Building Decent Societies [electronic resource] : Rethinking the Role of Social Security in Development /
International Labour Organization.
Townsend, Peter.editor.
This book builds the case for a comprehensive social security system to be developed in all countries – to eliminate desperate conditions of poverty, reverse growing inequality and sustain economic growth. It gives the history of the rich countries in meeting poverty and shows how the strategies in the poor countries can be greatly improved.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Boxes; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Part I: The Right to Social Security and National Development; Part II: Issues for the Global Society of the Twenty-first Century; Part III: Social Protection in Europe and the OECD; Part IV: Experiences from Low-Income Countries; Part V: Conclusions; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book builds the case for a comprehensive social security system to be developed in all countries – to eliminate desperate conditions of poverty, reverse growing inequality and sustain economic growth. It gives the history of the rich countries in meeting poverty and shows how the strategies in the poor countries can be greatly improved.
Labor economics.
Economic policy.
Welfare state.
Political sociology.
Political economy.
Economic development.
Labor Economics.
Development Policy.
Politics of the Welfare State.
Political Sociology.
International Political Economy.
Development Studies.