Résumé

Introductory guide to social security and the role of ILO technical cooperation - describes health service, health insurance, maternity benefits, employment accident benefits, old age benefits, survivors benefits, disability benefits, unemployment benefit, and family benefits; explains the institutional framework, methods of financing, and the economic implications of income redistribution; discusses special arrangements for migrant workers; summarizes ILO Convention No. 102 on social security. Bibliography and statistical tables.