Social security in developing countries /

The notion of social security is very different in under-developed countries and is best understood as poverty alleviation. This study attempts to define social security in the Third World and to examine what programmes are most suitable for these countries.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Ahmad, Ehtisham
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford [England] : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1991.
Series:	Studies in development economics.
Subjects:	Social security > Developing countries. Social security Developing countries Soziale Sicherheit Kongress Aufsatzsammlung Entwicklungsländer Ontwikkelingslanden. Developing countries > Social security Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Public action for social security: foundations and strategy / Jean Drèze and Amartya Sen
Social security in developing countries: what, why, who and how? / Robin Burgess and Nicholas Stern
Social security in developed countries: are there lessons for developing countries / A.B. Atkinson and John Hills
Traditional systems of social security and hunger insurance: past achievements and modern challenges / Jean-Philippe Platteau
Social security and the family: coping with seasonality and calamity in rural India / Bina Agarwal
Social security in China: a historical perspective / Ehtisham Ahmad and Athar Hussain
Social security in South Asia / S.R. Osmani
Social security in Latin America and the Caribbean: a comparative assessment / Carmelo Mesa-Lago
Social security in Sub-Saharan Africa: reflections on policy challenges / Joachim von Braun
Social security in the SADCC states of Southern Africa: social welfare programmes and the reduction of household vulnerability / Richard Morgan.