Just Give Money to the Poor: The Development Revolution from the Global South* 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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In Brazil, 18 million households (74 million people, or 39% of the population) benefit from cash transfers—a family grant (Bolsa Família) or pension. South Africa's child benefit reaches 8 million ...
In Brazil, 18 million households (74 million people, or 39% of the population) benefit from cash transfers—a family grant (Bolsa Família) or pension. South Africa's child benefit reaches 8 million ...
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Instead they are often broadly based, covering a significant part of the population in poverty; they are seen as partly satisfying the right to an adequate standard of living. Although the cash clearly reduces immediate poverty, ...
Instead they are often broadly based, covering a significant part of the population in poverty; they are seen as partly satisfying the right to an adequate standard of living. Although the cash clearly reduces immediate poverty, ...
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And some countries identify only the most impoverished, as in Zambia, where a donor program seeks to give money only to the 10% of the population who are “ultra-poor” and cannot work. There is a similar wide range of views on whether ...
And some countries identify only the most impoverished, as in Zambia, where a donor program seeks to give money only to the 10% of the population who are “ultra-poor” and cannot work. There is a similar wide range of views on whether ...
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SHIFTS IN THINKING ABOUT THE POOR Poor Laws to Increase Labor Mobility More intensive agriculture, landlessness, and population growth led to changes in thinking about poverty. Traditionally, the poor depended on charity from churches ...
SHIFTS IN THINKING ABOUT THE POOR Poor Laws to Increase Labor Mobility More intensive agriculture, landlessness, and population growth led to changes in thinking about poverty. Traditionally, the poor depended on charity from churches ...
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At the start of the 20th century, these countries were very similar in development, population, and natural resources, with high levels of poverty and child mortality. Up to the 1920s they were identical in gross domestic product (GDP) ...
At the start of the 20th century, these countries were very similar in development, population, and natural resources, with high levels of poverty and child mortality. Up to the 1920s they were identical in gross domestic product (GDP) ...
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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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| Título | Just Give Money to the Poor: The Development Revolution from the Global South |
| Autores | Joseph Hanlon, Armando Barrientos, David Hulme |
| Editor | Kumarian Press, 2012 |
| ISBN | 1565493907, 9781565493902 |
| N.º de páginas | 288 páginas |
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