The paper compares the social insurance programmes of the Bahamas, Barbados and Jamaica from the standpoint of historical evolution and current administration, population coverage, financing problems, benefits available, distribution of expenditure, administrative costs, personnel, managerial...

This monograph evaluates the effects of the global financial-economic crisis on social security (pensions, health care, social assistance) in 25 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. It focus on: coverage, sufficiency of benefits, social solidarity, gender equity, efficiency and...