Examines strategies microfinance institutions can use to help mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS on the institution providing services in a high prevalence area, on the institution's client base and on the wider community. Discusses strategies to promote HIV/AIDS awareness and to facilitate...

Presents findings of field work on life, health and cattle insurance.

ILO pub. Working paper on collective agreements relating to technological change, partic. The introduction of computerization, in banking and insurance - comments on labour legislation; analyses trade union attitudes towards employment security, working conditions, redundancy, reinstatement,...

Reviews sectoral trends in output, employment and technology change in the financial sector since the 1960s, and analyses the experience of three banks and two insurance companies.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the employment effects of computerization in office-based service sector in the UK - examines trends in occupational change, and the impact of microelectronics information technology in insurance, accounting, local government and banking; based on case studies,...