Peru has one of the highest number of deaths proportional to its population and a severely hit economy, even though it was one of the first countries to implement strict social distancing measures and an ambitious plan for fiscal stimulus and economic relief for households. The response of the...

Designing and delivering social protection programs for informal sector workers in Asia / Michael Samson and Kaleigh Kenny -- Financing of social protection for informal sector workers in Asia / Michael Cichon and David Cichon -- The political economy of social protection for informal economy...

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- 1 Designing and Delivering Social Protection Programs for Informal Sector Workers in Asia -- 2 Financing of Social Protection for Informal Sector...

In Article 25 (1) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the United Nations recognized in 1948 the basic human right to “security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond ... control.” This paper...

This document, prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and UN Women, has been conceived to serve as a guiding framework for those involved in the development of comprehensive national Care Systems as a pillar of social protection in the countries of the...