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40 years of China's war on poverty / / Xinkai Zhu, Chao Peng ; translated by Yu Muhong
| 40 years of China's war on poverty / / Xinkai Zhu, Chao Peng ; translated by Yu Muhong |
| Autore | Zhu Xinkai |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : China Renmin University Press : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxv, 303 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Disciplina | 338.9 |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic policy
Poverty - Prevention |
| ISBN | 981-19-3004-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Messages from the Translators -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 The Chinese Road: A Brilliant Chapter in the Cause of Human Anti-Poverty -- 1 Poverty: A Huge Problem Hindering Social Development -- 1.1 The Implications and Standards of Poverty -- 1.2 The Harm of Poverty -- 1.3 The Importance of Anti-Poverty -- 1.3.1 Case 1: The State of Child Survival in the World -- 1.3.2 Urban Children-Desperate Need of a Friendly Environment -- 1.3.3 Children in Developed Countries-Unequal Distribution of Educational Resources -- 1.3.4 Children in Slums-More Need for Free and Compulsory Education -- 1.3.5 Children in War-The Weakest of the Weak -- 2 China-The Main Force in Promoting World Anti-Poverty -- 2.1 Poverty in the World -- 2.2 Anti-Poverty Strategies of World Organizations and Governments -- 2.3 Obstacles in China's Poverty Reduction -- 2.4 Comparison of Anti-Poverty Progress Between China and Other Countries -- 2.5 China's Plan for Global Poverty Control -- 3 Forty Years of Anti-Poverty in China: Achievements of Practicing Socialism with Chinese Characteristics -- 3.1 The Transformation of Poverty in China -- 3.2 Externalizations of Anti-Poverty Outcomes -- 3.3 Poverty Alleviation Policies Have Been Continuously Improved -- 3.4 Continue China's Anti-Poverty Cause to the End -- References -- 2 The Evolution and Historical Mission of Anti-poverty in China -- 1 1978-1985: The Stage of Poverty Alleviation Driven D by Institutional Reform -- 1.1 China's Exploration and Practice in the Process of Eradicating Poverty from 1978 to 1985 -- 1.1.1 Ensuring the Direct Entitlement of the Poor to the Resources Necessary to Eradicate Poverty -- 1.1.2 Ensuring the Trade Entitlement of Farm Households to Resources to Shake off Poverty.
1.2 The Institutional Performance in the Stage of Anti-Poverty Pushed by Institutional Reform -- 1.3 What's Undone in the Institutional Anti-Poverty Reform and the Impetus for Further Reform -- 2 1986-2000: The Stage of Large-Scale Development-Driven Poverty Alleviation -- 2.1 China's Exploration and Practice in the Process of Getting Rid of Poverty from 1986 to 2000 -- 2.1.1 Policy Guarantee -- 2.1.2 Funding -- 2.2 Institutional Performance in the Development-Driven Poverty Alleviation Stage -- 2.3 The Unaccomplished Matters of Development-Driven Poverty Alleviation and the Impetus for Further Reform -- 3 2001-2012: The Stage of Poverty Alleviation at Village Level -- 3.1 China's Exploration and Practice in the Process of Poverty Eradication in 2001-2012 -- 3.1.1 Focusing on People Living Below the Poverty Line -- 3.1.2 Optimizing the Means of Poverty Reduction -- 3.1.3 Increasing the Efficiency of Funds for Poverty Alleviation -- 3.1.4 The Diversified Players Participating in Poverty Alleviation -- 3.2 Institutional Performance of Village-Level Poverty Alleviation -- 3.3 What's Undone in the Village-Based Anti-Poverty and the Impetus for Further Reform -- 4 2013-Present: Targeted Poverty Alleviation Stage -- References -- 3 China's Anti-poverty: Explorations Since the 18th CPC National Congress -- 1 The Role of Agricultural Development in Anti-poverty -- 1.1 Re-positioning the Fundamental Role of Agriculture -- 1.1.1 Agricultural Development in General Secretary Xi Jinping's vision -- 1.1.2 The Fundamental Position of Agriculture in the New Era -- 1.2 Basic Support for Getting Rid of Poverty: Agricultural Innovation and Development -- 1.3 Exploring the "Separation of Three Rights" on Rural Land Ownership, Contracting Right and Management Right Under the Prerequisite of Adhering to and Improving the Basic Rural Management System. 