World poverty: New policies to defeat an old enemy
by Townsend Peter
Additional authors:
Gordon David
Published by :
Policy Press
(UK)
Physical details: 454p.
ISBN:1-86134-395-7.
Subject(s):
Government policy
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Poor
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Economic development
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Anti-poverty policy
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International anti poverty - problems of Washington consensus : Poverty, social exclusion and social polarization- need to construct an international welfare state, rising income inequality- critique of transatlantic consensus, international measurement of poverty and anti poverty policies
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Anti-poverty in rich countries : Social policy in US- workfare and American low wage labor/labour market, European definition of poverty - fight against poverty and social exclusion in member states of European union, welfare state solidarity and support - Czech Republic compared with Netherlands, targeting welfare on the functions and dysfunctions of means testing in social policy
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Anti-poverty policies in poor countries : Structural adjustment and mass poverty in Ghana, social funds in sub- Saharan Africa- how effective for poverty reduction, urban water supply, sanitation and social policy- lessons from Johannesburg - South Africa, Round pegs and square holes- mismatches between poverty and housing policy in urban India, urban poverty in China- incidence and policy responses, new branch can be strengthened by an old branch- livelihoods and challenges to inter-generational solidarity in south Africa
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Future anti-poverty policies- national and international : Human rights, transitional corporations and world bank, reducing global poverty, constructing an anti poverty strategy
Year: 2002
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Books | KILA HEADQUARTERS LIBRARY General Stacks | 362.57 TOW/W (Browse shelf) | Available | 008175 |