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Brookings Institution Press
Language
English
Pages
314

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Subjects
Poor, Human services, Poverty, Public welfare, Structural adjustment (Economic policy), Developing countries, social conditions

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December 15, 2000, Brookings Institution Press
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Washington, D.C

Table of Contents

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 José-Victor Ríos-Rull
Social protection for the poor in the developed world / Timothy M. Smeeding and Katherin Ross Phillips.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
362.5/8/091724
Library of Congress
HV525 .S54 2001, HV525.S54 2001

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Pagination
314 p. :
Number of pages
314

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Open Library
OL6776839M
Internet Archive
shieldingpoorsoc0000unse
ISBN 10
0815753217
LCCN
00010531
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1365605

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"Social protection consists of the set of public initiatives that can lessen the impact of adverse shocks on the income of the population."

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