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 use the money well. And responsibility for eradicating poverty, as the Human Rights declaration implies, is ... trap” model—many people are trapped in poverty because they have so little money that they can- not buy things they ...
... poverty use the money well. And responsibility for eradicating poverty, as the Human Rights declaration implies, is ... trap” model—many people are trapped in poverty because they have so little money that they can- not buy things they ...
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... poverty and inequality.11 Halfway across the world in Mongolia, one of the poorest countries in Asia, a new child ... trap stretches over generations, because children who are malnourished and badly educated are likely to remain in ...
... poverty and inequality.11 Halfway across the world in Mongolia, one of the poorest countries in Asia, a new child ... trap stretches over generations, because children who are malnourished and badly educated are likely to remain in ...
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... poverty trap. Cash transfers are a direct challenge to the traditional belief, explicit or at least subconscious, that impoverished people are at least partly responsible for their plight.The new paradigm dovetails in many ways with ...
... poverty trap. Cash transfers are a direct challenge to the traditional belief, explicit or at least subconscious, that impoverished people are at least partly responsible for their plight.The new paradigm dovetails in many ways with ...
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... poverty trap. That is, their poverty and marginalization make it more difficult and more expensive for the poor to do things than for the better off. Borrowing, starting a business, sending their children to school, and even just ...
... poverty trap. That is, their poverty and marginalization make it more difficult and more expensive for the poor to do things than for the better off. Borrowing, starting a business, sending their children to school, and even just ...
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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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