This volume reviews the evidence regarding the effects of social insurance and social assistance programmes on labour market outcomes and discusses options to improve their design and implementation. The book focuses particularly on middle income countries in Latin America and A…
Most countries implement social protection programs to help individuals manage risks such as unemployment, disability, illness, longevity or death. In many middle income countries, these are often based on a 'Bismarckian model' (named after Otto von Bismarck), where benefits are…
Ghana has committed politically, legislatively, and fiscally to providing universal health insurance coverage for its population with the intent of reducing financial barriers to utilization of health care.. However, under current cost and enrollment projections the system will …
Examines the interrelationship between labour market performance and the tax and social security systems through the development of a general equilibrium model called MIMIC (Micro Macro model to analyse the Institutional Context). Simulations cover the period 1987 to 2017.
Recoge: 1. Introduction. - 2. The national focus of 'make work pay' debates en relation to social protection and social inclusion-an evaluation from a gender pespective. - 3. The impact of maternity and parental leave on employment. - 4. The impact of parental leave or extended …
"Widely praised as an outstanding contribution to social welfare and feminist scholarship, Regulating the Lives of Women (1988, 1996), was one of the first books to apply a race and gender lens to U.S. welfare state history, offering a major corrective to earlier accounts. It su…
Global health, gender, and the security question / Colleen O'Manique and Pieter Fourie -- The invisible tragedy of war : women and the environment / H. Patricia Hynes -- Survivors of conflict and post-conflict sexual and gender-based violence and torture in the Great Lakes Regio…