Social Protection Programme

The Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme: Barriers to Access for Informal Workers

Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is an innovative attempt to extend social protection to informal workers, and, as such, it...

Chains of Production, Ladders of Protection: Social Protection for Workers in the Informal Economy

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...

Linking Safety Nets, Social Protection and Poverty Reduction: Directions for Africa

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...

Working People and Access To Social Protection

The Political Economy of Social Policy and Social Security in Sub-Saharan Africa

A Framework for Analyzing Social Protection for Workers in the Informal Economy

South Africa: Transition Under Pressure

Learning From Experience: A Gendered Approach to Social Protection for Workers in the Informal Economy

This publication provides a framework of analysis and an overview of current practice in social protection. It was created to serve as a...