Publications and tools
2019
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Maternity income protection in Southern and Eastern Africa. From concept to practice
02 December 2019
This publication is part of a collaboration of the ILO with the Eastern and Central Africa Social Security Association (ECASSA) to encourage the move from employer liability systems to social insurance based systems and to provide universal and comprehensive coverage.
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Measuring financing gaps in social protection for achieving SDG target 1.3: Global estimates and strategies for developing countries [Executive summary]
25 November 2019
Social security is a human right but it is not yet a reality. Only 45 per cent of the global population are effectively covered by at least one social protection benefit, while the remaining 55 per cent – as many as 4 billion people – are unprotected. Closing the coverage gap will require additional investments in social protection, which can and should be achieved by increasing the “fiscal space” for social protection.
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Measuring financing gaps in social protection for achieving SDG target 1.3: Global estimates and strategies for developing countries
25 November 2019
Social security is a human right but it is not yet a reality. Only 45 per cent of the global population are effectively covered by at least one social protection benefit, while the remaining 55 per cent – as many as 4 billion people – are unprotected. Closing the coverage gap will require additional investments in social protection, which can and should be achieved by increasing the “fiscal space” for social protection.
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Fiscal Space for Social Protection. A Handbook for Assessing Financing Options
07 November 2019
This practical handbook is an essential companion to assess financing options to extend social protection coverage and benefits.
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General Survey concerning the Social Protection Floors Recommendation, 2012 (No. 202)
28 February 2019
The Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations has just published its annual General Survey on member States' national law and practice concerning social protection floors.
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100 years of social protection. The road to universal social protection systems and floors. Vol. 1: 50 country cases
07 February 2019
This book is a compendium of 50 country good practices in building national social protection systems including floors.
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Towards universal social protection for children: Achieving SDG 1.3
06 February 2019
The importance of ensuring adequate social protection for children has long been high on the agenda of both the ILO and UNICEF. For children, social protection takes on a special significance, since the negative effects of poverty and deprivation in childhood have ramifications that can last a lifetime.
2018
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Agenda of the Global Social Protection Week
31 October 2018
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Reversing pension privatization: Rebuilding public pension systems in Eastern European and Latin American countries (2000-18)
31 October 2018
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Reversing Pension Privatizations. Rebuilding public pension systems in Eastern Europe and Latin America
31 October 2018
From 1981 to 2014, thirty countries privatized fully or partially their public mandatory pensions; as of 2018, eighteen countries have reversed the privatization.
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Pension Privatization and Reversal of Pension Reforms in Argentina
30 October 2018
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Reversing pension privatization in Bolivia
30 October 2018
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Reversing privatization and re-nationalizing pensions in Hungary
30 October 2018
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Reversing pension privatization in Kazakhstan
30 October 2018
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Reversing pension privatization: The case of Polish pension reform and re-reforms
30 October 2018
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The Reversal of Pension Privatization in Ecuador
30 October 2018
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Repeal of the privatization of the pension system in Nicaragua
30 October 2018
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The Reversal of Pension Privatization in Venezuela
30 October 2018
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Second-pillar pension re-reforms in Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Latvia, Macedonia, Romania, and Slovakia. Benefit payouts amidst continuing retrenchment
30 October 2018
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From principles to practice: A method for identifying income sufficiency when applying International Legal Standards
30 October 2018
Is access to sufficient level of income required for social protection, and if so at what level? Although ILO Conventions and Recommendations make reference to income standards, much about them has been left unspecified.