

Towards an Inclusive, Equitable and Sustainable National Pension System in Iraq

A pension system is at the heart of social protection. By ensuring income security for older persons and other vulnerable groups, it prevents poverty, reduces inequality, and facilitates consumption smoothing. A pension system also affects the...