Just Give Money to the Poor: The Development Revolution from the Global SouthKumarian Press, 2012 - 288 páginas * Argues strongly for overlooked approach to development by showing how the poor use money in ways that confound stereotypical notions of aid and handouts * Team authored by foremost scholars in the development field Amid all the complicated economic theories about the causes and solutions to poverty, one idea is so basic it seems radical: just give money to the poor. Despite its skeptics, researchers have found again and again that cash transfers given to significant portions of the population transform the lives of recipients. Countries from Mexico to South Africa to Indonesia are giving money directly to the poor and discovering that they use it wisely “ to send their children to school, to start a business and to feed their families. Directly challenging an aid industry that thrives on complexity and mystification, with highly paid consultants designing ever more complicated projects, Just Give Money to the Pooroffers the elegant southern alternative “ bypass governments and NGOs and let the poor decide how to use their money. Stressing that cash transfers are not charity or a safety net, the authors draw an outline of effective practices that work precisely because they are regular, guaranteed and fair. This book, the first to report on this quiet revolution in an accessible way, is essential reading for policymakers, students of international development and anyone yearning for an alternative to traditional poverty-alleviation methods. |
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... cash transfer programs around the world and conclude that (1) such transfers are affordable for governments and ... social development. However, not all cash transfer programs are created or implemented equally. Experience has shown that ...
... cash transfer programs around the world and conclude that (1) such transfers are affordable for governments and ... social development. However, not all cash transfer programs are created or implemented equally. Experience has shown that ...
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... cash to people on a long-term basis. And they point to a little-understood reality of the developing world: The ... social pension reaches 2 million older or disabled people (85% of all older people). In Mexico a family grant ...
... cash to people on a long-term basis. And they point to a little-understood reality of the developing world: The ... social pension reaches 2 million older or disabled people (85% of all older people). In Mexico a family grant ...
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... cash transfers differently; some use pensions and child benefits, and others use family grants aimed at the poorest. But there is substantial research to show that most cash transfers reach those with the least money and reduce poverty ...
... cash transfers differently; some use pensions and child benefits, and others use family grants aimed at the poorest. But there is substantial research to show that most cash transfers reach those with the least money and reduce poverty ...
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... cash grant program giving $4 to $10 per month to more than 150,000 people, mainly elderly women, but the country's minister of women's affairs and social ... transfer from rich to poor stimulates the domestic and local economy. Second, poorer ...
... cash grant program giving $4 to $10 per month to more than 150,000 people, mainly elderly women, but the country's minister of women's affairs and social ... transfer from rich to poor stimulates the domestic and local economy. Second, poorer ...
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... cash transfers also provide the resources for people, individually and collectively, to participate in the economy and develop themselves and their countries. Of course, no one argues that all social ... transfer program cannot be run by ...
... cash transfers also provide the resources for people, individually and collectively, to participate in the economy and develop themselves and their countries. Of course, no one argues that all social ... transfer program cannot be run by ...
Índice
| 15 | |
Eating Moreand Better | 53 |
Turning a 1 Grant into 2 Income | 69 |
To Everyone or Just a Few? The Targeting Dilemma | 87 |
Identifying Recipients | 101 |
The Conditionality Dilemma | 125 |
Cash Transfers Are Practical in Poor Countries | 143 |
The Way Forward | 165 |
Background and Research Data | 183 |
Index | 205 |
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Just Give Money to the Poor: The Development Revolution from the Global South Joseph Hanlon,Armando Barrientos,David Hulme No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2010 |
Just Give Money to the Poor: The Development Revolution from the Global South Joseph Hanlon,Armando Barrientos,David Hulme No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2010 |
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