Social protection for the poor and poorest : concepts, policies and politics / edited by Armando Barrientos and David Hulme.
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. |
| Description | xxiii, 344 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Barrientos, Armando. |
| Other author/creator | Hulme, David. |
| Other author/creator | University of Manchester. Brooks World Poverty Institute. |
| Other author/creator | Chronic Poverty Research Centre. |
| Series | Palgrave studies in development Palgrave studies in development. ^A768557 |
| Contents | Social protection for the poor and poorest : an introduction / Armando Barrientos and David Hulme -- Risks, needs and rights : compatible or contradictory bases for social protection / Lauchlan T. Munro -- Insurance for the poor? / Stefan Dercon, Tessa Bold and Cesar Calvo -- Transformative social protection : the currency of social justice / Rachel Sabates-Wheeler and Stephen Devereux -- Poverty traps and natural disasters in Ethiopia and Honduras / Michael R. Carter, Peter D. Little, Tewodaj Mogues and Workneh Negatu -- Indonesia's social protection during and after the crisis / Sudarno Sumarto, Asep Suryahadi and Sami Bazzi -- HIV/AIDS, social protection and chronic poverty / Rachel Slater -- The social protection function of short-term public works programmes in the context of chronic poverty / Anna McCord -- The emergence and popularity of conditional cash transfers in Latin America / Tatiana Feitosa de Britto -- Assisting the poorest in Bangladesh : learning from BRAC's 'targeting the ultra-poor' programme / David Hulme and Karen Moore -- Protecting the poorest with cash transfers in low income countries / Bernd Schubert -- Process deficits in the provision of social protection in rural Maharashtra / Sony Pellissery -- Conceptualising the politics of social protection in Africa / Sam Hickey -- Political incumbency and drought relief in Africa / Ngonidzashe Munemo -- Can low income countries in sub-Saharan Africa afford basic social protection? First results of a modelling exercise / Christina Behrendt -- Financing social protection / Armando Barrientos -- Embedding social protection in the developing world / Armando Barrientos and David Hulme. |
| General note | "In association with the Brooks World Poverty Institute at the University of Manchester and the Chronic Poverty Research Centre." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Bibliography note | Includes web resources. |
| LCCN | 2008000185 |
| ISBN | 023052530X (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780230525306 (hdbk) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | HD7091 .S547 2008 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |