This paper discusses recent changes in the role of the German state in relation to welfare and housing and, to a lesser extent, recent state initiatives in tackling homelessness. The analysis leads to the conclusion that some of more radical changes apparent in other European countries are less...

This paper discusses recent changes in the role of the German state in relation to welfare and housing and, to a lesser extent, recent state initiatives in tackling homelessness. The analysis leads to the conclusion that some of more radical changes apparent in other European countries are less...

Um 2015 einen ausgeglichenen Haushalt zu erreichen, soll der Bundeszuschuss an die Krankenkassen gekürzt werden. Doris Pfeiffer, Vorsitzende des Vorstands des GKV-Spitzenverbands, sieht durch diesen Beschluss zwar keine unmittelbaren Beitragserhöhungen auf die gesetzlich Versicherten zukommen....

Presents the recommendation of three meetings at which the 14 African countries of the CFA France Zone discusses measures to alleviate the negative effects of the 1994 CFA franc devaluation. Recommendations deal with social protection policy, and the administration and functioning of social...

Describe los desafíos institucionales y el proceso político-social que significó la reforma del sistema chileno de pensiones y que afectó tanto a la sustentabilidad financiera del nuevo sistema de pensiones en el largo plazo, como al manejo responsable de los recursos fiscales y de su...

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

Presents an overview of developments in the region's social protection systems over the course of the 1990s, with particular stress on problems concerning old-age, disability and survivors' pension provisions.