Social Protection

Building social protection floors
and comprehensive social security systems

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Lao PDR - LAO226

ILO supported deliverables

Results achieved

Garment sector workers benefitted from a one-time partial unemployment cash benefit
31.08.2021
A Mother and Early Childhood Grant programme was launched
30.06.2021
The National Health Insurance Verification Guideline was endorsed
30.09.2020
The National Social Protection Strategy was officially launched
01.04.2020
The first National Social Protection Strategy was developed
31.12.2019

Publications

Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Moving towards universal social health protection

Costa Rica, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Rwanda, and Viet Nam: Integrating social health protection systems

Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Indonesia and Lao People’s Democratic Republic: From emergency response to social protection system development – ILO–BMZ project to support workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Cambodia: Child and family grants

Progress report - Indonesia

Brochure of the SOLAR Project: Advancing social protection and labour rights in Lao PDR's coffee and tea sectors

Brochure of the UN Joint Programme on Social Protection Floors

Baseline Report of SOLAR Project in Lao PDR's coffee and tea sectors

Simulated Impacts on Growth and Financing of Social Protection

Developing a Shock-Responsive Social Protection System to respond to the COVID-19 Crisis

Brochure of the National Social Protection Strategy, 2025

A quantitative study of Lao PDR's labour force and enterprise landscape to understand informality