Policy papers
2022
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Social Security
Workers’ guide to ILO Conventions concerning minimum standards of social security
14 September 2022
The guide aims to help workers’ representatives to promote the ratification of ILO standards, and in particular Convention No. 102, and to ensure their application at national level as a basis for progressively extending adequate and sustainable social protection to all.
2018
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Extension of Social Security - Working Paper - ESS 63
Reversing pension privatization: Rebuilding public pension systems in Eastern European and Latin American countries (2000-18)
31 October 2018
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Extension of Social Security - Working Paper - ESS 64
Pension Privatization and Reversal of Pension Reforms in Argentina
30 October 2018
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Extension of Social Security - Working Paper - ESS 65
Reversing pension privatization in Bolivia
30 October 2018
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Extension of Social Security - Working Paper - ESS 66
Reversing privatization and re-nationalizing pensions in Hungary
30 October 2018
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Extension of Social Security - Working Paper - ESS 67
Reversing pension privatization in Kazakhstan
30 October 2018
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Extension of Social Security - Working Paper - ESS 68
Reversing pension privatization: The case of Polish pension reform and re-reforms
30 October 2018
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Extension of Social Security - Working Paper - ESS 69
The Reversal of Pension Privatization in Ecuador
30 October 2018
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Extension of Social Security - Working Paper - ESS 70
Repeal of the privatization of the pension system in Nicaragua
30 October 2018
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Extension of Social Security - Working Paper - ESS 71
The Reversal of Pension Privatization in Venezuela
30 October 2018
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Extension of Social Security - Working Paper - ESS 72
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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Extension of Social Security - Working Paper - ESS 61
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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Social Protection Policy Papers. Paper 17
Social protection for older persons: Policy trends and statistics 2017-19
26 September 2018
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Extension of Social Security - Working Paper - ESS 62
Universal Basic Income proposals in light of ILO standards: Key issues and global costing
30 August 2018
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Extension of Social Security - Working Paper - ESS 60
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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Extension of Social Security - Working Paper - ESS 59
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.
2017
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Extension of Social Security - Working Paper - ESS 58
Universal Social Protection Floors: Costing Estimates and Affordability in 57 Lower Income Countries
13 December 2017
This paper presents the results of costing universal social protection floors in 34 lower middle-income, and 23 low-income countries
2016
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Extension of Social Security - Working Paper - ESS 52
Social protection systems in Latin America: An assessment
08 December 2016
This paper assesses the present state of social protection systems in Latin America and their future challenges.
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Extension of Social Security - Working Paper - ESS 55
Health workforce: A global supply chain approach. New data on the employment effects of health economies in 185 countries.
08 December 2016
This paper provides evidence that investments in health protection not only impact on the achievement of health objectives, but also create an important source of employment across numerous economic sectors.
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Extension of Social Security - Working Paper - ESS 54
Protecting people and the environment. Lessons learnt from Brazil's Bolsa Verde, China, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, South Africa and 56 other experiences
05 May 2016
This working paper provides an overview of 56 Payments for Environmental Services (PES) experiences in 19 countries from the global south that combine social protection and environmental objectives within one programme.