Research and resources

The programme aims to provide evidence-based empirical research to demonstrate the positive impact of investing in social protection and to make informed policy decisions. On this page, you can find some of the studies conducted in the realm of the programme or by their partners, and other resources. 

Multiple countries

• Research on the multiplier effect of social protection expenditure

Angola

• Development cooperation project document

Bangladesh

• ILO Social Security Standards. Employment Promotion and Protection against Unemployment, November 2021 (in English)

Burkina Faso

• Project presentation: Strengthening the social protection system in Burkina Faso (in French) 

Ecuador

• Unemployment protection mechanisms in Ecuador: dialogue session with ecuadorian academy, April 2021 (in Spanish)
• Labour thematic panorama: present and future of social protection in Latin America, ILO, 2018 (in Spanish)
• Unemployment insurance and its refoms in Latin América, ECLAC, 2010 (in Spanish)

Ethiopia

• Socio-economic Impact Analysis of COVID-19 in Ethiopia
• COVID-19 Socio-economic Vulnerability Assessment of Ethiopia
• Policy Brief on Mitigating the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 in Ethiopia
• Annex 1 – Vulnerability Impact Fiches (Mitigating the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 in Ethiopia)
• Presentation on “Social Protection Programs Coverage and Context in Ethiopia”
• Social Protection-PFM Project Introductory Brochure for Ethiopia

Nepal

• Case for enhancing investment in children in Nepal 

Senegal

• Study on financing social protection in Senegal (French) | Brochure (French)
• Global review and analysis of the national social protection system in Senegal (French)
• Study on the extension and improvement of the Equality Opportunity Card scheme (French)
• Brochures for online training courses offered to technical social protection actors (English)
• Project Presentation for Senegal (French)
• Summary sheet on social protection in Senegal (French)

Sri Lanka

• Policy brief on social protection and the COVID-19 crisis: Responses to support workers and their families in Sri Lanka
  
• UN advisory paper: Immediate socio-economic response to COVID-19 in Sri Lanka

Uganda

• Capacity assessment report on civil society organizations and trade unions participation in Social Protection and Public Finance Management processes in Uganda
• Budget briefs on the National Budget Framework Fiscal Year 2021/22
• KCCA’s GirlsEmpoweringGirls Programme Brochure