1.3.1 Promoting Agricultural Supply-Side Structural Reforms and Building Agricultural Modernization Comprehensively -- 1.3.2 Adhering to Green Development and Turning Clear Water and Green Mountains into Valuable Assets That Can Help People to End Poverty and Become Wealthy -- 1.3.3 Leading Farmers Out of Poverty by Gaining Additional Income and Pushing Forward the Implementation of Targeted Poverty Alleviation -- 1.4 Developing Agriculture Is an Important Approach for Poverty Eradication -- 1.4.1 Agricultural Growth Is Crucial to Rural Poverty Eradication -- 1.4.2 The Internal Relationship Between Developing Agriculture and Shaking off Poverty -- 1.4.3 Contribution of Agricultural Development to Economic Growth -- 2 Problems of Poverty in the Process of Urbanization -- 2.1 Urbanization and Poverty -- 2.1.1 China's Unique Urbanization Model -- 2.1.2 The Relationship Between Urbanization and Poverty -- 2.1.3 New Poverty Problems Posed by Urbanization -- 2.2 The New Poor People in Cities and Towns -- 2.2.1 Changing Trends of the New Poor -- 2.2.2 The Scale and Distribution of Migrant Children and Left-Behind Children -- 2.3 Poverty Alleviation Strategies for the New Poor Population -- 2.3.1 Poverty Alleviation Through Social Insurance -- 2.3.2 Integration of Urban and Rural Education -- 3 Regional Development Strategy and Poverty Reduction -- 3.1 Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Coordinated Development Strategy -- 3.1.1 The Relatively Underdeveloped Economy in the Poverty-Stricken Belt Around Beijing and Tianjin -- 3.1.2 Reasons for the Formation of the Poverty Belt Around Beijing and Tianjin -- 3.1.3 Approaches to Poverty Reduction Under the Background of Coordinated Development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region -- 3.2 Green Rise of Yangtze River Economic Belt -- 3.2.1 The Yangtze River Economic Belt: Essential Support for China's Economic Development. 3.2.2 Poverty: A Critical Challenge to the Yangtze River Economic Belt -- 3.2.3 Developing Agriculture Is a Key Measure to Shake off Poverty -- 3.2.4 Comprehensive Multi-dimensional Transportation Corridor: A Guarantee for Poverty Alleviation as Scheduled -- 4 Theoretical Innovation of Poverty Alleviation and Development: Targeted Poverty Alleviation -- 4.1 Difficulties and Achievements in Poverty Alleviation and Development Since the 18th CPC National Congress -- 4.1.1 Lifting the Rural Poor Out of Poverty: The Most Difficult Task for Achieving a Moderately Prosperous Society in All Respects -- 4.1.2 Remarkable Effect of Poverty Alleviation and Development Work After the 18th CPC National Congress -- 4.1.3 Daunting Challenges in Poverty Alleviation Efforts Despite the Outstanding Achievements -- 4.2 Targeted Poverty Alleviation: The Basic Strategy to Win the Battle Against Poverty Alleviation -- References -- 4 China's Anti-Poverty Experience: Economic Growth and Regional Equilibrium -- 1 China's Economic Growth and Anti-Poverty Achievements -- 1.1 The Contribution of China's Economic Growth to Anti-Poverty -- 1.1.1 A Review of the Relevant Theories of China's Economic Take-Off -- 1.1.2 China's Main Achievements in Anti-Poverty -- 1.1.3 Rural Poverty Alleviation and Development are Advancing Steadily -- 1.2 Rebalancing the Relationship Between Economic Growth and Anti-Poverty -- 2 Regional Development Imbalance is a New Issue for Poverty Alleviation and Development -- 2.1 The Main Characteristics of China's Regional Development Imbalance -- 2.1.1 The Development Imbalance Among the Eastern, Central and Western Regions -- 2.1.2 Developed and Underdeveloped Areas in the Province -- 2.1.3 Development Imbalance Between Urban and Rural Areas -- 2.2 The Internal Reasons for the Imbalance of China's Regional Development. 2.2.1 Natural Factors Have Caused Differences in Regional Economic Strength -- 2.2.2 Institutional Factors Have Partially Exacerbated the Development Imbalance Between Regions -- 2.3 A Correct View of China's Regional Development Imbalance During the Transition Period -- 2.3.1 China's Rapid Development is Accompanied by the Gradual Expansion of Regional Gaps -- 2.3.2 Late-Developing Regions are at a Disadvantage in Economic Growth -- 2.3.3 Regional Imbalance in a Certain Stage is an Objective Law of Economic Development -- 2.3.4 The State Uses a Series of Policy Tools to Balance Regional Development -- 3 Strategic Adjustment to Achieve Balanced Regional Development and Get Rid of Poverty -- 3.1 The Transfer Payment