Assets, livelihoods, and social policy /
Assets, livelihoods, and social policy /
Caroline Moser and Anis A. Dani, editors.
- Washington, DC : World Bank, c2008.
- xxii, 337 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- New frontiers of social policy .
- New frontiers of social policy. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Context -- Asset-Based Social Policy and Public Action in a Polycentric World / Assets and Livelihoods: A Framework for Asset-Based Social Policy / Migration as a Livelihood and Asset Accumulation Strategy -- International Migration and Challenges for Social Policy: The Case of Ecuador / Toward the Sustainable Return of West African Transnational Migrants: What Are the Options? / Public Policies to Support Migrant Workers in Pakistan and the Philippines / Transnationalism, Social Reproduction, and Social Policy: International Migration of Care Workers / Housing as an Asset in Informal Settlements -- Building Homes: The Role of Federations of the Urban Poor / Upgrading Thailand's Urban Settlements: A Community-Driven Process of Social Development / The Erosion of Livelihoods and Assets in Weak States -- Bitter Harvest: The Social Costs of State Failure in Rural Kenya / Youth Gangs as Ontological Assets / Asset-Based Livelihoods Strategies and Economic Empowerment -- Forest Rights and Asset-Based Livelihoods: Catalyzing Rural Economies and Forest Conservation through Policy Reform and Collective Action / Microenterprise and Sustainable Livelihoods / Beyond Sectoral Traps: Creating Wealth for the Poor /
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Saving and investment--Developing countries--Case studies.
Structural adjustment (Economic policy)--Developing countries--Case studies.
Developing countries--Social policy--Case studies.
332.6091724 / MOA 2008
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Context -- Asset-Based Social Policy and Public Action in a Polycentric World / Assets and Livelihoods: A Framework for Asset-Based Social Policy / Migration as a Livelihood and Asset Accumulation Strategy -- International Migration and Challenges for Social Policy: The Case of Ecuador / Toward the Sustainable Return of West African Transnational Migrants: What Are the Options? / Public Policies to Support Migrant Workers in Pakistan and the Philippines / Transnationalism, Social Reproduction, and Social Policy: International Migration of Care Workers / Housing as an Asset in Informal Settlements -- Building Homes: The Role of Federations of the Urban Poor / Upgrading Thailand's Urban Settlements: A Community-Driven Process of Social Development / The Erosion of Livelihoods and Assets in Weak States -- Bitter Harvest: The Social Costs of State Failure in Rural Kenya / Youth Gangs as Ontological Assets / Asset-Based Livelihoods Strategies and Economic Empowerment -- Forest Rights and Asset-Based Livelihoods: Catalyzing Rural Economies and Forest Conservation through Policy Reform and Collective Action / Microenterprise and Sustainable Livelihoods / Beyond Sectoral Traps: Creating Wealth for the Poor /
9780821369951 9780821369951
Saving and investment--Developing countries--Case studies.
Structural adjustment (Economic policy)--Developing countries--Case studies.
Developing countries--Social policy--Case studies.
332.6091724 / MOA 2008