Summary

This brief features experiences with extending social protection to workers in the informal economy during the European Union-funded Improving Synergies Between Social
Protection and Public Finance Management (SP&PFM) Programme. The International Labour Organization (ILO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors (GCSPF) jointly implemented the Programme under the ILO’s Global Flagship Programme on Building Social Protection Floors for All (SPF Flagship Programme). The brief highlights what has been learned and the good practices and innovations used during the three years of implementation in 24 countries. The point is to summarize the drivers of impact that can then inform future interventions for further extending social protection to women and men working in the informal economy and to their families.