System Promotes Balanced Regional Development and Reduces Poverty -- 3.1.1 Transfer Payments from the Central Government to Local Governments -- 3.1.2 Fixed-Point Assistance and Policy Support Between Regions -- 3.2 Targeted Poverty Alleviation to Achieve a Comprehensive Well-Off Strategic Goal -- 4 Case Analysis -- 4.1 Guizhou: Endogenous Power and Policy Support -- 4.2 Wenzhou: Brilliant Achievements in Anti-Poverty -- 5 Summary and Outlook -- References -- 5 China's Experience in Anti-Poverty: Industrial Development and Ecological Protection -- 1 Poverty Alleviation by Industry: New Strategy for Targeted Poverty Alleviation -- 1.1 The Concept of Industrial Poverty Alleviation and its Subject of Implementation -- 1.2 Main Forms of Poverty Alleviation by Industry -- 1.2.1 Developing Leisure Agriculture -- 1.2.2 Developing Rural Tourism -- 1.2.3 Poverty Alleviation by Developing E-Commerce -- 1.3 The Main Obstacles in Industrial Poverty Alleviation -- 1.3.1 Lack of Start-Up Capital -- 1.3.2 Lack of Market Information -- 1.3.3 Lack of Technology and Skills -- 1.3.4 Lack of Labor Force -- 1.3.5 Lack of Enterprising Spirit. 1.3.6 The Lack of Supporting Conditions. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Forty years of China's war on poverty |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910591043003321 |
Zhu Xinkai
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| Singapore : , : China Renmin University Press : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2022] | ||
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A critical history of poverty finance : colonial roots and neoliberal failures / / Nick Bernards
| A critical history of poverty finance : colonial roots and neoliberal failures / / Nick Bernards |
| Autore | Bernards Nick |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Pluto Press, , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 219 pages) |
| Disciplina | 339.46 |
| Soggetto topico |
Poverty - Prevention
Financial services industry - Technological innovations Microfinance |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgements -- Acronyms -- Introduction -- Part I. Poverty finance and the antinomies of colonialism1. A colonial problem -- 2. Poverty finance and nascent neoliberalism -- 3. Structural adjustment, backlash, and the turn to the local: Explaining the rise of microfinance -- Part II. Making markets for poverty finance -- 4. Commercialising community: Experiments with marketisation -- 5. From microcredit to financial inclusion -- Part III. Innovation to the rescue? -- 6. The forever-latent demand for microinsurance -- 7. Fintech and its limits -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Critical History of Poverty Finance |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910774615603321 |
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Bernards Nick
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| London : , : Pluto Press, , [2022] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Development and sustainability : the challenge of social change / / edited by Alberto D. Cimadamore [and three others]
| Development and sustainability : the challenge of social change / / edited by Alberto D. Cimadamore [and three others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, [England] : , : Zed Books, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
| Disciplina | 339.46 |
| Collana | CROP International Studies in Poverty Research |
| Soggetto topico | Poverty - Prevention |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-78360-625-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910511750603321 |
| London, [England] : , : Zed Books, , 2016 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Development and sustainability : the challenge of social change / / edited by Alberto D. Cimadamore [and three others]
| Development and sustainability : the challenge of social change / / edited by Alberto D. Cimadamore [and three others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
| Disciplina | 339.4/6 |
| Collana | CROP international studies in poverty research |
| Soggetto topico |
Poverty - Prevention
Sustainable development Development studies |
| ISBN |
1-350-21954-1
