Subject(s): Public welfare in Developing countries.. -- Developing countries in Social policy -- Contexts and conceptual frameworks : Role of historical contexts in shaping social policy in Global south -- Institutions and actors : Role of the world bank and international monetary fund in poverty reduction- limits of policy change, building the we lfare mix or sidelining the sate- non governmental organizations in developing countries as social policy actors, information economy- dilemmas and policy responses, addressing the failing of public health systems- should the private sector be an instrument of choice -- Instruments and mechanisms : Social security, implications of conditionality in social assistance, work and welfare in global south- public works programs as an instrument of social policy, social entrepreneurship- social policy nexus in developing countries -- Scenarios and trajectories : Globalization and social policy in developing countries, south- south cooperation- new paradigm for global social policy, towards the analysis of social policy in developing world