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Factors that foster and challenge the sustainability of departmental health insurance units in Senegal

International Social Security Review, Volume 75, Issue 2, Page 97-117, April/June 2022., 2022
Abstract In an effort to establish universal health coverage (UHC), Senegal set up two departmental health insurance units (UDAM) to scale‐up health insurance to rural communities. Part of this innovation meant that health insurance was no longer managed by volunteers, but by professionals. Several years after the conclusion of the project in 2017 that
Valéry Ridde, Mouhamadou Faly Ba, Marion Guyot, Babacar Kane, Ndeye Bineta Mbow, Ibrahima Senghor, Adama Faye   +6 more
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How does the Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis) affect ecosystem services and biodiversity components in invaded areas?

EPPO Bulletin, Volume 51, Issue 1, Page 216-228, April 2021., 2021
Environmental risk assessment (ERA) is an important component of risk analysis for plant pests and invasive alien species (IAS), and a standardized and consistent methodology has recently been developed for evaluating their impact on ecosystem services and biodiversity.
G. Schrader, R. Baker, Y. Baranchikov, L. Dumouchel, K. S. Knight, D. G. McCullough, M. J. Orlova‐Bienkowskaja, S. Pasquali, G. Gilioli   +8 more
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Expanding social health protection in Cambodia: An assessment of the current coverage potential and gaps, and social equity considerations

International Social Security Review, Volume 73, Issue 1, Page 35-63, January/March 2020., 2020
Abstract The Royal Government of Cambodia recently launched its National Social Protection Policy framework to strengthen and expand social security and assistance. To inform social health protection policy, we examine socio‐economic survey data and administrative coverage data to assess the coverage potential of existing coverage mechanisms and ...
Robert J. Kolesar, Sambo Pheakdey, Bart Jacobs, Narith Chan, Samedy Yok, Martine Audibert   +5 more
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Issues of Development of Innovative Economy in a Special Category Status State / Проблемы развития инновационной экономики государства с особым статусом

Beneficium, 2019
The article draws attention to the cyclical nature of the fragmentation of the territories of the post-Soviet space. It is indicated that for the first time these processes occurred in the western part of the once united state and that these processes ...
Evgeny V. Kotov / Евгений В. Котов
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Social protection and resilience in protracted crises

International Social Security Review, Volume 78, Issue 2-3, Page 173-190, April-September 2025.
Abstract This article critically examines perspectives on social protection’s role in strengthening resilience capacities in protracted crises – contexts where conflict and displacement persist for five years or longer. These crises shape how stakeholders navigate their mandates to provide support, while influencing how affected communities seek to ...
Carolina Holland‐Szyp, Jeremy Lind
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Gender, social protection systems and street‐level bureaucrats

International Social Security Review, Volume 77, Issue 4, Page 7-22, October/December 2024.
Abstract Street‐level bureaucrats are the “human face” of social protection delivery systems around the world. To date, most social protection literature approaches questions of gender with respect to policy and programme design and expected and unexpected outcomes.
Tara Patricia Cookson, Alexandra Barrantes   +1 more
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A case for rethinking the gender targeting of child cash transfers in Brazil and South Africa: Assessing caregiver sex in determining stunting in child beneficiaries

International Social Security Review, Volume 77, Issue 4, Page 49-77, October/December 2024.
Abstract Little is known about the effects of the receipt of child‐centred cash transfers by men. This article tests whether caregiver sex matters in determining stunting (low height for age) in child beneficiaries of Brazil's Bolsa Família and South Africa's Child Support Grant using household survey data.
Zoheb Khan, Leila Patel
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ИССЛЕДОВАНИЕ ТАРИФОВ НА ТРАНСПОРТНЫЕ УСЛУГИ В СТРАНАХ ЕВРОСОЮЗА И РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ

Экономика, профессия, бизнес, 2021
В статье анализируется опыт тарифного регулирования стоимости услуг пассажирских железнодорожных перевозок в странах Евросоюза и Российской Федерации. Раскрываются особенности тарифного регулирования и классифицируются по основным категориям одиннадцать ...
Зоя Александровна Капелюк, Яна Владимировна Попова   +1 more
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Enhancing gender‐responsive social protection among informal and traditionally uncovered workers in sub‐Saharan Africa: An assessment of access to maternity protection

International Social Security Review, Volume 77, Issue 4, Page 79-101, October/December 2024.
Abstract A wide and established body of research evidence has consistently shown how the effective provision of social protection benefits and the promotion of gender equality are among the key tools for addressing shocks, vulnerability and poverty.
Zitha Mokomane, Laurel Grzesik‐Mourad, Jody Heymann   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gender gaps in perceptions of social protection: Insights from the OECD Risks that Matter Survey

International Social Security Review, Volume 77, Issue 4, Page 23-48, October/December 2024.
Abstract Reflecting their weaker labour force attachment and lower earnings, women consistently report feeling greater economic insecurity than men across the Member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development (OECD). Similar gender gaps emerge in perceptions of social protection systems: women are far less confident than ...
Valerie Frey, Jasmin Thomas, Lyydia Alajääskö   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source