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Building Decent Societies : Rethinking the Role of Social Security in Development /

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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...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Townsend, Peter (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Subjects:
Economics.
Development Policy.
Development Studies.
Labor Economics.
Political Economy.
Political Sociology.
Politics of the Welfare State.
Economic development.
Economic policy.
Labor economics.
Political sociology.
Welfare state.
Electronic books.
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XXII, 386 pages)
ISBN:9780230251052
DOI:10.1057/9780230251052