Financing Social Policy [electronic resource] : Mobilizing Resources for Social Development /
Hujo, Katja.author.
McClanahan, Shea.author.
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development.
Moving beyond the 'post-Washington consensus', this book shifts the focus of development policy debates away from expenditures and austerity and towards revenues and resources. The book explores the potential and the developmental impact of different categories of resources for financing social policy in a development context.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; Notes on the Contributors; 1 Introduction and Overview; Part I: Global Dimension: Paradigms and Resources; Part II: Taxation and Aid; Part III: Mineral Rents; Part IV: Social Insurance and Pension Funds; Part V: Remittances; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Moving beyond the 'post-Washington consensus', this book shifts the focus of development policy debates away from expenditures and austerity and towards revenues and resources. The book explores the potential and the developmental impact of different categories of resources for financing social policy in a development context.
Development economics.
Welfare state.
Economic policy.
Finance, Public.
Social service .
Social policy.
Development Economics.
Politics of the Welfare State.
Economic Policy.
Public Finance.
Social Care.
Social Policy.