Summary (English)

In 2020 the ILO, with funding from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), embarked on a multi-country project entitled “Protecting Garment Workers: Occupational Safety and Health and Income Support in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic”. The project aimed to support workers in the garment sector, which globally has been badly affected by the crisis, including through the provision of income support in the form of cash transfers which were implemented in five countries from October 2020 to March 2022. This case study documents experiences and lessons from implementation of this project in the Lao Peopleʼs Democratic Republic.