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001 2009002274
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005 20130518082322.0
008 090123s2010 enk b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aHD7226$b.S63 2010
082 00 $a362.5/561095$222
245 00 $aSocial policy and poverty in East Asia :$bthe role of social security /$cedited by James Midgley and Kwong-leung Tang.
260 $aLondon ;$aNew York :$bRoutledge,$c2010.
300 $axiv, 202 p. ;$c24 cm.
440 0 $aRoutledge research on public and social policy in Asia ;$v3
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPoverty and social policy responses in east Asia / Kwong-leung Tang and James Midgley -- The role of social security in poverty alleviation : an international review / James Midgley -- The emergence of social assistance in China : challenges and issues / Joe Leung and Yuebin Xu -- Building assets for the poor in Taiwan : policy innovation from income to assets / Li-Chen Cheng -- Korea's national basic livelihood programme and social development / Joon Yong Jo -- Welfare-to-work reform in Hong Kong : overview and prospects / Kwong-leung Tang -- Social assistance programmes in Singapore / Mui-teng Yap -- Rural social protection in China : reform, performance and problems / Yuebin Xu and Xiulan Zhang -- From micro-credit to micro-insurance : creating social security where there is none / Takayoshi Amenomori -- The social investment fund of thailand / Shinichi Shigetomi -- Knowledge of public policy and the perceived positive impact of the welfare benefits system / Chack-kie Wong and Kwong-leung Tang -- Social security, housing policy and asset-building : the relevance of home ownership for elderly income protection in Hong Kong / James Lee.
650 0 $aSocial security$zEast Asia.
651 0 $aEast Asia$xSocial policy.
650 0 $aPoverty$zEast Asia.
700 1 $aMidgley, James.
700 1 $aTang, Kwong-Leung.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1102/2009002274-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0908/2009002274-d.html