Social protection, growth and employment : evidence from India, Kenya, Malawi, Mexico and Tajikistan /

"The global financial and economic crisis has highlighted and reinforced the need for effective social protection mechanisms that can not only prevent households from falling into poverty but also permanently raise their earnings. Meanwhile, social protection policies must be consistent with la...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: United Nations Development Programme. Bureau for Development Policy
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : United Nations Development Programme, Bureau for Development Policy, [2013]
Temas:
Poverty > International cooperation.
Economic development > International cooperation.
Poor > Employment.
Human rights > Economic aspects.
Human rights > Social aspects.
Pauvreté > Coopération internationale.
Développement économique > Coopération internationale.
Pauvres > Travail.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Aspect économique.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Aspect social.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Macroeconomics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
Poverty -- > International co-operation -- > Case studies
Economic development -- > Human rights
Social security -- > Development planning
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Growth, employment, poverty and social protection: a conceptual framework / Albert Berry
  • Social protection and labour markets in Malawi: the centrality of agriculture / Andrew Charman
  • Addressing transitory and chronic poverty: social policies in Peru 1990-2010 / Janina Leon
  • Challenges of transition economies: economic reforms, emigration and employment in Tajikistan / Omair Amir and Albert Berry
  • Labour, income and social programmes in contemporary Mexico / Carlos Salas
  • Guaranteeing jobs for the rural poor: an assessment of India's MGNREGA public works programme / Eduardo Zepeda, Diana Alarcon, Scott McDonald, Chandan Sapkota, Manoj Panda, and Ganesh Kumar
  • The youth employment challenge: the insertion of Kenya's youth into formal and informal jobs / Eduardo Zepeda, Fatou Leigh, Lydia Ndirangu and Jacob Omolo
  • Policy, institutional and methodological lessons from six country studies / Albert Berry.

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