The diverse housing needs of rural to urban migrants and policy responses in China. The articles include: Insights from a survey in fuzhou Old age protection in the context of rural development. Overcoming extreme poverty in india: lessons learnt from SKS. Residential security as social protection. Tenure security and urban social protection links: India. National rural employment guarantee a social protection. Women’s participation in the NREGA: some observations from fieldwork in Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Rajasthan Making the best of all resources: How Indonesian household recipients use the CCT allowance. Good and bad news from China’s new cooperative medical schemes. Social protection during disasters: Evidence from the Wenchuan earthquake.