The Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Center (SPARC) (http://www.sparcindia.org) –with a link for a number of reports and documents on surveys, housing, capacity building and changing policy, infrastructure and case studies including for a paper on a normative framework on secure tenure
FAO’s resources on land tenure: (http://www.fao.org/nr/tenure/lt-home/en/) Includes information resources, publications, studies, policy series, notes, manuals, journal, miscellaneous documents, technical papers and CD Roms. FAO also publishes and distributes materials that offer background information and guidance on land tenure issues.
BBL - Financial Crisis & Mandatory Pension Systems in Developing Countries: Short and Medium-term Responses for Retirement Income Systems:
A presentation by Robert Holzmann, Director, HDNSP, Jan 13, 2009 The international financial crisis has already had an important impact on defined-contribution and defined-benefit public and private pension schemes. In the face of declines in asset values, illiquidity in international financial markets and increasing pressure on fiscal resources, many country authorities are looking to the World Bank for guidance as to potential measures to mitigate the effects of the crisis and its future impact as well as measures that can assist in risk management in the future. This session highlighted the Bank's initial thinking on short- and medium-term measures for developing countries. The link also includes a note entitled ‘The Financial Crisis and Mandatory Pension Systems in Developing Countries - Short- and medium-term responses for retirement income systems’
Social Protection and Poverty -UNRISD paper by Armando Barrientos - The paper seeks to provide an overview of social protection, and to provide an assessment of its potential contribution to addressing poverty and vulnerability in developing countries.
Social Security for China’s Migrant Workers – Providing for Old Age- Paper by Andrew Watson - The article explores how the current social security system in China, based on household registration, discriminates against migrant workers because of their mobility and the lack of mechanisms to transfer benefits between pools. Faced with this challenge, China’s government has begun to introduce policy reforms to improve social security for migrants. This article explores this development through a focus on old-age insurance. It analyses the special needs of migrants, the obstacles facing policy development and the proposed solutions.
HomeNet Thailand Policy Briefs on Social Security, Health Insurance and Legal Protections
The briefs discuss the country experiences of Thailand in extending social security cover to informal workers, increasing effectiveness of universal health coverage schemes, especially for informal workers’ health problems and also ongoing advocacy for a Homeworker Protection Act in Thailand.