1-78360-625-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Foreword / by Dag Rune Olsen -- Development and Sustainability Science: Transdisciplinary Knowledge for Positive Social Change / Alberto D. Cimadamore, Fungisai P. Gwanzura Ottemoller, Gro Therese Lie and Maurice B. Mittelmark -- Seeking Wisdom: A Transdisciplinary Perspective on Australian Indigenous Practices and Planetary Management / Mark G. Edwards -- Policies for Poverty Reduction in a Transformative Green Economy / Enrique Delamonica -- Health Promotion and Sustainable Development in Kazakhstan / Altyn Aringazina -- Children's Literacy in Health and Sustainability / Neil Chadborn and Jane Springett -- Participatory Research as a Tool for Change in Ecosystem Approaches to Health and Social Equity / Jane Springett -- Connecting Development and Sustainability: Empowering People to Effective International Cooperation / Cristine Koehler Zanella -- Sustainability and Transdisciplinary Knowledge: Experience Gained and Challenges Ahead / Gro Therese Lie, Alberto D. Cimadamore, Maurice B. Mittelmark and Fungisai P. Gwanzura Ottemöller. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798293703321 |
| London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2016 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Development and sustainability : the challenge of social change / / edited by Alberto D. Cimadamore [and three others]
| Development and sustainability : the challenge of social change / / edited by Alberto D. Cimadamore [and three others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
| Disciplina | 339.4/6 |
| Collana | CROP international studies in poverty research |
| Soggetto topico |
Poverty - Prevention
Sustainable development Development studies |
| ISBN |
1-350-21954-1
1-78360-625-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Foreword / by Dag Rune Olsen -- Development and Sustainability Science: Transdisciplinary Knowledge for Positive Social Change / Alberto D. Cimadamore, Fungisai P. Gwanzura Ottemoller, Gro Therese Lie and Maurice B. Mittelmark -- Seeking Wisdom: A Transdisciplinary Perspective on Australian Indigenous Practices and Planetary Management / Mark G. Edwards -- Policies for Poverty Reduction in a Transformative Green Economy / Enrique Delamonica -- Health Promotion and Sustainable Development in Kazakhstan / Altyn Aringazina -- Children's Literacy in Health and Sustainability / Neil Chadborn and Jane Springett -- Participatory Research as a Tool for Change in Ecosystem Approaches to Health and Social Equity / Jane Springett -- Connecting Development and Sustainability: Empowering People to Effective International Cooperation / Cristine Koehler Zanella -- Sustainability and Transdisciplinary Knowledge: Experience Gained and Challenges Ahead / Gro Therese Lie, Alberto D. Cimadamore, Maurice B. Mittelmark and Fungisai P. Gwanzura Ottemöller. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813062903321 |
| London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2016 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Economic assistance : Millennium Challenge Compact between the United States of America and Georgia, signed at Tbilisi, July 26, 2013, with annexes
| Economic assistance : Millennium Challenge Compact between the United States of America and Georgia, signed at Tbilisi, July 26, 2013, with annexes |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Department of State, , [2014?] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (69 unnumbered pages) |
| Collana | Treaties and other international acts series |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic assistance, American - Georgia (Republic)
Economic development projects - Georgia (Republic) - Finance Poverty - Georgia (Republic) - Prevention Economic assistance, American Economic development projects - Finance Poverty - Prevention |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Treaties. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Millennium Challenge Compact between the United States of America and Georgia, signed at Tbilisi, July 26, 2013, with annexes |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910702626303321 |
| [Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Department of State, , [2014?] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The economics of human rights : using the living income/fair price approach to combat poverty / / Ruud Bronkhorst
