Organisation promoting and supporting the implementation of social security in every form throughout the world and encouraging its adaptation to national, regional and international economic and social needs of populations.
Publishes journals, statistics periodicals, reports and books, purchase information is available on Web site. Some full-text papers are available for downloading from WWW site. Site includes list of member organisations and related web sites.
Documentation Centre: services available free to members of ISSA, charges made to non-ISSA members.
Databases: Social Security Worldwide (SWW) database system of five databases, searchable online on subscription, includes: concise outlines of social security systems in over 170 countries; summaries of important reforms in social protection programs since 1995; Bibliography; Thesaurus. Social Security Worldwide is also available on CD ROM in English, Spanish, French and German.