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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... poor families, and this has longer-term implications. Children can go to school instead of walking the streets selling sweets or single cigarettes. None of this is because an NGO worker came to the village and told people how to eat ...
... poor families, and this has longer-term implications. Children can go to school instead of walking the streets selling sweets or single cigarettes. None of this is because an NGO worker came to the village and told people how to eat ...
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... level—and nationally. Families with an assured, though small, income begin to take small risks by investing in their future: buying better seeds to try to increase farm production, purchasing goods that 6 JUST GIVE MONEY TO THE POOR.
... level—and nationally. Families with an assured, though small, income begin to take small risks by investing in their future: buying better seeds to try to increase farm production, purchasing goods that 6 JUST GIVE MONEY TO THE POOR.
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... families in poverty can be an investment in growth and in the future. Indeed, research on cash transfers shows two important differences between the relatively poor and the relatively rich. Poorer people spend more on food and locally ...
... families in poverty can be an investment in growth and in the future. Indeed, research on cash transfers shows two important differences between the relatively poor and the relatively rich. Poorer people spend more on food and locally ...
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... poor people to take control of their own development and end their own poverty. Thus, this book is a direct challenge to Moyo, Collier, and much of the current popular writing on aid. Moyo herself estimates that 500,000 people are ...
... poor people to take control of their own development and end their own poverty. Thus, this book is a direct challenge to Moyo, Collier, and much of the current popular writing on aid. Moyo herself estimates that 500,000 people are ...
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... poor people is “linked to the paternalistic and condescending view that poor people do not know how best to use it. These beliefs sit uncomfortably alongside the increasingly mainstream view that beneficiary choice and participation are ...
... poor people is “linked to the paternalistic and condescending view that poor people do not know how best to use it. These beliefs sit uncomfortably alongside the increasingly mainstream view that beneficiary choice and participation are ...
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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