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Social protection for the poor and poorest: edited by Armando Barrientos and David Hulme concept, policies and politics/

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TextPublication details: New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010Description: 344 pISBN: 9780230273580Subject(s): Social security -- Developing countries Poor -- Services for -- Developing countriesDDC classification: 362.5

Contents:

Social protection for the poor and poorest : an introduction -- Risks, needs and rights : compatible or contradictory bases for social protection -- Insurance for the poor? -- Transformative social protection : the currency of social justice -- Poverty traps and natural disasters in Ethiopia and Honduras -- Indonesia's social protection during and after the crisis -- HIV/AIDS, social protection and chronic poverty -- The social protection function of short-term public works programmes in the context of chronic poverty -- The emergence and popularity of conditional cash transfers in Latin America -- Assisting the poorest in Bangladesh : learning from BRAC's 'targeting the ultra-poor' programme -- Protecting the poorest with cash transfers in low income countries -- Process deficits in the provision of social protection in rural Maharashtra -- Conceptualising the politics of social protection in Africa -- Political incumbency and drought relief in Africa -- Can low income countries in sub-Saharan Africa afford basic social protection? First results of a modelling exercise -- Financing social protection -- Embedding social protection in the developing world.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	362.5 BAR/S (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P15708

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Social protection for the poor and poorest : an introduction --
Risks, needs and rights : compatible or contradictory bases for social protection --
Insurance for the poor? --
Transformative social protection : the currency of social justice --
Poverty traps and natural disasters in Ethiopia and Honduras --
Indonesia's social protection during and after the crisis --
HIV/AIDS, social protection and chronic poverty --
The social protection function of short-term public works programmes in the context of chronic poverty --
The emergence and popularity of conditional cash transfers in Latin America --
Assisting the poorest in Bangladesh : learning from BRAC's 'targeting the ultra-poor' programme --
Protecting the poorest with cash transfers in low income countries --
Process deficits in the provision of social protection in rural Maharashtra --
Conceptualising the politics of social protection in Africa --
Political incumbency and drought relief in Africa --
Can low income countries in sub-Saharan Africa afford basic social protection? First results of a modelling exercise --
Financing social protection --
Embedding social protection in the developing world.

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