Further readings

Strategy documents

• ILO: Social security for all. Building social protection floors and comprehensive social security systems. The strategy of the International Labour Organization
• The World Bank 2012 - 2011 Social Protection and Labor Strategy (PDF 2,8 MB)
• Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Social Protection Data and Analysis

• The World Social Protection Report 2017-19 by the International Labour Organization (2017)
• Universal Social Protection: Country Cases. Global Partnership for Universal Social Protection USP2030, World Bank & International Labour Office (2016) (PDF 10 MB)
• The negotiated politics of social protection in sub-Saharan Africa, WIDER Working Paper 34/2018, UNU-WIDER (2018)

Practice guides

• ILO, UNDP & Global South-South Development Academy: Sharing Innovative Experiences: Successful Social Protection Floor Experiences (2011)

Examples of good practices

• ILO World Social Protection Report 2014-15: Building economic recovery, inclusive development and social justice, ILO 2015
• Magdalena Sepulveda Carmona: “From Undeserving Poor to Rights Holder: A Human Rights Perspective on Social Protection Systems”. In Development Pathways Working Paper No. 1, (2014).
• Marius Olivier, Francis Andrianarison, and Maria McLaughlin, 2012: Study on Social Protection in Sub-Saharan Africa (PDF 1,1 MB)
• The World Bank and ILO : The Universal Social Protection Initiative
• “A joint mission and plan of action: Universal social protection to ensure that no one is left behind”. Joint statement by World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim and ILO Director General Guy Ryder (PDF 500 KB)
• The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP): Social Protection Toolbox