Small Grant - 2004
Towards Generalized and Equitable Social Security Coverage in Africa. Linkages between Public and Private Social Protection Initiatives Aiming at the Extension of Social Protection for the Poor and the Excluded in the Informal Economy
This project aims at finding practical solutions for expanding social security coverage in Africa. The objectives of the project are: to analyse on a comparative basis public efforts and community-based social protection systems; to identify and carry out a typology of the various mechanisms used in this area, to provide an overview of ways in which social protection could be extended, based on a combination of public and private efforts; to promote the research results in countries where the existence of community-based social protection...
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Annual Call for Projects 2001
Social Challenge of Development: Globalisation, Inequalities and Social Protection
Within the GIAN framework and with its financial support, six institutions have decided to co-operate in an analysis of the effects of globalisation on inequality. This is one of the major questions of our time, at the intersection of politics and economics. The project considers the general impact of globalisation, and also focuses on health, education and social protection.
The Graduate Institute for Development Studies (GIDS) in Geneva, UNRISD (United Nations Research Institute for Social Development) and the Faculty of Economics of...
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