| The economics of human rights : using the living income/fair price approach to combat poverty / / Ruud Bronkhorst |
| Autore | Bronkhorst Ruud |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2020] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXV, 186 p. 22 illus.) |
| Disciplina | 339.46 |
| Collana | Palgrave Pivot |
| Soggetto topico |
Poverty - Prevention
Minimum wage Human rights |
| ISBN | 3-030-59166-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1.What is ‘Fair’: different opinions -- 2.Ethics: Human rights and basic needs -- 3.Concepts derived from the Human Rights: Living Wage and Living Income -- 4.Fair Wages, what does it mean? -- 5.Are market and equilibrium prices ethical? -- 6 Living Wage, Living Income and Fair Price further explained -- 7 Poverty lines; how to use them for poverty alleviation -- 8 How a different way of calculating in the production chain can lead to a more equal share for all stakeholders -- 9 How to calculate Fair Wages -- 10.Effects payment of fair wages and fair prices on socio-economic development -- 11.Conclusion economic and social effects -- 12.Broader context -- 13.Introduction -- 14.About necessity and possibilities to pay fair prices to small farmers -- 15.Fair price for agricultural products -- 16.Steps to be taken to calculate fair prices -- 17.Case studies -- 18.Summary case studies -- 19.Export products -- 20.The role of Governments and International organizations -- 21.Socio-economic effects in Agriculture of the payment of living wages, living income and fair prices -- 22.Fair Prices and other development issues -- 23.Alternative approaches -- 24.Summary Effects payment of fair prices in Agriculture -- 25.Concluding remarks. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910468229803321 |
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Bronkhorst Ruud
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| Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2020] | ||
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The failure of the neo-liberal approach to poverty : the Rochester Monroe anti-poverty initiative / / Brian Caterino
| The failure of the neo-liberal approach to poverty : the Rochester Monroe anti-poverty initiative / / Brian Caterino |
| Autore | Caterino Brian |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (251 pages) |
| Disciplina | 339.46 |
| Soggetto topico |
Poverty
Poverty - Prevention |
| ISBN |
9783031106064
9783031106057 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Poverty Takes the Stage -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2: Critical Theory, The Welfare State, and Neo-liberalism -- The Welfare State in Neo-liberal Times -- The Rise of Social Rights and Questions of Recognition -- Power: Theoretical Debates -- Discourse Theory -- Critical Theory and Practice: Social Diagnosis -- The Breakdown of the Welfare State -- Neo-Liberalism and the Welfare State -- Transforming the Non-profit Sector -- The Dilemma of Neo-liberal Welfare Reform -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3: Deindustrialization, the Welfare State and Urban Decay -- The Deindustrial Condition -- Poverty and Deindustrialization -- A New Social Contract -- Lowered Expectations and Deaths of Despair -- Deindustrialization Hits Rochester -- Urban Policy and Decline in the Postwar Era -- White Flight and Poverty -- The Great Society -- Neo-liberal Urbanism -- Cities as Entrepreneurs -- From Entrepreneurialism to Financialization: Cities after 2008 -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4: From a City of Quality to a City of Poverty -- Race in Rochester: A Pattern of Discrimination and Neglect -- The Legacy of George Eastman -- A Second Wave -- A City of Quality? -- The Aftermath -- The Failure of School Integration -- Rochester Reacts to Deindustrialization -- Entertaining Adventures -- Floating in a Sinkhole of Debt -- Soccer Bails -- Eds and Meds in Rochester -- Industrial Devlopment Authority (IDA's) and Local Favoritism -- Poverty Comes to the Fore -- A New Map for Fighting Poverty -- How Did RMAPI Operate -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5: Reading Poverty -- Prelude: The Policy Environment -- How to Read Poverty -- Are the Poor Deficient? -- The Family Revisited -- Poverty and Therapeutic Intervention: Trauma as a Cause of Poverty -- Asset Building Approaches -- Asset Building in Practice.
