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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... neoliberal economic model reduced workers' rights and relaxed regulations on social funds, making them less effective. It has proved difficult for the North to change its traditional social protection systems. Meanwhile, in the Global ...
... neoliberal economic model reduced workers' rights and relaxed regulations on social funds, making them less effective. It has proved difficult for the North to change its traditional social protection systems. Meanwhile, in the Global ...
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... neoliberal economic policies, which entailed a smaller role for government and less redistribution. Welfare and social spending was cut, and the gap between rich and poor widened dramatically. Indeed, for some neoliberal radicals ...
... neoliberal economic policies, which entailed a smaller role for government and less redistribution. Welfare and social spending was cut, and the gap between rich and poor widened dramatically. Indeed, for some neoliberal radicals ...
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... neoliberal policies of structural adjustment. The Millennium Development Goals called for a reversal of cuts in health and education spending, and aid increased. But poor people were still seen as responsible for their own long-term ...
... neoliberal policies of structural adjustment. The Millennium Development Goals called for a reversal of cuts in health and education spending, and aid increased. But poor people were still seen as responsible for their own long-term ...
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... neoliberal economic model promoted by the rich North had failed to spur development in the South, and poverty was increasing, while the global economic model triggered the Asian financial crisis of the later 1990s. Meanwhile, the ...
... neoliberal economic model promoted by the rich North had failed to spur development in the South, and poverty was increasing, while the global economic model triggered the Asian financial crisis of the later 1990s. Meanwhile, the ...
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... neoliberal economic policies of Augusto Pinochet created strong economic growth are in fact a myth. GDP per capita in Chile was lower in 1985 than when Pinochet took over in a coup in 1973. 5. Christine Weigand and Margaret Grosh ...
... neoliberal economic policies of Augusto Pinochet created strong economic growth are in fact a myth. GDP per capita in Chile was lower in 1985 than when Pinochet took over in a coup in 1973. 5. Christine Weigand and Margaret Grosh ...
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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