LEADER 03779nam 22005293u 450 001 9910781841303321 005 20230207231501.0 010 $a92-2-121996-8 035 $a(CKB)2550000000062727 035 $a(EBL)797572 035 $a(OCoLC)763156994 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC797572 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3012381 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL797572 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000062727 100 $a20130418d2009|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBuilding decent societies$b[electronic resource] $eRethinking the role of social security in state building 210 $aGeneva $cInternational Labour Office, Palgrave Macmillan$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (410 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a92-2-121995-X 327 $aCover; CONTENTS; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Boxes; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Part I: The Right to Social Security and National Development; 2 Social Security and Human Rights; Part II: Issues for the Global Society of the Twenty-first Century; 3 Social Protection and Nation-Building: an Essay on Why and How Universalist Social Policy Contributes to Stable Nation-States; 4 Social Security, Social Impact and Economic Performance: a Farewell to Three Famous Myths; 5 Can Low-Income Countries Afford Social Security? 327 $a6 The Impact of Social Transfers on Growth, Development, Poverty and Inequality in Developing Countries7 Investment in Social Security: a Possible UN Model for Child Benefit?; Part III: Social Protection in Europe and the OECD; 8 Three Models of Social Security in the History of the Industrialized Countries; 9 Social Protection, the European Union and its Member States; 10 Can the European Welfare Model be Exported?; 11 The Poverty Effects of Social Protection in Europe: EU Enlargement and its Lessons for Developing Countries; Part IV: Experiences from Low-Income Countries 327 $a12 Social Security in Developing Countries: a Brief Overview13 Introducing Basic Social Protection in Low-Income Countries: Lessons from Existing Programmes; 14 Social Protection, Rural Livelihoods and Economic Growth: the Case of Cash Transfers in Malawi, Ethiopia and Bangladesh; 15 Welfare, Development and Growth: Lessons from South Africa; 16 From Targeting to Universality: Lessons from the Health System in Thailand; Part V: Conclusions; 17 Rethinking the Role of Social Security in Development; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z 330 $aThis book makes the case for a comprehensive social security system to be developed in all countries, including the poorest ones, in order to eliminate desperate conditions of poverty, to reverse growing inequality and to sustain economic growth. This is a co-publication with Palgrave Macmillan 606 $aDeveloping countries -- Social policy 606 $aIncome maintenance programs -- Developing countries 606 $aPoverty -- Developing countries -- Prevention 606 $aPoverty -- Prevention -- International cooperation 615 4$aDeveloping countries -- Social policy. 615 4$aIncome maintenance programs -- Developing countries. 615 4$aPoverty -- Developing countries -- Prevention. 615 4$aPoverty -- Prevention -- International cooperation. 676 $a362.58091724 700 $aTownsend$b Peter$0375906 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781841303321 996 $aBuilding decent societies$93679079 997 $aUNINA