Shielding the Poor
Subtitle: Social Protection in the Developing World
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: December 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780815753216
Subjects: Central government policies; Development economics; Poverty; Social impact of disasters; Social welfare & social services; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; Politics / Current Events; Human services; Political Science; Public Policy - Economic Policy; Politics/International Relations; Developing countries; Development - Business Development; General; Public welfare; Poor
First sentence: Social protection consists of the set of public initiatives that can lessen the impact of adverse shocks on the income of the population.