Building decent societies : rethinking the role of social security in development

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Building decent societies : rethinking the role of social security in development

edited by Peter Townsend

Palgrave Macmillan , International Labour Office, 2009

  • : hardback
  • : ILO

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 338-365) and index

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Volume

: hardback ISBN 9780230235250

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.

Table of 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
Volume

: ILO ISBN 9789221219958

Description

The downturn of the global economy has made the scope of poverty and unemployment worse across the world. This book makes the case for developing a comprehensive social security system in all countries to eliminate desperate conditions of poverty, to reverse growing inequality, and to sustain economic growth. The establishment of universal social security systems has been one of the cornerstones of OECD countries' successful economic and social development. Because the two are inextricably intertwined across countries, new international strategies are required to design appropriate social security policies that would help reduce poverty and contribute to development.

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