Social Protection

Creation of jobs and decent work together with extending coverage of social protection, vocational training provision and skills development in both formal sector and informal economy are essential for inclusive growth. Here we want to raise awareness and knowledge on the important role of employment, VET and social protection as key elements in the EU's development policy.

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Defining social protection programmes - Social mitigation of HIV/AIDS - Social Protection policies - Social services aid & social transfers - Welfare services policies

Social health protection - ILO 2007_en

Andrea Floridi uploaded a new Document | 26 August 2015

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The present paper is the first in the Department's series of papers in the field of social health protection and is a contribution to the assignment bestowed on the International Labour Office by the International Labour Conference, namely to launch a major campaign for the extension of social...

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Group: Informal Economy Support Facility
Seguridad social para todos - OIT 2012_spa

Andrea Floridi uploaded a new Document | 26 August 2015

social_security_for_all_-_ilo_2012_spa.pdf 2.63 MB

En este documento se expone la estrategia de la seguridad social de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo tal como se acordó por consenso de los gobiernos y los trabajadores y empleadores de los 185 Estados Miembros de la OIT.

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Group: Informal Economy Support Facility
La sécurité sociale pour tous - OIT 2012_fre

Andrea Floridi uploaded a new Document | 26 August 2015

social_security_for_all_-_ilo_2012_fre.pdf 2.65 MB

Ce document expose la stratégie de la sécurité sociale de l'Organisation internationale du travail comme convenu par un consensus des gouvernements et des travailleurs et les organisations d'employeurs de 185 Etats Membres de l'OIT.

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Group: Informal Economy Support Facility
Social security for all - ILO 2012_eng

Andrea Floridi uploaded a new Document | 26 August 2015

social_security_for_all_-_ilo_2012_eng.pdf 1.35 MB

This document lays out the social security strategy of the International Labour Organization as agreed by a consensus of governments and workers’ and employers’ organizations of 185 ILO member States.

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Group: Informal Economy Support Facility
Extending health care coverage Potential linkages between statutory social - ISSA ILO 2007

Andrea Floridi uploaded a new Document | 26 August 2015

extending_health_care_coverage_potential_linkages_between_statutory_social_-_issa_ilo_2007.pdf 130.71 KB

Based on an analysis of the respective strengths and weaknesses of social health insurance and community-based health care schemes, this article demonstrates the high potential of coverage extension strategies that use a pluralistic institutional approach to establish linkages and exploit...

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Group: Informal Economy Support Facility
Is Latin America retreating from individual retirement accounts - Center for Retirement Research-CRR 2009

Andrea Floridi uploaded a new Document | 26 August 2015

is_latin_america_retreating_from_individual_retirement_accounts_-_crr_2009.pdf 316.1 KB

This brief reviews the two rounds of pension reforms to determine whether Latin American countries are moving away from individual pensions. Even though this region is quite heterogeneous, its labor markets and social security systems share some common features, such as a large informal economy and...

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Group: Informal Economy Support Facility
Social Protection and the Informal Economy. Linkages and Good Practices for Poverty Reduction and Empowerment - OECD 2009

Andrea Floridi uploaded a new Document | 26 August 2015

social_protection_and_the_informal_economy_linkages_and_good_practices_for_poverty_reduction_and_empowerment_-_oecd_2009.pdf 221.99 KB

Poverty persists across the world. The informal economy is growing worldwide. These two facts are connected. The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework which links these two facts, and relates them to a third problem – the decreasing numbers of people who can get access to measures of...

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Group: Informal Economy Support Facility
Social Protection and the Informal Sector in Developing Countries - World Bank 2001

Andrea Floridi uploaded a new Document | 26 August 2015

social_protection_and_the_informal_sector_in_developing_countries_-_wb_2001.pdf 271.04 KB

This discussion paper consists of two parts. The first part identifies the sources of income insecurity and vulnerability among workers in the so called informal sector in developing countries; the second part deals with the challenge of developing a comprehensive approach to social protection for...

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Group: Informal Economy Support Facility
Social security, social impact and economic performance: A farewell to three famous myths. - ILO 2006

Andrea Floridi uploaded a new Document | 26 August 2015

social_security_social_impact_and_economic_performance._a_farewell_to_three_famous_myths_-_ilo_2006.pdf 205.89 KB

The paper first revisits the standard economic arguments on the potential inter-relationship between social security and economic performance, then evaluates some of the statistical evidence and finally applies some simple logic to refute three of the major myths with regard to the relationship...

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Group: Informal Economy Support Facility
Shorts videos and highligths on AVSI YouTube channel about the project in Côte d'Ivoire

Francesco Barilli updated the Information | 25 August 2015

En vue de promouvoir la visibilité du projet, AVSI CI a crée une page YouTube pour diffuser certains moments clés de la mise en oeuvre de son projet intégré d'appui à l'autonomisation des artisans de Côte d'Ivoire. AVSI YouTubeChannel : cliquer ici --------------- In order to promote the visibility...

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