03857oam 2200709I 450 991082496410332120230207230408.01-135-25565-21-135-25566-01-282-25694-797866122569430-203-87409-910.4324/9780203874097 (CKB)1000000000773559(EBL)446711(OCoLC)449187535(SSID)ssj0000247580(PQKBManifestationID)11191148(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000247580(PQKBWorkID)10199948(PQKB)10777784(MiAaPQ)EBC446711(Au-PeEL)EBL446711(CaPaEBR)ebr10326774(CaONFJC)MIL225694(OCoLC)437143004(OCoLC)872691806 (EXLCZ)99100000000077355920180706d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSocial policy and poverty in East Asia the role of social security /edited by James Midgley and Kwong-leung TangLondon ;New York :Routledge,2010.1 online resource (217 p.)Routledge research on public and social policy in AsiaDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-66718-6 0-415-43485-8 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 prospects6 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 system11 Social security, housing policy and asset-building: The relevance of home ownership for elderly income protection in Hong KongIndexThis 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 whenRoutledge research on public and social policy in Asia.Social securityEast AsiaPovertyEast AsiaEast AsiaSocial policySocial securityPoverty362.5/561095362.5561095Midgley James247746Tang Kwong-Leung854858MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824964103321Social policy and poverty in East Asia4046589UNINA