Predatory Inclusion and Formal Equality -- Structural Racism -- Poverty and Economic Exploitation -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6: Following the wrong map: From Social Enterprise to Collective Impact -- The Slow Rollout -- The Public and the Problems -- What Is Collective Impact? -- Precursors: Business Adopts Social Impact -- A Neo-liberal Trojan Horse? -- Private Public Partnerships -- Critical Views of Collective Impact -- The Problem of Implementation -- Collective Impact as a Form of Governance -- The Fetish of Data -- Collective Impact and System Theory -- What Is a System -- System Change or Social Change? -- The Complexity Problem -- Bibliography -- Chapter 7: Collective Impact in Action -- Collective Impact and the Long Rollout 2 -- IBM and Collective Impact -- Self-Sufficiency or Precarity -- Developing Impact in Rochester -- RMAPI's Borg Problem: Who Gets Funded -- Is It Collaboration? -- Connected Communities and Purpose-Built Communities -- The 2020 Report -- RMAPI Pilot Programs: Triumph of the Entrepreneurial Self -- Conforming to Norms -- Bibliography -- Chapter 8: Rethinking the Map -- Collective Impact 3.0 -- The New Focus? -- Popular Democracy and RMAPI: contradictory impulses -- A New Leader -- Structural Racism Revisited -- Wither System Integration? -- Equal Opportunity or Expanded Social Rights? -- Martin Luther King: Social Democrat -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Caterino Brian
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| Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] | ||
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For protection and promotion [[electronic resource] ] : the design and implementation of effective safety nets / / Margaret Grosh ... [et al.] ; with the assistance of Annamaria Milazzo and Christine Weigand
| For protection and promotion [[electronic resource] ] : the design and implementation of effective safety nets / / Margaret Grosh ... [et al.] ; with the assistance of Annamaria Milazzo and Christine Weigand |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (614 p.) |
| Disciplina | 362.5/6 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | GroshMargaret E |
| Collana | The World Bank social safety nets primer series |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic assistance, Domestic
Poor - Services for Poverty - Prevention Social planning Social policy |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-13622-4
9786612136221 0-8213-7582-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Figure 1.1 Processes and Stakeholders Involved in a Safety Net; Box 1.1 Definitions of Safety Nets and Social Assistance; 2. The Case for Safety Nets; Figure 2.1 Where Safety Nets Fit in Larger Development Policy; Figure 2.2 Perceptions of Fairness of Country Income Distribution in Latin America; Box 2.1 The Motivating Force of Educational Stipends: The Bangladesh Female Secondary School Assistance Program; Box 2.2 The Loss of an Ox; Box 2.3 A Poverty Trap in Shinyanga
Box 2.4 A Policy Maker's Take on Growth, Equality, and Policy Box 2.5 The Developmental Effects of the Elizabethan Poor Laws; Table 2.1 Safety Nets for Protection and Promotion; Table 2.2 Possible Target Groups, the Role of Safety Nets, and Complementary Policies; Table 2.3 Examples of Social Protection Programs by Life Cycle; Figure 2.3 Distribution of General Revenue-Financed Transfers for Selected Countries by Population Quintile; Box 2.6 Is Dependency Always Bad?; Box 2.7 Women's Reactions to Questions about Transfers and Fertility Table 2.4 Summary of How to Handle Challenges to Safety Nets 3. Financing of and Spending on Safety Nets; Box 3.1 Okun's Leaky Bucket; Table 3.1 Cost-Benefit Estimates of the Education Effects of the Bono de Desarrollo Humano Program, Ecuador; Table 3.2 Options for Increasing Safety Net Budgets: Advantages and Disadvantages; Box 3.2 What Tax Instruments Should Governments Use to Support Safety Nets?; Box 3.3 Fiscal Responsibility Laws; Figure 3.1 Societal Attitudes about Poverty and Spending on Social Welfare Table 3.3 Perceptions of Poverty in the United States, Europe, and Latin America, 1995-7 (percentage of respondents) Box 3.4 Literature on Safety Net Spending Levels Based on the IMF's Government Finance Statistics; Figure 3.2 Safety Net Expenditures as a Percentage of GDP, Selected Countries and Years; Figure 3.3 Social Assistance and Social Insurance as a Percentage of GDP by Region, Selected Years; Figure 3.4 Social Assistance, Social Insurance, and Social Sector Spending by Region, Selected Years; Table 3.4 Correlations between Spending on Social Sectors