ILO 'Better Work' guidelines for factories in the garment sector

02 April 2020

Repeal of the privatization of the pension system in Nicaragua

30 October 2018

Public policies for social and solidarity economy: Assessing progress in seven countries

13 October 2017

This particular study is a comparative analysis of seven ILO case studies. In the first part, an overview of the public policies for social and solidarity economy in Brazil, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, the Philippines, South Africa, the Republic of Korea and Italy is presented. The second part offers a comparative perspective of public policy for social and solidarity economy in terms of key instruments, achievements and limitations. Different pathways are identified and four specific challenges related to state capacity, policy coherence, participation and sustainability are examined.