Social Protection for the Poor and Poorest
Subtitle: Risk, Needs and Rights (Palgrave Studies in Development)
Contributors: Armando Barrientos (Editor); David Hulme (Editor)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: March 4, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780230525306
Subjects: Aid & relief programmes; Development economics; Development studies; Poverty; Welfare & benefit systems; Social Science; Sociology; Sociology - General; Social Science / Sociology / General
Description: "Social protection is fast becoming one of the most important themes in development policy. This collection, now available in paperback, examines the political processes shaping the formulation of social protection policies; compares the key conceptual frameworks available for analysing social protection; and provides a comparative discussion on the policies focused on the poor and the poorest. Drawing on key case studies from Africa, Latin America and Asia, the contributors outline solutions for the future of social protection in developing countries."--Book cover.