Financial Services and Arrangements to Facilitate the (Ex)Portability of Social Security Benefits in the Southern African Development Community

This contribution reviews the financial services and arrangements to facilitate (ex)portability of social security benefits in Southern African Development Community (the SADC). It commences by providing a general background theme it covers focussing on as part coordination principles contained pertinent International Labour Organisation conventions, provided for SADC instruments, key purpose payment abroad, negative impact absence suitable cross-border SADC. proceeds discussing common methods used These models are business-to-business, business-to-client, government institution-to-government institution, client-to-business. The continues reviewing selected challenges region facing abroad. lack single currency, remittance costs, unbanked persons. paper concludes making recommendations developing coherent regional enabling framework