LEADER 03817nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910457119703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-56549-390-7 010 $a1-56549-364-8 035 $a(CKB)2550000000027540 035 $a(OCoLC)704418225 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10404263 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000474829 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11913307 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000474829 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10455155 035 $a(PQKB)11299799 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3328909 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC911925 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3328909 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10404263 035 $a(OCoLC)929119676 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL911925 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000027540 100 $a20091203d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aJust give money to the poor$b[electronic resource] $ethe development revolution from the global south /$fJoseph Hanlon, Armando Barrientos and David Hulme 210 $aSterling, VA $cKumarian Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (232 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-56549-334-6 311 $a1-56549-333-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- From alms to rights and north to south -- Cash transfers today -- Eating more--and better -- Pro-poor growth: turning a $1 grant into $2 income -- To everyone or just a few? The targeting dilemma -- Identifying recipients -- Co-responsibility and services: the conditionality dilemma -- Cash transfers are practical in poor countries -- The way forward. 330 $a* Argues strongly for overlooked approach to development by showing how the poor use money in ways that confound stereotypical notions of aid and handouts* Team authored by foremost scholars in the development fieldAmid all the complicated economic theories about the causes and solutions to poverty, one idea is so basic it seems radical: just give money to the poor. Despite its skeptics, researchers have found again and again that cash transfers given to significant portions of the population transform the lives of recipients. Countries from Mexico to South Africa to Indonesia are giving money directly to the poor and discovering that they use it wisely - to send their children to school, to start a business and to feed their families.Directly challenging an aid industry that thrives on complexity and mystification, with highly paid consultants designing ever more complicated projects, Just Give Money to the Poor offers the elegant southern alternative - bypass governments and NGOs and let the poor decide how to use their money. Stressing that cash transfers are not charity or a safety net, the authors draw an outline of effective practices that work precisely because they are regular, guaranteed and fair. This book, the first to report on this quiet revolution in an accessible way, is essential reading for policymakers, students of international development and anyone yearning for an alternative to traditional poverty-alleviation methods. 606 $aTransfer payments$zDeveloping countries 606 $aEconomic assistance$zDeveloping countries 606 $aPoverty$zDeveloping countries 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aTransfer payments 615 0$aEconomic assistance 615 0$aPoverty 676 $a339.5/22 700 $aHanlon$b Joseph$0284819 701 $aBarrientos$b Armando$01048392 701 $aHulme$b David$0253091 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457119703321 996 $aJust give money to the poor$92476658 997 $aUNINA