Publications and tools
2019
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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
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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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.
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The ILO Multi-Pillar pension model: Building equitable and sustainable pension systems
27 September 2018
Social Protection for All Issue Brief
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Social protection for older persons: Policy trends and statistics 2017-19
26 September 2018
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Universal Basic Income proposals in light of ILO standards: Key issues and global costing
30 August 2018
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Building an adequate U.S. labor and social protection system for the 21st century
05 June 2018
Over the last several decades the economic prospects facing U.S. workers and households have changed in substantial ways. For most, it has been a change for the worse. This paper is intended to bring analytical clarity and focus to the issues that currently confront workers, households and policy makers in the spheres of employment and social protection.
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Is biometric technology in social protection programmes illegal or arbitrary? An analysis of privacy and data protection
05 June 2018
Social protection programmes require processing significant data amounts, including often-sensitive information such as household assets, health status and physical or intellectual disabilities. Now more than ever, it is critical to address issues of privacy and data security in social protection programme design, implementation and evaluation.