Publication

100 Years of Public Works in the ILO

21 October 2021

This book chronicles the breadth and depth of ILO’s engagement in Public Works Programmes (PWPs) over the last century. It describes the journey, the ideas and the innovations that have emerged in a shifting global economic, social and political context. PWPs continue to be widely used and supported by the ILO an it is hoped that lessons that have been handed down will be useful in informing future policy-making and programme design.

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

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

29 June 2021

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 lack of social protection coverage weakens social justice and undermines inclusive growth and the realization of human rights.

Policy resource package

Extending social security to workers in the informal economy. Information and awareness

15 March 2021

If workers and employers do not know what social protection schemes are available to them, what their rights and responsibilities are and how they can access such schemes, then social protection policies and programmes have little chance of succeeding. Limited access to information and awareness may significantly hinder the extension of social security.

Policy resource package

Extending social security to domestic workers

12 March 2021

Key lessons learned from international experience

Policy resource package

Extending social security to workers in the informal economy

12 March 2021

Key lessons learned from international experience

World Employment and Social Outlook 2021

The role of digital labour platforms in transforming the world of work

23 February 2021

This ILO flagship report explores how the contemporary platform economy is transforming the way work is organized, and analyses the impact of digital labour platforms on enterprises, workers and society as a whole.

World Employment and Social Outlook 2021

The role of digital labour platforms in transforming the world of work [Summary]

23 February 2021

This report examines how digital labour platforms are transforming the world of work and how that affects employers and workers. It focuses on two main types of digital labour platform: online web-based platforms, where tasks are performed online and remotely by workers, and location-based platforms, where tasks are performed at a specified physical location by individuals, such as taxi drivers and delivery workers.

Briefing note

Research brief 3: Social Security of Platform Workers in China: findings and recommendations from two studies (2018-2019)

04 February 2021

Joint UNDP/ ILO publication

Informality and Social Protection in African Countries: A Forward-looking Assessment of Contributory Schemes

01 February 2021

Social Protection Spotlight COVID-19

Towards solid social protection floors? The role of non-contributory provision during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond

21 January 2021

The COVID-19 crisis has emphasized the importance of guaranteeing access to at least essential health care and to basic income security for all over the life cycle, as stipulated in the Social Protection Floors Recommendation, 2012 (No. 202).