CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Examining conditional cash transfer programmes: A role for increased social inclusion? -- The Puente Programme, a bridge between the family and its rights -- Minimum income and social integration: Institutional arrangements in Europe -- Towards universal social security and protection of the "most vulnerable" -- SEWA Social Security: Organizing women workers for insurance and health services -- China: Towards universal coverage by the New Rural Cooperative Medical Insurance -- Social protection and the informal economy: The experiences and challenges of Portuguese speaking countries -- Social assistance and integration with the labour market -- Social assistance, integrated local development and productive inclusion in Brazil -- Access of vulnerable people to basic social services: The case of the Angola Social Action Fund -- Conclusions -- About the authors.