2006

1. Showing the way forward: India's redistribution experience in extending social protection to all

   01 January 2006

2. Costing of basic social protection benefits for selected Asian countries. First results of a modelling exercise

   01 January 2006

2005

1. The role of social health protection in reducing poverty: The case of Africa

   06 November 2005

   Provides evidence that the poverty implications of ill health are clear. There is a strong case for expanding social protection in sub-Sahara Africa: an ethical reason (social protection is a human right), a social reason (there is a strong demand for unmet effective, affordable and non discriminating systems of social protection) and a technical reason (there is little documented evidence of social health protection on health status, poverty reduction and economic growth). If African social protection systems are to cover effectively more people than is the case today, they will need to take a multiform appearance.

2. The impact of social health protection on access to healt care, health expenditure and impoverishment. A case study of South Africa

   06 November 2005

   The objective of this study is to analyse the role of social health protection in access to care and poverty reduction in South Africa. More precisely, the study assesses the impact of health insurance coverage on the utilization of health care services and out-of-pocket health care expenditure given use. Special attention is paid to the determinants of catastrophic health care payments and their impact on impoverishment

3. 

   Social protection expenditure and performance review. Slovak Republic

   27 September 2005

   Presents a description of the social protection system in the Slovak Republic, the main trends in social protection expenditures, the coverage of the population, and the adequacy of benefits. Covers the period 1989-2001.

4. Improving Social Protection for the Poor: Health Insurance in Ghana - The Ghana Social Trust pre-Pilot Project, Final Report

   01 January 2005

5. Social security health insurance. Social security and HIV/AIDS

   01 January 2005

6. Managing risk and minimizing vulnerability

   01 January 2005

   The role of social protection in pro-poor growth

7. Social protection as a productive factor. Fourth item on the agenda

   01 January 2005

   Governing Body 294th session

8. Can low income countries afford basic social protection? First results of a modelling exercise

   01 January 2005

   This report presents the methodology and the results of a modelling exercise that demonstrates that basic social protection benefits are not out of reach of low-income countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, even though some international assistance would be necessary for a transitory period.

2004

1. Social security, poverty reduction and development. Arguments for enlarging the concept and coverage of social security in a globalizing world

   06 November 2004

   The paper has attempted to put forward a number of arguments for enlarging both the concept and the coverage of social security especially in developing countries. It argues that social security should address the twin problems of deficiency and adversity. As such the concept of social security has been enlarged to include, what may be called, Basic Social Security (BSS) to take care of deficiency and Contingent Social Security (CSS) to meet contingencies.

2. Sharpening the Focus on the Poor: Policy Options for advancing social health protection in Indonesia

   06 November 2004

   Sixty per cent of Indonesia's population is working in the informal sector; most of them are poor and lack social health protection. Extending coverage to the informal sector will make the poor more productive and employable. Overcoming exclusion of the poor from social health protection and cutting links between poverty and health is a pre-requisite for social and economic development. It will contribute to achieving human dignity and social justice.

3. 

   International Experience with Social Assistance Schemes. Five Country Case Studies. ILO, 2004

   01 November 2004

4. Sex equality and social security. Selected rulings of the European court.

   01 January 2004

5. Social security reform and gender equality. Recent experience in Central Europe.

   01 January 2004

6. The impact of tax-financed pensions on poverty reduction in Latin America. Evidence from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica and Uruguay.

   01 January 2004

7. Financing social protection

   01 January 2004

   Designing social protection systems that are effective and equitable as well as fiscally, financially and economically efficient has been a challenge for many countries. Offers a comprehensive overview of the many financing options available while also provides a thorough analysis of their advantages and disadvantages and their financial and economic implications. The most important task of social protection systems is to alleviate and prevent poverty.

8. Actuarial practice in social security

   01 January 2004

   Presents technical material on valuation covering a wide-range of risks including old age, survivors, disability, sickness, maternity, employment injury, and unemployment. Provides concrete examples of work done by actuaries. It discusses the valuation of pensions, short-term cash benefits like sickness, maternity and unemployment insurance and examines the valuation of employment injury benefits as well. In addition, the book devotes special attention to what should be included in the actuarial report and presents a practical exercise to illustrate the important points discussed in the volume.

9. Extension of social security coverage for the informal economy in Indonesia. Surveys in the urban and rural informal economy. Working Paper N° 11

   01 January 2004

   There is no single solution to extend the coverage of social security to the informal economy workers. To this goal, the report proposes a combination of the following three options: Extending the existing statutory social security schemes; Creating a special scheme for the informal economy workers; and Encouraging the development of micro-insurance schemes.

10. Needs assessment survey: identifying the social protection priority needs of cooperative societies' members in Karnataka

    01 January 2004