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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... Targeting Dilemma 87 7 Identifying Recipients 101 8 Co-responsibility and Services: The Conditionality Dilemma 125 9 Cash Transfers Are Practical in Poor Countries 143 10 The Way Forward 165 Background and Research Data 183 ...
... Targeting Dilemma 87 7 Identifying Recipients 101 8 Co-responsibility and Services: The Conditionality Dilemma 125 9 Cash Transfers Are Practical in Poor Countries 143 10 The Way Forward 165 Background and Research Data 183 ...
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... targeting and conditions. Although it is clear that such programs must be well targeted in order to be politically acceptable, achieving this in practice is challenging. Moreover, as much as the authors passionately argue for un ...
... targeting and conditions. Although it is clear that such programs must be well targeted in order to be politically acceptable, achieving this in practice is challenging. Moreover, as much as the authors passionately argue for un ...
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... targeted but unconditional transfers. Hanlon, Barrientos, and Hulme also buck another powerful trend in academic and policymaker circles worldwide: the tendency toward “soft paternalism” and the larger “behavioral economics” framework ...
... targeted but unconditional transfers. Hanlon, Barrientos, and Hulme also buck another powerful trend in academic and policymaker circles worldwide: the tendency toward “soft paternalism” and the larger “behavioral economics” framework ...
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... and promoting human development. But two areas remain the subject of intense debate: targeting and conditions. Should smaller grants be given to many people or larger grants to a few? Should recipients be asked 2 JUST GIVE MONEY TO THE ...
... and promoting human development. But two areas remain the subject of intense debate: targeting and conditions. Should smaller grants be given to many people or larger grants to a few? Should recipients be asked 2 JUST GIVE MONEY TO THE ...
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... targeting is expensive—in general the smaller the percentage of people to receive grants, the higher the administrative costs—and strict targeting can be inaccurate and socially divisive. Therefore, different countries have selected ...
... targeting is expensive—in general the smaller the percentage of people to receive grants, the higher the administrative costs—and strict targeting can be inaccurate and socially divisive. Therefore, different countries have selected ...
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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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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