Resources on social finance

  1. Project

    Promoting and Building Social Protection in Asia (Viet Nam - 4th phase)

    15 March 2021

    The project builds on the achievements made by the ILO/Japan project on 'promoting and building social protection in Asia (3rd phase): Extending social security coverage in ASEAN (2016 – 2019)' as well as other development cooperation projects.

  2. Project documentation

    TYM - Vietnam

    30 December 2015

  3. Policy brief

    The growing trend of Vietnamese migrant domestic workers

    15 June 2015

    This policy brief looks at the growing trend of Vietnamese domestic workers who go abroad for jobs and includes recommendations to ensure that they are protected by minimum entitlements.

  4. Publication

    Impact Insurance Research Paper #43: Outpatient care in RSBY

    01 November 2014

    The paper reviews the pilot experiments conducted from 2011 onwards in eight districts across six states to test the provision of outpatient (OP) benefits under RSBY, India’s Social Health Insurance Scheme for low income populations. Administrative data on enrolment, empanelment of care providers and outpatient claims was analysed for the review. The paper also discusses the status of primary care in India and outpatient care provision in similar schemes in other developing nations (Vietnam, Ghana, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand).

  5. Publication

    Impact Insurance Research Paper #18: Client-value of microinsurance products

    01 May 2012

    Research Paper #18 investigates the preferences of clients and determinants of demand for microinsurance products with the case study of the Mutual Assistance Fund (MAF), the pioneer microinsurance provider in Vietnam. The results reveal that the current premium offered by MAF seems too low and that is has no significant effect to the preferences of clients over product attributes. It is also found that clients are willing to pay higher premiums in order to receive a higher level of benefit. In addition, the main factors that are significantly affecting product preferences are previous experience with insurance, mathematical ability and attitude towards risk.

  6. Publication

    Impact Insurance Research Paper #11: Does microinsurance help the poor?

    01 February 2012

    Research Paper #11 evaluates the Health Care Fund for the Poor (HCFP), a scheme that was initiated in Vietnam in 2003. The paper shows that, participation in the HCFP program reduced the out-of-pocket health care expenditure of poor participants, increased the intensity with which the poor sought health care and regular check-ups in public health facilities. The paper also reveals that the HCFP helped reduce the incidence of catastrophic spending when dealing with adverse health events. The paper addresses the possible selection bias of insurance participation by means of fixed-effects models and an instrument variable method within fixed-effects.

  7. Project documentation

    MF4DW: Newsflash August 2012

    15 November 2011

    MF4DW Project Newsletter