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基本説明
Builds the case for a comprehensive social security system to be developed in all countries - to eliminate desperate conditions of poverty, reverse growing inequality and sustain economic growth.
Full Description
This book builds the case for a comprehensive social security system to be developed in all countries - to eliminate desperate conditions of poverty, reverse growing inequality and sustain economic growth. It gives the history of the rich countries in meeting poverty and shows how the strategies in the poor countries can be greatly improved.
Contents
Acknowledgements Foreword; A.Diop Introduction; P.Townsend PART I: THE RIGHT TO SOCIAL SECURITY AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Social Security and Human Rights; P.Townsend PART II: ISSUES FOR THE GLOBAL SOCIETY OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY Social Protection and Nation Building: An essay on why and how universalist social policy contributes to stable nation-states; C.de Neubourg Social Security, Social Impact and Economic Performance: A Farewell to Three Famous Myths; M.Cichon & W.Scholz Can Low-income Countries Afford Social Security?; C.Behrendt & K.Hagemejer The Impact of Social Transfers on Growth, Development, Poverty and Inequality in Developing Countries; M.Samson Child Poverty and Child Rights a Possible UN Model for Child Benefit?; P.Townsend PART III: SOCIAL PROTECTION IN EUROPE AND THE OECD Three Models of Social Security in the History of the Industrialised Countries; P.Townsend Social Protection, the European Union and its Member States; R.Wagener Can the European Welfare Model be Exported?; P.Lindert The Poverty Effects of Social Protection in Europe EU Enlargement and its Lessons for Developing Countries; B.Cantillon PART IV: EXPERIENCES FROM LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES Social Security in Developing Countries: A Brief Overview; P.Townsend Introducing Basic Social Protection in Low Income Countries: Lessons From Existing Programmes; A.Barrientos Social Protection, Rural Livelihoods and Economic Growth: The Case of Cash Transfers; R.Slater, J.Farrington, R.Holmes & P.Harvey Welfare, Development and Growth Lessons from South Africa; F.Lund From Targeting to Universality Lessons from the Health System in Thailand; V.Tangcharoensathien, P.Prakongsai, S.Limwattananon, W.Patcharanarumol & P.Jongudomsuk PART V: CONCLUSIONS Rethinking the Role of Social Security in Development; C.Behrendt, M.Cichon, K.Hagemejer, S.Kidd, R.Krech & P.Townsend Bibliography Index