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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809118503321

Titolo

Assets, livelihoods, and social policy / / Caroline Moser and Anis A. Dani, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : World Bank, c2008

ISBN

1-281-78735-3

9786611787356

0-8213-6996-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xxii, 337 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm

Collana

New frontiers of social policy

Altri autori (Persone)

MoserCaroline O. N

DaniAnis A (Anis Ahmad)

Disciplina

332.609172/4

Soggetti

Saving and investment - Developing countries

Structural adjustment (Economic policy) - Developing countries

Developing countries Social policy Case studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; BOX; FIGURES; TABLES; FOREWORD; ABOUT THE EDITORS; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; CHAPTER 1 Asset-Based Social Policy and Public Action in a Polycentric World; CHAPTER 2 Assets and Livelihoods: A Frameworkfor Asset-Based Social Policy; CHAPTER 3 International Migration and Challenges for Social Policy: The Case of Ecuador; CHAPTER 4 Toward the Sustainable Return of West African Transnational Migrants: What Are the Options?; CHAPTER 5 Public Policies to Support Migrant Workers in Pakistan and the Philippines

CHAPTER 6 Transnationalism, Social Reproduction,and Social Policy: International Migration of Care WorkersCHAPTER 7 Building Homes: The Role of Federations of the Urban Poor; CHAPTER 8 Upgrading Thailand's Urban Settlements:A Community-Driven Process of Social Development; CHAPTER 9 Bitter Harvest: The Social Costs of State Failure in Rural Kenya; CHAPTER 10 Youth Gangs as Ontological Assets; CHAPTER 11 Forest Rights and Asset-Based Livelihoods: Catalyzing Rural Economies and Forest Conservation through Policy Reform and Collective Action

CHAPTER 12 Microenterprise and Sustainable LivelihoodsCHAPTER 13



Beyond Sectoral Traps: Creating Wealth for the Poor; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Given the lack of adequate universal social welfare for those unable to find jobs in the salaried formal sector, the livelihoods and well-being of most poor people depends heavily on their asset base. This includes their ability to access and accumulate assets, obtain decent returns from these assets, and use their asset base to manage risks. Assets, Livelihoods, and Social Policy discusse the diverse strategies adopted by people in different contexts to accumulate assets through migration, housing investments, natural resources management, and informal businesses. An asset-based social policy