Social security
The following is an outline of the Major Activities of members in the area of SOCIAL SECURITY:
TRAINING
Socially Sensitive Budgeting: An Analysis of the Health and Social Security Sectors. United Nations Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF). English-speaking Caribbean. Caribbean Area Office, Barbados – 1998.
Conferencia Interamerican de Seguridad Social (CISS). Executive Management Training Seminar. Conducted training in Investment of Social Security Funds. Social Security Board, Belize - 1998.
Social Security in the Caribbean. CIESS and Social Security Board St. Kitts and Nevis. Served as resource persons / lecturers of course. Training course, St. Kitts and Nevis - 1996.
Regional Executive Training for Executive Officers. National Insurance Board (NIB), Trinidad and Conferencia Interamericana de Seguridad Social (CISS), Mexico. (Based on the English Speaking Caribbean). 1995.
Regional Training Workshop for the Middle Managers of Social Security in the Caribbean. National Insurance Board (NIB), Trinidad and Conferencia Interamericana de Seguridad Social (CISS), Mexico - 1992. Served as resource persons/lecturers for the course. Specific areas addressed were:
• Sustainable Financing of the Social Security
• Coverage of Health under the Social Security umbrella
TECHNICAL REPORTS/PAPERS
Implementing a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) for Trinidad and Tobago. A study done for the Ministry of Health – April, 1994.
The National Insurance Scheme in Trinidad and Tobago: Maintaining and Enhancing the Social Security System to the Year 2000. Project commissioned by the National Insurance Board and entailed a critical review of the 4th Actuarial Review of National Insurance in Trinidad and Tobago. National Insurance Board of Trinidad and Tobago – 1991.
Mixed Financing of Health Services in Trinidad and Tobago: A Case for National Health Insurance. A Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Report to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago - 1986.
Three-Day Symposium for Health Sector workers under the Theme, “The Delivery of Quality Health Care in Trinidad and Tobago – Challenges – Perspectives – Redefining the Way Forward.” City Hall Auditorium, Knox Street, Port of Spain. November 6th – 8th 2006.
XX General Assembly of the Inter-American Centre on Social Security Conference entitled “System Fragmentation”. Presentation on “Financing of High Cost Diseases and Treatments: HIV/AIDS”. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic – November 2004
CISS XX General Assembly and Expert Panel on “Aids Financing” and “The Americas Social Security Report 2004” Casa de Campo Hotel, La Romana, Dominican Republic – November 15 to 18 2004.
Social Security Options for Financing Workshop. Presentation entitled, “The Social and Health Behavior of our younger population in particular has serious cost implications for the Anguillian economy. Is this a reality?”. Paradise Cove, Anguilla B.W.I. – November 10-12, 2004.
National Insurance Annual Lecture. Presentation entitled, “Motivating Caribbean Youth: Implications for Social Security Schemes”. NIC Conference Centre, Castries St. Lucia - April 5th 2004.
Workshop on Comparative Issues in Social Security. Presentation paper on “Health Care Issues and their Cost Implications for Social Security Schemes”. St. Vincent and the Grenadines National Insurance Scheme and the Inter-American Conference on Social Security – January, 2002.
Caribbean Sub-Regional Tripartite Meeting on Social Security Financing and Investment Policies for Pension Fund. Presentation paper on “Macroeconomic Impact of Social Security Systems in the Caribbean - An Overview”. Hosted by the International Labour Organization (ILO), Sam Lord's Castle Barbados – October, 2001.
Caribbean Actuarial Association’s Eight Annual Conference. Presentation on “Social Security Reform Models: Caribbean Practicalities”. December, 1998.
“Socially Sensitive Budgeting: An analysis of the Health and Social Security Sectors”. United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), Barbados – April, 1998.
“Pension Reform in the English Speaking Caribbean: Lessons From the Experience of Chile and the Rest of Latin America”. A regional seminar coordinated by the Health Economics Unit of the University of the West Indies – March, 1998.
Executive Management Seminar. Presentation on “Investment in Social Security Funds”. Hosted by the Belize Social Security Board. Belize – March, 1998.
National Insurance Board 25th Anniversary Guest Lecture Series. National Insurance Board of Trinidad and Tobago - 1997.
