A health microinsurance project can cover the following benefits under its plan of operation: (1) Basic Health Care: Preventive health care, health education, immunization, family planning etc; part of curative care such as medical consultations, nursing care, medical care etc (2) Hospital … [Read more...] about A Health Microinsurance Project
What is Health Microinsurance?
Health micro-insurance - referred by different names such as community-based health insurance, micro-health insurance, mutual health insurance, community-based health financing, community health insurance etc -is a form of micro-insurance in which resources are pooled to mitigate health risks and … [Read more...] about What is Health Microinsurance?
The Principles of Microinsurance
The principles of microinsurance are: (1) Risk-sharing and Pooling of Resources: The main principle of any micro-insurance scheme is that a group’s (community) resources are pooled to share risks (such as health, death, pension, accidents etc) in order to organise protection directly for … [Read more...] about The Principles of Microinsurance
What is Microinsurance?
Insurance is a kind of a financial service whereby clients pay a premium on regular basis in return for reimbursement at higher rate when a risk occurs. In principle, it is one of the risk management tools to counter the losses suffered from a crisis. It is a pool of resources developed by the … [Read more...] about What is Microinsurance?
Innovation Grants from ILO
The Microinsurance Innovation Facility, housed at the International Labour Organization’s Social Finance Programme has announced the availability of grants to “support organisations to develop innovations in the microinsurance sector. The grants can support insurance against any type of risk, but … [Read more...] about Innovation Grants from ILO
Specific characteristics of the formal economy and informal economy
The formal economy: (1) has an organised system of employment with clear written rules of recruitment, agreement and job responsibilities. (2) has a standardised relationship between the employer and the employee is maintained through a formal contract. (3) the employee is expected to … [Read more...] about Specific characteristics of the formal economy and informal economy
What is the difference between formal economy and informal economy?
Mr. ABC gets a job at a software company. His letter of appointment is enclosed with a contract explaining his job responsibilities. He gets a fixed salary in addition to incentives based upon his qualifications and experience. He works in an organized environment where his colleagues enjoy similar … [Read more...] about What is the difference between formal economy and informal economy?
What is Informal Economy?
The term, “Informal Economy” was first used by Keith Hart (Informal Income Opportunities and Urban Employment in Ghana” in Journal of Modern African Studies) during the 1970s to describe the temporary economic strategies adopted by migrant workers in Ghana. Over time, various definitions have come … [Read more...] about What is Informal Economy?
The Legends society
Introduction & Overview Corporate Profile: Name: The Legends Society- TLS Legal Status The Legends Society-TLS is a Non Profit Organization registered under Societies Registration Act 1860”. Mailing Address: No.4-39/17-A, Mecongi Road, Quetta Web www.legendsociety.org Contact … [Read more...] about The Legends society
Association Women for the Contemporary Society of Moldova
THE ASSOCIATION WOMAN FOR CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY(AWCS) is an independent non-profit organization created and officially registered by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Moldova on November 22, 2002. The founders are a group of competent individuals in fields like: social, psychological, legal … [Read more...] about Association Women for the Contemporary Society of Moldova
