Umfang:
1 online resource (217 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780415434850
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9780203874097
Serie:
Routledge Research on Public and Social Policy in Asia Series
Inhalt:
This book looks at the role of social policy, particularly social security, in addressing the ongoing challenge of poverty in East Asia despite the region's spectacular experience of economic growth in decent decades
Anmerkung:
Book Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Part I Introduction and context -- Introduction: Poverty and social policy responses in East Asia -- 1 The role of social security in poverty alleviation: An international review -- Part II Country case studies: Social security in East Asia -- 2 The emergence of social assistance in China: Challenges and issues -- 3 Social assistance programmes in Singapore -- 4 Korea's national basic livelihood programme and social development -- 5 Welfare-to-work reform in Hong Kong: Overview and prospects -- 6 Rural social protection in China: Reform, performance and problems -- Part III Innovations and issues of social policy and poverty in East Asia -- 7 Building assets for the poor in Taiwan: Policy innovation from income to assets -- 8 From microcredit to microinsurance: Creating social security where there is none -- 9 The social investment fund of Thailand: New intermediaries for local development -- 10 Knowledge of public policy and the perceived positive impact of the welfare benefits system -- 11 Social security, housing policy and asset-building: The relevance of home ownership for elderly income protection in Hong Kong -- Index
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version Midgley, James Social Policy and Poverty in East Asia Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2009 ISBN 9780415434850
Sprache:
Englisch
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