Papers by Wouter van Ginneken
Revue internationale de sécurité sociale, Apr 1, 2007
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International Labour Review, 1981
International Labour Office eBooks, 1984
ABSTRACT
Oxford University Press eBooks, 1998
Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks, 1984
This chapter endeavours to draw whatever general conclusions are possible from the case-studies o... more This chapter endeavours to draw whatever general conclusions are possible from the case-studies of the various countries in the eight preceding chapters. In so doing we will endeavour to gather together evidence from the studies responding to the hypotheses set out in Chapter 1. In the second part of the chapter some suggestions are presented on potentially fruitful areas for further research. The third and final part examines the implications of the case-studies for the policies which might be adopted by governments, trade unions, employers’ organisations and consumer associations in developing countries. In these countries appropriate product choice may have an especially significant contribution to make to the alleviation of poverty and the generation of employment opportunities.
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, 1979
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, 1974
Research Papers in Economics, 1998
Contains some 270 bibliographic references grouped under four headings: socio-economic developmen... more Contains some 270 bibliographic references grouped under four headings: socio-economic development and poverty; labour protection, social security; and organizing protection.
The Demographic Transition and Development in Africa, 2010
The book documents numerous ways in which large and rapidly growing Ethiopia is demographically u... more The book documents numerous ways in which large and rapidly growing Ethiopia is demographically unique from the rest of sub-Saharan Africa: the second most populated country in Africa, the largest rural-urban gap in fertility in Africa, the only city in East and Southern Africa with below replacement fertility, and by far the lowest maternal health service coverage. It also acknowledges
India’s spectacular economic achievements over the past decade have contributed to a strong decli... more India’s spectacular economic achievements over the past decade have contributed to a strong decline in poverty, but the number of people living in poverty is still very high. A total of 370 million people — or about one-third of India’s population — live under the basic poverty line (less than 1 US$ [make consistent]per person per day, in 1993 purchasing power). A total of 855 million – or about two-thirds of the Indian population — cope with less than 2 US$ (ILO, 2006a). Moreover, employment in the formal economy has hardly grown. On the other hand, employment in the informal economy is rising, regrouping currently about 93 per cent of the labour force. The 7 per cent of all workers who are employed in the formal economy are the civil servants as well as most employees in medium and large enterprises. A small part of workers in the informal economy are also covered by social security schemes, such as welfare or micro-insurance schemes, with the result that only some 10 per cent of ...
Poverty Monitoring: An International Concern, 1994
The struggle against poverty is a basic objective of the ILO. This is expressed in one of the fou... more The struggle against poverty is a basic objective of the ILO. This is expressed in one of the four basic principles of the Declaration of Philadelphia on the ILO (1945), which says that ‘Poverty anywhere constitutes a danger to prosperity everywhere’. While much of the ILO’s work on employment, training, social protection, minimum wages and working conditions contributes to the reduction of poverty, in the coming years the struggle against poverty will be in the forefront of ILO action, together with the promotion of democratisation and the protection of workers.
International Social Security Review, 1999
Informal sector workers constitute a large and increasing part of the labour force in most develo... more Informal sector workers constitute a large and increasing part of the labour force in most developing countries. Many of them are not able or willing to contribute a significant percentage of their incomes to finance formal sector social insurance benefits that do not meet their priority needs. Therefore, informal sector workers themselves need to (and have) set up health and other social insurance schemes that better meet their needs and contributory capacity. In addition, special social assistance schemes are necessary to protect the most vulnerable groups outside the labour force. This article also assesses some key implications of these developments for formal social insurance schemes. O ne of the key current global problems facing social security is the fact that more than half of the world's population (workers and their dependants) are excluded from any type of formal social security protection. They are covered neither by a contribution-based social insurance scheme nor by tax-financed social assistance. In sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, formal social security coverage is estimated at 5 to 10 per cent of the working population and decreasing. In India, for example, in the mid-1990s not more than 10 per cent of workers were in the organized sector, compared with more than 13 per cent in the mid-1980s. In Latin America, coverage is roughly between 10 and 80 per cent, and mainly stagnant. Coverage is generally high in the Southern Cone countries and low in Central America. In Southeast and East Asia, coverage can vary between 10 and 100 per cent, and is generally increasing. In most transition countries of Europe, coverage varies between 50 and 80 per cent, while most developed countries have reached a coverage of practically 100 per cent.
The International Labour Organization The International Labour Organization was founded in 1919 t... more The International Labour Organization The International Labour Organization was founded in 1919 to promote social justice and, thereby, to contribute to universal and lasting peace. Its tripartite structure is unique among agencies affiliated to the United Nations; the ILO's Governing ...
Appropriate Products, Employment and Technology, 1984
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 1983
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