Combating poverty and inequality : structural change, social policy and politics /

Proposes a sustainable and inclusive development strategy to reduce seemingly intractable poverty and inequality based on: generation of jobs that are adequately renumerated and accessible to all, comprehensive social policies grounded in universal rights and supportive of change and democratic poli...

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Autor principal: Bangura, Yusuf, 1950-
Format: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: Geneva : United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, ©2010.
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Taula de continguts:
  • Overview. Combating poverty and inequality : structural change, social policy and politics
  • Towards employment-centred structural change
  • Income inequality and structural change
  • Tackling ethnic and regional inequalities
  • Gender inequalities at home and in the market
  • Towards universal social protection
  • Universal provision of social services
  • Care and well-being in a developmental context
  • Financing social policy
  • Business, power and poverty reduction
  • Building state capacity for poverty reduction
  • Democracy and the politics of poverty reduction
  • Concluding remarks : coordinating social, economic and political forces to deliver for the poor.