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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... poverty line is a basic lack of cash. Many people have so little money that they cannot afford small expenditures on better food, sending children to school, or searching for work. It is not a lack of motivation; people with little ...
... poverty line is a basic lack of cash. Many people have so little money that they cannot afford small expenditures on better food, sending children to school, or searching for work. It is not a lack of motivation; people with little ...
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... line in their battle against poverty and their efforts to promote development. NOTES 1. Nearly all names of grant recipients in the book are pseudonyms, but all quotations are taken from actual interviews conducted by some of the many ...
... line in their battle against poverty and their efforts to promote development. NOTES 1. Nearly all names of grant recipients in the book are pseudonyms, but all quotations are taken from actual interviews conducted by some of the many ...
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... poverty have also risen over the past two decades. But the study added that “governments have been taxing more and ... line is set at 50% of median income, which means that before tax and benefit, between half and one-third of people are ...
... poverty have also risen over the past two decades. But the study added that “governments have been taxing more and ... line is set at 50% of median income, which means that before tax and benefit, between half and one-third of people are ...
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... Poverty? Note: Simulated impact of a child benefit. For the countries in Table 3.1, this is the percentage of children now in poverty who would be taken out of poverty by a child benefit which transferred 30% of the poverty line to all ...
... Poverty? Note: Simulated impact of a child benefit. For the countries in Table 3.1, this is the percentage of children now in poverty who would be taken out of poverty by a child benefit which transferred 30% of the poverty line to all ...
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... 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 about their own lives and to be politically active, which promotes democracy. Cash ...
... 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 about their own lives and to be politically active, which promotes democracy. Cash ...
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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