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For Protection and Promotion : the Design and Implementation of Effective Safety Nets.
Safety nets are noncontributory transfer programs targeted to the poor or vulnerable. They play important roles in social policy. Safety nets redistribute income, thereby immediately reducing poverty and inequality; they enable households to invest in the human capital of their children and in the l...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
World Bank,
©2008.
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| Colección: | World Bank e-Library.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Figure 1.1 Processes and Stakeholders Involved in a Safety Net; Box 1.1 Definitions of Safety Nets and Social Assistance; 2. The Case for Safety Nets; Figure 2.1 Where Safety Nets Fit in Larger Development Policy; Figure 2.2 Perceptions of Fairness of Country Income Distribution in Latin America; Box 2.1 The Motivating Force of Educational Stipends: The Bangladesh Female Secondary School Assistance Program; Box 2.2 The Loss of an Ox; Box 2.3 A Poverty Trap in Shinyanga.