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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... choice architecture,” and establish “default” settings to help ensure that we make the “best” choice.The Obama ... choices about how to use cash transfers? Or do they also need paternalistic nudges to push them toward being ...
... choice architecture,” and establish “default” settings to help ensure that we make the “best” choice.The Obama ... choices about how to use cash transfers? Or do they also need paternalistic nudges to push them toward being ...
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... choice and participation are fundamental to the aid relationship.” Cash transfers have proved effective, and “the case for significantly enhancing the impact of aid by giving it directly to poor people would seem to be compelling.” Just ...
... choice and participation are fundamental to the aid relationship.” Cash transfers have proved effective, and “the case for significantly enhancing the impact of aid by giving it directly to poor people would seem to be compelling.” Just ...
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... choice of who receives money and who does not, and to be assured in the sense that every month the money really arrives and families can depend on it. There will always be too many demands and too little money, so re- source allocation ...
... choice of who receives money and who does not, and to be assured in the sense that every month the money really arrives and families can depend on it. There will always be too many demands and too little money, so re- source allocation ...
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... choices. In this section, we divide the goals and objectives of cash transfers into four broad groups. Every program chooses from this list; none can meet all of the goals, and some possible goals can be contradictory, so it is ...
... choices. In this section, we divide the goals and objectives of cash transfers into four broad groups. Every program chooses from this list; none can meet all of the goals, and some possible goals can be contradictory, so it is ...
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... choice can be explicit or implicit goals of cash transfers. Raising income above the poverty line means that people need no longer be chained to the demands of immediate survival. Rather, they have more time and resources to make choices ...
... choice can be explicit or implicit goals of cash transfers. Raising income above the poverty line means that people need no longer be chained to the demands of immediate survival. Rather, they have more time and resources to make choices ...
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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