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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... improve their own lives and thus, over time, the economic status of their community and country? And if unencumbered by conditions, will they largely make the right choices about how to use cash transfers? Or do they also need ...
... improve their own lives and thus, over time, the economic status of their community and country? And if unencumbered by conditions, will they largely make the right choices about how to use cash transfers? Or do they also need ...
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... improves the health of the entire family, cutting days off work due to illness by one-fifth. Mexican children who do not go to school hungry do better in class and are much less likely to fail at the end of the year.3 “Before, we ate ...
... improves the health of the entire family, cutting days off work due to illness by one-fifth. Mexican children who do not go to school hungry do better in class and are much less likely to fail at the end of the year.3 “Before, we ate ...
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... improve themselves. A quiet revolution is taking place based on the realization that you cannot pull yourself up by your bootstraps if you have no boots. And giving “boots” to people with little money does not make them lazy or re ...
... improve themselves. A quiet revolution is taking place based on the realization that you cannot pull yourself up by your bootstraps if you have no boots. And giving “boots” to people with little money does not make them lazy or re ...
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... improve child health and reduce malnutrition, increase school attendance, and reduce child labor. For example, a non ... improving their health and housing could be considered justification enough for cash transfers. But the real impact ...
... improve child health and reduce malnutrition, increase school attendance, and reduce child labor. For example, a non ... improving their health and housing could be considered justification enough for cash transfers. But the real impact ...
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... improved relatively little in the rest of the world. The poverty in Africa, South Asia, and other parts of the world remains dire. And the North often forgets that these countries still bear the marks of distorted economic, social, and ...
... improved relatively little in the rest of the world. The poverty in Africa, South Asia, and other parts of the world remains dire. And the North often forgets that these countries still bear the marks of distorted economic, social, 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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