Social Security in Developing Countries (Hardcover)

The term "social security" has a very different meaning in underdeveloped countries -- whose populations live in great insecurity -- and is best understood as poverty alleviation. This book attempts to define social security in the Third World and to examine what sort of programs are most suitable for developing countries. The authors review current literature on the subject. Some chapters explore broad themes, others contain case studies describing social security provisions in various regions of Asia, Latin America, and Southern Africa. This illuminating study will be of interst to development economists as well as those working in international organizations concerned with policy-making in the Third World and management of resources.

General

Imprint:	Clarendon Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	WIDER Studies in Development Economics
Release date:	February 1991
Editors:	Ehtisham Ahmad (Senior Economist, Fiscal Affairs Department) • Jean Dreze • John Hills (Co-Director) • Amartya Sen (Lamont Professor of Economics and Philosophy)
Dimensions:	236 x 163 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	496
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-823300-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > General
LSN:	0-19-823300-0
Barcode:	9780198233008

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