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Social Protection as Development Policy - Asian Perspectives (Paperback)
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The Asian crisis of the late 1990s severely affected some of the
most successful economies in the region, placing the issue of
social protection high on the regional and international agenda.
Subsequently, growth rates revived, but the fruits of growth have
not been evenly distributed and inequality has risen. Behind this
trend lie deeply entrenched forms of poverty and social exclusion
as well as new forms of vulnerability resulting from the
liberalisation of markets and growing exposure to the global
economy. This volume deals with issues of poverty, vulnerability
and social exclusion in the Asian context. The articles deal with
different groups of vulnerable people, exploring some of the
characteristics of vulnerability in different contexts, and
reflecting on appropriate policy responses. Collectively, they
emphasise a broad-based systemic approach to the problems of
vulnerability and insecurity, where social protection needs to be
'rescued' from its dominant current conceptualisation as a response
to risk and crisis, and instead be integrated into the mainstream
of development policy. This book will interest scholars of
economics, politics, development studies, development economics,
sociology, social policy, and South Asian studies.
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