This paper reviews the current state of and challenges facing social protection in the Philippines. It describes the social protection institutions and the schemes that have been developed throughout the years. It also provides an assessment focusing on coverage, administration, and management....

The standard poverty lines applied in empirical research tend to be problematic in terms of validity, reliability, ease of application or socio-political credibility. This paper introduces an international version of an alternative method, which originally has been developed for the Netherlands....

This paper has four main objectives: (1) to monitor the rise of poverty and income inequality during the first decade of Russian transition; (2) to analyze the performance of the welfare state in reducing poverty and income inequality; (3) to identify the most vulnerable groups of transition;...

Social Security is a major retirement income source for older persons in the United States and other developed countries. Without Social Security income, a large portion of the older population would live in poverty in all developed countries. This report analyzes how or to what extent Social...

In Deutschland resultiert aus der Vielzahl unterschiedlicher sozialpolitischer Ziele und Instrumente ein komplexes Geflecht an Umverteilungsströmen. Die Effekte der staatlichen Redistribution lassen sich per Saldo kaum mehr nachvollziehen. Auswertungen der Einkommens- und Verbrauchsstichprobe...

Der vorliegende Bericht resümiert die konzeptionellen und methodischen Vorarbeiten zur neuen Panelerhebung "Arbeitsmarkt und Soziale Sicherung", die im Dezember 2006 erstmals ins Feld ging. Deren haushaltsbasierte Daten sollen dazu beitragen, eine wichtige Lücke im Bereich der Armuts- und...

Verbreitete Armut ist nach wie vor eines der zentralen Probleme der arabischen Entwicklungsländer, das nicht nur auf begrenzte Erwerbsmöglichkeiten und geringe Einkommen zurückgeht. Große Teile der Bevölkerung verarmen auch deshalb immer wieder, weil sie keinen adäquaten Zugang zu...

Community based micro insurance has aroused much interest and hope in meeting health care challenges facing the poor. In this paper we explore how institutional rigidities such as credit constraint impinge on demand for health insurance and how insurance could potentially prevent poor households...