Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Preface; Introduction; Part I The issues; 1 Understanding mutual aid; 2 Challenges to mutual aid: The microinsurance response; Part II Case studies of microinsurance in Asia; 3 An analysis of India's social protection system for low-income populations; 4 Formalizing grassroots social security: The experience of CARD in the Philippines; 5 Investment-based grassroots social security: The case of the Women's Co-op in Sri Lanka; 6 Social security through community welfare funds in Thailand
Summary
Investigates the role of mutual associations in providing income protection to low-income people in Asia, particularly the region's developing countries. Providing a number of important case studies covering South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Mongolia, Indonesia and Japan
