Cover; Contents; List of Boxes; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Summary; 1 Introduction; 2 Poverty implications of ill health; 3 Social protection in health: an overview; 4 The effectiveness of social protection in health: the potential of community health insurance; 5 The impact of social health protection: access to health as lever for economic performance; 6 Conclusions; References; ESS Papers already published
Summary
Concentrates on sub-Saharan Africa and more particularly on its large majority of poor people working in the informal economy. Examines the evidence that supports the commonly accepted hypothesis that social health protection contributes to poverty reduction and economic growth