Social Protection Programme

Extending social protection for informal workers in Togo

Social Protection for Self-Employed Informal Workers in Sub-Saharan Africa: A rights-based assessment of the impact of the COVID-19 crisis

Informal workers make up a large proportion of the “missing middle” in social protection – those who are not considered vulnerable enough...

COVID-19 Vaccination and Informal Workers: Immunize, Don’t Marginalize

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Policy Insights No. 9 Key findings and policy recommendations pertaining to waste pickers based...

Social Protection for Informal Workers: Trends and Changes – Social Protection Briefing Note No. 3

In this brief, we discuss the changes in Bolsa Família, the Brazilian cash-grant flagship programme, in light of the recent developments...

Domestic Workers and Social Protection in Nagaland

This policy brief aims to provide a descriptive picture of the condition of domestic workers in Nagaland, as well as highlight key policy...

Domestic Workers and Social Protection in Kerala State

This policy brief aims to provide a descriptive picture of the condition of domestic workers in India’s Kerala State, where the minimum...

Domestic Workers and Social Protection in Bihar State

This policy brief aims to provide a descriptive picture of the condition of domestic workers in Bihar State. Bihar included domestic workers...

Domestic Workers and Social Protection in Madhya Pradesh

This policy brief aims to provide a descriptive picture of the condition of domestic workers in Madhya Pradesh, one of India’s poorest...

Domestic Workers and Social Protection in Tamil Nadu

This policy brief aims to provide a descriptive picture of the condition of domestic workers in Tamil Nadu, one of the first Indian states...

Enabling Social Protection within the Informal Economy: Lessons from Worker-led Schemes in Nigeria, Uganda and Togo

This synthesis report, for the “New Forms of Social Insurance for the Economic Inclusion of Women & Young Informal Workers” research...