A growing number of people in the industrialized world work under insecure employment conditions. This is due to increasing labour market flexibility, which has influenced the nature of employment and the related power relations. This fundamental change has consequences for labour conditions, social policies and the quality of work.

This is a list of selected reports, papers and databases on social protection in developing countries. It consists of three tables: table 1 contains a selection of reports by institutions as well as their theme pages on social protection; table 2 covers research papers by academics, research institutions and independent think-tanks that are available online; table 3 includes links to databases on social protection.