Social policy and poverty in east Asia
Subtitle: the role of social security
By: edited by James Midgley and Kwong-leung Tang.
Contributors: Midgley, James.; Tang, Kwong-Leung.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415434850; 9780203874097
Subjects: Social security -- East Asia; Poverty -- East Asia; East Asia -- Social policy
Table of contents: title: Poverty and social policy responses in east asia / Kwong-leung Tang and James Midgley; title: The role of social security in poverty alleviation : an international review / James Midgley; title: The emergence of social assistance in China : challenges and issues / Joe Leung and Yuebin Xu; title: Building assets for the poor in Taiwan : policy innovation from income to assets / Li-Chen Cheng; title: Korea's national basic livelihood programme and social development / Joon Yong Jo; title: Welfare-to-work reform in Hong Kong : overview and prospects / Kwong-leung Tang; title: Social assistance programmes in Singapore / Mui-teng Yap; title: Rural social protection in China : reform, performance and problems / Yuebin Xu and Xiulan Zhang; title: From micro-credit to micro-insurance : creating social security where there is none / Takayoshi Amenomori; title: The social investment fund of thailand / Shinichi Shigetomi; title: Knowledge of public policy and the perceived positive impact of the welfare benefits system / Chack-kie Wong and Kwong-leung Tang; title: Social security, housing policy and asset-building : the relevance of home ownership for elderly income protection in Hong Kong / James Lee.