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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Shielding the poor. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2001 (DLC) 00010531 (OCoLC)44634240 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Nora Lustig |
ISBN: | 9780815720249 0815720246 |
OCLC Number: | 606545021 |
Reproduction Notes: | Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
Description: | 1 online resource (314 pages) : illustrations |
Details: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Contents: | Has aggregate income growth been effective in reducing poverty and inequality in Latin America? / Alain de Janvry and Elisabeth Sadoulet -- Social protection for the unemployed : programs in Latin America / Gustavo Márquez -- Heterogeneity and optimal unemployment insurance / Hugo A. Hopenhayn and Juan Pablo Nicolini -- Helping the poor manage risk better : the role of social funds / Steen Lau Jorgensen and Julie Van Domelen -- Insuring the economic costs of illness / Paul Gertler -- Coverage under old age security programs and protection for the uninsured : what are the issues? / Estelle James -- Social assistance on pensions and health care for the poor in Latin America and the Caribbean / Carmelo Mesa-Lago -- The safety net role of microfinance for income and consumption smoothing / Manfred Zeller -- Consumption smoothing and extended families : the role of government-sponsored insurance / Orazio Attanasio and José-Victor Ríos-Rull -- Social protection for the poor in the developed world / Timothy M. Smeeding and Katherin Ross Phillips. |
Responsibility: | Nora Lustig, editor. |
Abstract:
The poor in developing countries are particularly vulnerable to adverse shocks. They have little or no access to public social insurance, are unlikely to save in adequate amounts to rely fully on self-insurance or informal insurance, face restricted access to private market insurance or credit mechanisms, and have little or no political voice to demand the protection of safety net programs.
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"The research in all the chapters is sound; the frameworks of analysis keen; the conclusions solid and perspective. Scholars and students of development, economics, public policy, and public administration will find this a timely and important book." -Joseph Richard Goldman, Cardinal Strich University, Perspectives on Political Science, 6/1/2001 Read more...
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