“Social Security Experience in the English-speaking Caribbean”. An examination of the sufficiency of contribution and benefit payments of the Social Security in the Caribbean.
National Insurance Board of Trinidad and Tobago (Technical Lecture Series). “Pension Reform in Trinidad and Tobago: An Economic Perspective”. The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine. – November, 1997.
“Financing Strategies in Social Security”. A presentation to the CEISS/NIB regional seminar for Social Security executives. Port-of-Spain, Trinidad - September, 1992.
DISCUSSION PAPERS
Assessment of Social Security Provisions in the Caribbean: Overview of the Caribbean. Presented at the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Regional Meeting on Social Security Financing, Port of Spain, Trinidad - 1999.
Macro-economic Impact of some Social Security Systems in the Caribbean. Paper presented at the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Regional Meeting on Social Security Financing, Port of Spain, Trinidad - 1999.
Pension Reform in the Caribbean: The Practical Consideration. Presented at the Conference of the Caribbean Actuaries Association, Port of Spain, Trinidad – December, 1998.
Social Security Reform Models: Caribbean Practicalities. Presented at the Conference of the Caribbean Actuaries Association Port-of-Spain, Trinidad – December, 1998.
Social Security and the Changing Environment. Presentation for the Social Security Board of Antigua & Barbuda – April, 1998.
Investment of Social Security Funds. Presentation for the Social Security Board of Antigua & Barbuda – March, 1998.
National Health Insurance and Social Security Reform. Presented to the International Social Security Association, Meeting of Caribbean Heads of Social Security Agencies, Barbados – May, 1997.
TECHNICAL ADVISORIES
The Design and Implementation of a National Health Insurance. Ministry of Health, Dominica and the Social Security Board Dominica - 1996.
Consultant Advisor - Fifth Actuarial Review. National Insurance Board, Trinidad and Tobago - 1996.
International Advisor: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Washington D.C. Ninth Meeting of Heads of the International Social Security Association Member Organizations in the English-speaking Caribbean. Dominica – March, 1995.
Local Consultant to the Ministry of Health, Trinidad and Tobago. National Health Insurance Team. 1993 - 1994.
ONGOING RESEARCH
Adequacy of Social Insurance Benefits in the Caribbean.
Financing of a Basic Package of Health Services via National Health Insurance: Lessons from the Social Insurance Experience.
The Role of the State in Social Security.
PUBLICATIONS
Social Security Directed to Address HIV/IDS Financing in the Americas – Chap 7 in The Americas Social Security Report 2005 – Labour Markets and Fragmentation of Social Insurance- Financing for HIV/AIDS by Social Security. Report published by Inter-American Conference on Social Security – October 2004.
The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Social Safety Nets: What Can the Caribbean Expect? Revista CIESS – Publicacion Del Centro Interamericano de Estudios de Seguridad Social – December 2001.
Current Issues in Social Security: Pensions, Poverty and Health. Edited by Karl Theodore and Althea La Foucade. Book published by Inter-American Conference on Social Security - 2000.
Social Security Investment In The Caribbean - From Inception to 1995: An Economic Perspective on Reform. 1st Edition. A review of the experience and prospects of the investment function of the social security schemes with recommendations for reform. A study based on the English-speaking Caribbean. (Submitted for publication)
La Inclusion de La Salud en La Cobertura de La Seguridad Social: Consideraciones Administrativas, Fincancieras y Economicas. Reprint of The Inclusion of Health Under Social Security Coverage: Administrative, Financial and Economic Considerations. In Seguridad Social. No. 208, ept. - October 1997 p. 133 - 157. A study based on the English-speaking Caribbean - this publication deals with issues raised by the inclusion of Health under Social Security coverage.
Socio-economic and Political Context of Health in the Caribbean. Health Conditions in the Caribbean. Scientific Publication No. 561, Washington D.C., PAHO - 1997.
Evolucion y Funcionamiento de Los Sistemas de Seguridad Social en El Caribe de Habla Inglesa. Reprint of A Review of the Evolution and Performance of Social Security Schemes in the English Speaking Caribbean. Conferencia Interamericana de Seguridad Social (CISS) - 1996.
This book reviews and evaluates the Social Security schemes in the Caribbean. It identifies a set of performance criteria that are likely to impact upon their operations and the nature of the evolution.