and Other Factors Figure 3.5 Spending, Income, and Public Attitudes Table 3.5 Advantages and Disadvantages of Financing Sources for Subnational Governments; Table 3.6 Options for Managing Local Governments' Incentives to Use Lax Entry Criteria for Centrally Financed Safety Net Programs; Box 3.5 Financing Arrangements and Incentives in the Netherlands; Box 3.6 Quality Assurance of Eligibility Determination in the U.S. Food Stamp Program; Table 3.7 An Example of a Functional Analysis of a Program and Responsible Levels of Government: The Village Full Employment Program, India Table 3.8 Advantages of Alternative Allocations of Institutional Responsibilities for Household Targeting Systems |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454107803321 |
| Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2008 | ||
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For protection and promotion : : the design and implementation of effective safety nets / / Margaret Grosh ... [and others]
| For protection and promotion : : the design and implementation of effective safety nets / / Margaret Grosh ... [and others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | xvii, 587 pages : illustrations ; ; 25 cm |
| Disciplina | 362.5/6 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | GroshMargaret E |
| Collana | The World Bank social safety nets primer series |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic assistance, Domestic
Poor - Services for Poverty - Prevention Social planning Social policy |
| ISBN |
1-282-13622-4
9786612136221 0-8213-7582-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Figure 1.1 Processes and Stakeholders Involved in a Safety Net; Box 1.1 Definitions of Safety Nets and Social Assistance; 2. The Case for Safety Nets; Figure 2.1 Where Safety Nets Fit in Larger Development Policy; Figure 2.2 Perceptions of Fairness of Country Income Distribution in Latin America; Box 2.1 The Motivating Force of Educational Stipends: The Bangladesh Female Secondary School Assistance Program; Box 2.2 The Loss of an Ox; Box 2.3 A Poverty Trap in Shinyanga
Box 2.4 A Policy Maker's Take on Growth, Equality, and Policy Box 2.5 The Developmental Effects of the Elizabethan Poor Laws; Table 2.1 Safety Nets for Protection and Promotion; Table 2.2 Possible Target Groups, the Role of Safety Nets, and Complementary Policies; Table 2.3 Examples of Social Protection Programs by Life Cycle; Figure 2.3 Distribution of General Revenue-Financed Transfers for Selected Countries by Population Quintile; Box 2.6 Is Dependency Always Bad?; Box 2.7 Women's Reactions to Questions about Transfers and Fertility Table 2.4 Summary of How to Handle Challenges to Safety Nets 3. Financing of and Spending on Safety Nets; Box 3.1 Okun's Leaky Bucket; Table 3.1 Cost-Benefit Estimates of the Education Effects of the Bono de Desarrollo Humano Program, Ecuador; Table 3.2 Options for Increasing Safety Net Budgets: Advantages and Disadvantages; Box 3.2 What Tax Instruments Should Governments Use to Support Safety Nets?; Box 3.3 Fiscal Responsibility Laws; Figure 3.1 Societal Attitudes about Poverty and Spending on Social Welfare Table 3.3 Perceptions of Poverty in the United States, Europe, and Latin America, 1995-7 (percentage of respondents) Box 3.4 Literature on Safety Net Spending Levels Based on the IMF's Government Finance Statistics; Figure 3.2 Safety Net Expenditures as a Percentage of GDP, Selected Countries and Years; Figure 3.3 Social Assistance and Social Insurance as a Percentage of GDP by Region, Selected Years; Figure 3.4 Social Assistance, Social Insurance, and Social Sector Spending by Region, Selected Years; Table 3.4 Correlations between Spending on Social Sectors and Other Factors Figure 3.5 Spending, Income, and Public Attitudes Table 3.5 Advantages and Disadvantages of Financing Sources for Subnational Governments; Table 3.6 Options for Managing Local Governments' Incentives to Use Lax Entry Criteria for Centrally Financed Safety Net Programs; Box 3.5 Financing Arrangements and Incentives in the Netherlands; Box 3.6 Quality Assurance of Eligibility Determination in the U.S. Food Stamp Program; Table 3.7 An Example of a Functional Analysis of a Program and Responsible Levels of Government: The Village Full Employment Program, India Table 3.8 Advantages of Alternative Allocations of Institutional Responsibilities for Household Targeting Systems |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782571403321 |
| Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2008 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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