Public and Workplace Services

An analytical framework and tool (‘InteRa’) for integrating the informal recycling sector in waste and resource management systems in developing countries

Abstract: In low- and middle-income developing countries, the informal (collection and) recycling sector (here abbreviated IRS) is an important,...

Hierarchies of Care Work in South Africa: Nurses, Social Workers and Home-based Care Workers

Social pensions and policy learning: The case of southern Africa

Latin American capitalism: economic and social policy in transition

Employee and union inputs into occupational health and safety measures in Chinese factories

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Hidden health costs of pesticide use in Zimbabwe’s smallholder cotton growers

Depressive and anxiety symptoms among housemaidsAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine

Background: Housemaid, the most common occupation in the female labor force in Brazil, is known to be targeted by a generalized racial and...

Health Insurance in India: The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana

This policy brief explores the challenges faced by India’s poor workers in using the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), the largest...

World Social Protection Report 2014-15

The World Social Protection Report 2014-15 was launched by the ILO on June 3, 2014.  The report is a comprehensive source of information...

Experiencias y estrategias de protección social desde organizaciones de Trabajadores/as informales urbanos en México: los casos de la ciudad de México, Mérida y Monterrey

Programa WIEGO: Fortaleciendo la voz de los trabajadores informales en las decisiones de política social en América Latina