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Social Protection Policies in South Asia (Paperback)
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Social Protection Policies in South Asia (Paperback)
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This book offers a comparative analysis of social protection
policies in five countries of South Asia - India, Sri Lanka,
Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh - where economic transformation
impelled by globalisation and liberalisation has, on the one hand,
caused an unprecedented expansion of the informal sector, and
heightened the vulnerabilities of its workers on the other. It
examines the multiple vulnerabilities of workers who continue to
work and live in abysmal conditions, with persistent cutbacks in
social security budgets by governments, and evaluates the
implementation and efficacy of current policies. The volume
introduces the problem through an overview of South Asian economies
by charting out the contrasting parallels between growth paths and
the extent of poverty among workers in the informal sector.
Further, it assesses the projected cost of basic social protection
in these economies in the context of different (possible) growth
scenarios. The second part of the book discusses the experiences
from various countries by highlighting work force composition,
ratio of workers in the informal sector to total work force,
challenges and concerns, available policies and programmes, and
finally, the outreach of these programmes. The concluding section
argues for the need for social protection in South Asia by exposing
the limitations of existing policies, and proposes a future course
of action in order that social protection may serve as a tool in
the transformation of social policy. This will be useful to
scholars, students and researchers of development studies,
economics, politics and labour law. It would also interest those in
voluntary sector organisations, nongovernmental organisations,
policy makers, journalists and think tanks.
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