Formal and Informal Social Safety Nets [electronic resource] : Growth and Development in the Modern Economy /
Ashraf, M.author.
In Formal and Informal Social Safety Nets , Ashraf analyses the role of social safety nets in a time when our global economy threatens our way of life, as entire cities such as Detroit are declared bankrupt.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; 1 Why Do Social Safety Nets Matter?; 2 The Need for Formal Social Safety Nets; 3 Research and Development, Innovation, and Economic Growth; 4 Innovation and Formal Social Safety Nets; 5 Income Distribution and Economic Growth and Development; 6 Formal Social Safety Nets, Income Distribution, and the Society; 7 Financing of Formal Social Safety Nets; 8 Faith-Based Organizations and the Provision of Informal Social Safety Nets; 9 Concluding Remarks; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In Formal and Informal Social Safety Nets , Ashraf analyses the role of social safety nets in a time when our global economy threatens our way of life, as entire cities such as Detroit are declared bankrupt.
Economic policy.
Public finance.
Microeconomics.
Welfare economics.
Economic growth.
Political economy.
Economic Policy.
Public Economics.
Microeconomics.
Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy.
Economic Growth.
International Political Economy.