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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... social protection in the industrialized world has been primarily job related; that is, deductions from salary (matched by government) provide unemployment insurance and pensions. But these benefits are not available to many women and ...
... social protection in the industrialized world has been primarily job related; that is, deductions from salary (matched by government) provide unemployment insurance and pensions. But these benefits are not available to many women and ...
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... Social Protection in Africa,” Livingstone, Zambia (March 20–23, 2006). 7. As of August 2009: UK child benefit $31 and $21 per week, Ireland child benefit $232 and $284 per month, UK winter fuel $330 per year, UK over-60 income guarantee ...
... Social Protection in Africa,” Livingstone, Zambia (March 20–23, 2006). 7. As of August 2009: UK child benefit $31 and $21 per week, Ireland child benefit $232 and $284 per month, UK winter fuel $330 per year, UK over-60 income guarantee ...
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... social transfers possible. But the most dramatic change in thinking was to ... protection against unemployment (Article 23), and the right to free primary ... social democracies, and the “Asian Tigers” such as South Korea. The second ...
... social transfers possible. But the most dramatic change in thinking was to ... protection against unemployment (Article 23), and the right to free primary ... social democracies, and the “Asian Tigers” such as South Korea. The second ...
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... social protection, and aid came together to shape a totally new way of thinking. Most important was a growing ... protection had been provided largely through insurance for a century. Workers and their employers paid into social funds ...
... social protection, and aid came together to shape a totally new way of thinking. Most important was a growing ... protection had been provided largely through insurance for a century. Workers and their employers paid into social funds ...
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... Welfare and social spending was cut, and the gap between rich and poor widened dramatically. Indeed, for some ... protection policies and in attitudes toward the Global South. But these changes have been slow and FROM ALMS TO RIGHTS AND ...
... Welfare and social spending was cut, and the gap between rich and poor widened dramatically. Indeed, for some ... protection policies and in attitudes toward the Global South. But these changes have been slow and FROM ALMS TO RIGHTS AND ...
Índice
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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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