Social policy and poverty in East Asia : the role of social security / / edited by James Midgley and Kwong-leung Tang

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910824964103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• ISBN: 1-135-25565-2; 1-135-25566-0; 1-282-25694-7; 9786612256943; 0-203-87409-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 p.)
• Collana: Routledge research on public and social policy in Asia
• Altri autori (Persone): MidgleyJames; TangKwong-Leung
• Disciplina: 362.5/561095; 362.5561095
• Soggetti: Social security - East Asia; Poverty - East Asia; East Asia Social policy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Part I Introduction and context; Introduction: Poverty and social policy responses in East Asia; 1 The role of social security in poverty alleviation: An international review; Part II Country case studies: Social security in East Asia; 2 The emergence of social assistance in China: Challenges and issues; 3 Social assistance programmes in Singapore; 4 Korea's national basic livelihood programme and social development; 5 Welfare-to-work reform in Hong Kong: Overview and prospects; 6 Rural social protection in China: Reform, performance and problemsPart III Innovations and issues of social policy and poverty in East Asia; 7 Building assets for the poor in Taiwan: Policy innovation from income to assets; 8 From microcredit to microinsurance: Creating social security where there is none; 9 The social investment fund of Thailand: New intermediaries for local development; 10 Knowledge of ; public policy and the perceived positive impact of the welfare benefits system; 11 Social security, housing policy and asset-building: The relevance of home ownership for elderly income protection in Hong KongIndex
• Sommario/riassunto: This book looks at the role of social policy and particularly social security in addressing the ongoing challenge of poverty in East Asia despite the region's spectacular experience of economic growth in decent decades. The East Asian miracle resulted over the last four decades in a transformation of the region's traditional agrarian economies and significant increases in standards of living for many ordinary people. Even though it was given little attention, poverty has remained an ongoing problem. The problem became particularly evident however with the Asian financial crisis of 1997 when