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Project fact sheet

Accelerating Universal Social Protection for Achieving the SDGs and Ending Poverty

The introduction of a maternity cash benefit in Kenya

ILO Working paper 99

Digital labour platforms and national employment policies in China: Studying the case of food delivery platforms

This paper takes the food-delivery platforms as a case study to examine the impact of digital labour platforms on employment and labour market in China. It reviews the recent employment policies in the digital economy including policies of labour...

Access to social protection for Nepalese migrant workers in countries of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)

Access to social protection for Nepalese migrant workers in countries of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC).

Social protection for migrant workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries: A regional mapping of provisions on paper and in practice

Preliminary Assessment of Occupational Safety and Health in the Agriculture Sector in Lebanon

This assessment provides a comprehensive overview of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) conditions in selected farms located in the Akkar and Beqaa regions of Lebanon.

Discussion Paper

Aligning Skills Development and National Social Protection Systems.

Coordination between social protection, employment and skills policies is a hallmark of systems that successfully empower individuals to deal with important work and life transitions.

The International Labour Organization (ILO) in Timor-Leste at a glance (October 2023)

Timor-Leste has been active member of the ILO since the year of 2003. Currently, the work of the ILO in Timor-Leste is shaped within the framework of the tripartite approved Timor-Leste Decent Work Country Programme for 2022-2025 (DWCP).

Social protection coverage for national and migrant workers in the formal private sector in the GCC countries.

The infographic charts the systems of social protection available for workers in the private sector in each country of the GCC.

Unemployment insurance in Indonesia: Challenges and recommendations

The Government Regulation states that a periodical assessment of the JKP scheme to improve its policy design and its implementation is to be carried out every two years, and this paper aims to contribute analysis of and recommendations for JKP as...

Feasibility study on an unemployment insurance system for Indonesia: Institutional and operational aspects

This feasibility report was prepared and submitted to the Government of Indonesia in 2020 to provide advice and guidance on the planning and implementation of an effective employment insurance (EI) scheme for Indonesia.

Technical study on the “Challenges faced by Egyptian workers abroad in terms of access to social protection services, taking into account...

Decent and sustainable work in the inland waterways sector

Report for the Technical Meeting on Decent and Sustainable Work in the Inland Waterways Sector (Geneva, 20–24 November 2023)

Social Protection Statistics - World Social Protection Dashboards

Presentation for 21st ICLS

ILO Working Paper 97

A global fund for social protection. Lessons from the diverse experiences of global health, agriculture and climate funds

This study aims to understand the experiences of setting up global funds across the health, climate and agriculture sectors and identify lessons to be learned from them that can guide further thinking about the implementation of a prospective global...

ILO Brief

Assessing the Impact of FDI on Decent Work - Exploring KPIs for Foreign Direct Investment Impact Assessment

Assessing social protection adequacy in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Transfer value determination mechanisms for national and humanitarian social assistance schemes

Quick Guide to Budgeting Process in the Kyrgyz Republic

This report was prepared by the ILO external consultant Kadyrbek Kalkanov, with support of the International Labour Organization (ILO), represented by Jasmina Papa.

Feasibility study on the enrolment of refugees and asylum seekers in the Egyptian Universal Health Insurance Scheme (UHIS)

This study presents a review of the situation of refugees and asylum seekers in Egypt to assess the feasibility of including them in the universal health insurance scheme (UHIS) launched in 2018.