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Social security publications, reports and resources
ISSA offers access to a breadth of information on social security through dependable and easy-to-access electronic and printed publications. Additional information resources are available on the Social Security Databases page.
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Social Security Programs Throughout the World
Asia and the Pacific, 2012
The other regional volumes in the series focus on the social security systems of countries in Africa, the Americas and Europe. Together, the reports provide important information for researchers and policy-makers who are reviewing different ways of approaching social security challenges and adapting the systems to the evolving needs of individuals, households, and families.
Latest ISSA publications
Social security coverage extension in the BRICS A comparative study on the extension of coverage in Brazil, the Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa The country chapters in the report highlight the different approaches of the BRICS to the challenges each country faces in respect of extending social security coverage. They show how responses take into account the local realities and environment in each country. |
Developments and Trends report Europe: Enhancing the sustainability of comprehensive social security systems This volume identifies, synthesizes and interprets the most important recent developments and trends in social security in Europe. |
ISSA Handbook Handbook on the extension of social security coverage to the self-employed This ISSA Handbook identifies key barriers to extending and improving coverage for the self-employed, and measures to address them. |
International Social Security Review
April‐June 2013 |
Social Policy Highlight Europe: Enhancing the sustainability of comprehensive social security systems Spotlights the evolving challenges confronting Europe’s social security systems. |
New publications from other organizations (29)
ILO, 2013, 249
Five years after the outbreak of the global financial crisis, the study offers the latest global and regional information and projections on several indicators of the labour market, including employment, unemployment, working poverty and vulnerable employment. It also presents...
English
Michalak, Katarzyna, SCHULTHESS, 1-20, 634 p.
La dernière décennie a vu croître le nombre d affections psychiques ou mentales qui diminuent la probabilité d emploi et qui conduisent à l octroi d une rente d invalidité. Partant de ce constat, la thèse analyse comment le droit international et le droit européen de...
French
Holzmann, Robert; koetti, Johannes, Johannes, CESifo, 2012, 41
Portability of social benefits across professions and countries is an increasing concern for individuals and policy makers. Lacking or incomplete transfers of acquired social rights are feared to negatively impact individual labor market decisions as well as capacity to...
English
France. Cour des comptes, 2013, 170 p
La Cour des comptes rend public, mardi 22 janvier, un rapport consacré aux politiques en faveur du marché du travail. Dans un contexte de chômage élevé, où il apparaît essentiel de préserver l'employabilité de ceux qui sont les plus fragilisés par les évolutions...
French
IZA, 2012, 27
Policies that support the unemployed, while reducing employment barriers and benefit dependency, are of particular interest in the current economic climate. This paper examines alternative policy approaches for combining adequate income support for the jobless with incentives...
English
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Calculating the international return on prevention for companies - Costs and benefits of investments in occupational safety and health
Study
Banjul Statement in support of the Seoul Declaration for Safety and Health at Work
Occupational diseases: Challenges and perspectives for social security - Social Policy Highlight
Background document to the Framework Guidance Document on social security for migrant workers in Eurasia
Policy Declaration
Principles/Guidelines for enhancing the social security coverage of migrant workers in Eurasia - Framework Guidance Document
Policy Declaration