The aftermath of global financial and economic crisis continues to affect economies and people in most countries. While the recession seems to have ended, the impact on the labour market looks destined to persist for several more years. Nevertheless, social security systems have responded effectively to the test by softening the impact of the crisis. The challenge for social security now is to continue to cope with the social fall-out.
The ISSA is proactively working through its members to enable social security institutions and policy-makers to analyse the impact of the financial and economic crisis, develop strategies that can alleviate its negative social and economic effects and share measures adopted and lessons learned.
European Commission: EU tackles social dimension of economic crisis
European Commission: The financial crisis - facts and policies
ILO Global Job Crisis Observatory: Social security - tools and good practices
ILO GESS: Government responses to the crisis related to social security
Institute of Development Studies: Crisis watch - Tracking global economic shocks
International Labour Organization and the global job crisis
International Monetary Fund and the financial crisis
Organisation for Economic Development and Co-operation tackling the financial and economic crisis
UNESCO: The Global and Financial Crisis
United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis (June 2009)
United Nations Development Programme: Impact of the economic crisis
World Bank and the financial crisis
World Health Organization: The financial crisis and global health