Provides key information on 130 health micro-insurance schemes (HMIS) from 26 countries.

Based on a survey of 275 clients of a microfinance institution (MFI) in Lusaka. Analyses the economic stresses to which low-income entrepreneurs are vulnerable, examines their coping strategies and assesses the potential demand for microinsurance and other risk-managing financial services such...

Examines the feasibility of electronic money remittance systems as a means of extending the social security coverage of migrant workers.

Describes the operations of ASHWINI, an NGO based in Gudalur, which provides health services to the adivasi tribal people based in the Gudalur taluk.

Focuses on the process of the contribution, at community level, of health micro-insurance to improvement in maternal health care.

Examines to what extent and in what conditions the way in which humanitarian aid is distributed can contribute to the development of sustainable social protection.

ILO pub. Working paper, comparison of bilateral international agreements concerning black African migrant workers from countries of Southern Africa employed in South Africa R - covers recruitment, labour contracts, workers representation, remittances, tax deduction, administrative aspects of...