Programme: Social Protection Programme

Key Considerations: COVID-19 in Informal Urban Settlements (March 2020)

This brief sets out key considerations for protecting informal urban settlements from the spread and impacts of COVID-19. There is heightened...

Extending childcare services to workers in the informal economy: Policy lessons from country experiences

This brief presents a new typology of childcare services available to workers in the informal economy and their young children between 0-3...

Labour and human rights frameworks promoting childcare for all workers

This second policy brief on childcare for workers in the informal economy highlights the relevant international legal instruments, including...

Quality child-care services for workers in the informal economy

Women working in the informal economy must earn income. Child-care provision and parental leave are proven to have a positive impact on women’s...

Children, Citizenship and Child Support: The Child Support Grant in South Africa

‘The State in a Changing World’; plus ça change?: Reflections from the south on the World Bank’s 1997 World Development Report

Abstract: Drawing on South African experiences, this paper provides a critical evaluation of the World Bank’s 1997 World Development...

Trabalhadoras Informais se Mobilizando pelo Cuidado das Crianças

Trabalhadoras Informais se Mobilizando pelo Cuidado das Crianças argumenta que benefícios à maternidade e os serviços de cuidado infantil...

Chains of Production, Ladders of Protection: Social Protection for Workers in the Informal Economy

Engendering Social Protection

Conference Summary Report from an International Conference on Social Protection and Gender, held with social protection officials and civil...

Pensions and development: Social security as complementary to programmes of reconstruction and development