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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... industrialized countries we have become accustomed to giving cash. Indeed, Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations in 1948, states that everyone has the right to an “adequate” standard of ...
... industrialized countries we have become accustomed to giving cash. Indeed, Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations in 1948, states that everyone has the right to an “adequate” standard of ...
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... built up over half a century in the belief that development and the eradication of poverty depended solely on what international agencies and consultants could do for the poor, while discounting what the citizens of developing countries ...
... built up over half a century in the belief that development and the eradication of poverty depended solely on what international agencies and consultants could do for the poor, while discounting what the citizens of developing countries ...
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... developed and less developed countries. Money is spent on immediate needs such as food and medicine, and then on children—particularly for clothes, shoes, and school supplies. Quite small amounts of money reduce the intense pressure on ...
... developed and less developed countries. Money is spent on immediate needs such as food and medicine, and then on children—particularly for clothes, shoes, and school supplies. Quite small amounts of money reduce the intense pressure on ...
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... countries in the world, but innovative social policies have brought about a ... Nations warns that “between 1990 and 2006, about 27 countries—the large ... developed regions.”15 The respected British medical journal The Lancet cites ...
... countries in the world, but innovative social policies have brought about a ... Nations warns that “between 1990 and 2006, about 27 countries—the large ... developed regions.”15 The respected British medical journal The Lancet cites ...
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... developed countries. Proponents of this view argue that removing restrictions on global trade and domestic markets ... country's minister of women's affairs and social welfare, Virgilia Matable, wants to reduce this. “Whether we want to ...
... developed countries. Proponents of this view argue that removing restrictions on global trade and domestic markets ... country's minister of women's affairs and social welfare, Virgilia Matable, wants to reduce this. “Whether we want to ...
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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