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.

 

Editor's choice

Social Protection Floor for a Fair and Inclusive Globalization
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This report, prepared under the guidance of Ms Michelle Bachelet and members of the Advisory Group on the Social Protection Floor convened by the ILO, shows that the extension of social protection, drawing on social protection floors, can play a pivotal role in relieving people of poverty and deprivation.

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.

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Latest ISSA publications

Social Policy Highlight

Information and Communication Technology: Facilitating innovative social security

Information and Communication Technology: Facilitating innovative social security

Highlights four sustainable and positive contributions that ICT is making to social security.

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Social Security Programs Throughout the World

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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.

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International Social Security Review

Developments and Trends report

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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.

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ISSA Guidelines

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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.

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New publications from other organizations (26)

A selection of recent social security publications from external sources. The views expressed in these publications are not necessarily those of the ISSA. External links.
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Special Issue: Social Protection for Social Justice
IDS - Centre for Social Protection, 2011
Articles in this IDS Bulletin elaborate the linkages between social protection and social justice. They identify opportunities for operationalising the 'transformative' aspects of social protection and strengthen the case for integrating social protection into broader social...
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