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 Protection Floor for a Fair and Inclusive Globalization
It can in addition help people adapt their skills to overcome the constraints that block their full participation in a changing economic and social environment, contributing to improved human capital development and stimulating greater productive activity.
Latest ISSA publications
Social Policy Highlight Information and Communication Technology: Facilitating innovative social security Highlights four sustainable and positive contributions that ICT is making to social security. |
Social Security Programs Throughout the World Americas, 2011 This report, which is part of a four-volume series, provides a cross-national comparison of the social security systems in 36 countries in the Americas. |
International Social Security Review
April‐June 2012 |
Developments and Trends report Africa: A new balance for social security This volume identifies, synthesizes and interprets the most important recent developments and trends in Africa in social security. |
ISSA Guidelines Good Governance Guidelines for Social Security Institutions To provide ISSA member organizations with a basic framework on good governance, the Association published the ISSA Good Governance Guidelines for Social Security Institutions. |
New publications from other organizations (26)
Bonnet, Florence; et al., , ILO, 2012, 63 p
In 2009, the global economy experienced a 0.5 per cent contraction, following a modest 3 per cent growth in 2008. The recession was of an unprecedented scale in the post Second World War era and severely hit advanced economies, whose output declined by 3.4 per cent in 2009,...
English
CISS, 2012
Part I - Trends and models of work near retirement age Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Labor Market Behavior and Retirement in the Americas Chapter 3 Individual Decisions on Retirement Chapter 4 Collective Decisions on Retirement Chapter 5 Work for Older Adults,...
English, Portuguese, Spanish
European Commission, 2012, 40 p
This report looks at how the EU and the Member States can work to tackle the major challenges that confront our pension systems. It puts forward a range of initiatives to help create the right conditions so that those who are able can continue working - leading to a better...
English, French, German, Spanish
ILO, 2012, 120 p
Work-related stress is one of the most important issues in many countries. The negative impacts of stress are multiform and can include circulatory and gastrointestinal diseases as well as physical, psychosomatic and psycho-social problems. These in turn can lead to poor work...
English
OIT, 2012, 148 p
En América Latina 6 de cada 10 jóvenes que trabajan tienen un empleo informal, sin protección ni derechos... 'Necesitamos liderazgo para atajar los problemas que están denunciando nuestros jóvenes en las calles y plazas. No se lo dice el Director General de la OIT, sino...
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