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Work Accident Insurance and Prevention in Southern Africa: The Case of Zimbabwe
Author(s) -
Kaseke Edwin,
Ncube Matthew
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
international social security review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.349
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1468-246X
pISSN - 0020-871X
DOI - 10.1111/1468-246x.00171
Subject(s) - compensation (psychology) , work (physics) , accident insurance , social security , accident (philosophy) , business , social insurance , risk prevention , economic growth , actuarial science , political science , economics , risk analysis (engineering) , engineering , law , psychology , mechanical engineering , philosophy , epistemology , psychoanalysis
The paper uses Zimbabwe as a case study to depict the situation in southern Africa with respect to work accident insurance and prevention, provided by workers' compensation schemes which are among the earliest forms of social security to be introduced in the region. There has been an unfortunate tendency to concentrate on compensation issues at the expense of prevention initiatives. Zimbabwe, however, has attempted to integrate the two, notwithstanding the fact that the coverage of the scheme is narrow and the benefits inadequate.