Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Has aggregate income growth been effective in reducing poverty and inequality in Latin America? / Alain de Janvry and Elisabeth Sadoulet
  • Social protection for the unemployed : programs in Latin America / Gustavo Márquez
  • Heterogeneity and optimal unemployment insurance / Hugo A. Hopenhayn and Juan Pablo Nicolini
  • Helping the poor manage risk better : the role of social funds / Steen Lau Jorgensen and Julie Van Domelen
  • Insuring the economic costs of illness / Paul Gertler
  • Coverage under old age security programs and protection for the uninsured : what are the issues? / Estelle James
  • Social assistance on pensions and health care for the poor in Latin America and the Caribbean / Carmelo Mesa-Lago
  • The safety net role of microfinance for income and consumption smoothing / Manfred Zeller
  • Consumption smoothing and extended families : the role of government-sponsored insurance / Orazio Attanasio and Jose-Victor Ríos-Rull
  • Social protection for the poor in the developed world / Timothy M. Smeeding and Katherin Ross Phillips.