Public and Workplace Services

Social Protection in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Regional Review

Linkages between statutory social security schemes and community-based social protection mechanisms: A promising new approach

ISSA Technical Report, No. 9

Poor health kills small businesses: Illness and microenterprise in South Africa

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A Participatory Model for Improving Occupational Health and Safety: Improving Informal Sector Working Conditions in ThailandInternational Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the implementation of an Occupational Health and Safety Management Model for informal sector workers...

Falling through the Regulatory Cracks: Street Selling of Pesticides and Poisoning among Urban Youth in South AfricaInternational Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Engendering Social Protection

Conference Summary Report from an International Conference on Social Protection and Gender, held with social protection officials and civil...

Social Protection as Development Policy: Asian Perspectives

Health Financing and Delivery in India: An Overview of Selected Schemes

This paper analyzes some of India’s most prominent heath insurance schemes from the perspective of poor informal women workers, a specific...

Changing Social Policy: The Child Support Grant in South Africa

Description from HSRC Press: An important historical record of one part of post-apartheid South Africa’s policymaking, Changing Social...

WIEGO Childcare Initiative Summary Report (Thai)

This summary, in Thai, details research findings on women informal workers and child care from six membership-based organizations.