Insecurity and Welfare Regimes in Asia, Africa and Latin America
Insecurity and Welfare Regimes in Asia, Africa and Latin America

Author: Ian Gough

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2004-02-26

Total Pages: 12

ISBN-13: 9780521834193

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Written by a team of internationally respected experts, this book explores the conditions under which social policy, defined as the public pursuit of secure welfare, operates in the poorer regions of the world. Social policy in advanced capitalist countries operates through state intervention to compensate for the inadequate welfare outcomes of the labour market. Such welfare regimes cannot easily be reproduced in poorer regions of the world where states suffer problems of governance and labour markets are imperfect and partial. Other welfare regimes therefore prevail involving non-state actors such as landlords, moneylenders and patrons. This book seeks to develop a conceptual framework for understanding different types of welfare regime in a range of countries in Asia, Latin America and Africa and makes an important contribution to the literature by breaking away from the traditional focus on Europe and North America.

Reflections on Economic Development
Reflections on Economic Development

Author: Michael P. Todaro

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 544

ISBN-13:

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This collection of Todaro's essays focuses on a wide range of topics in economic development, including rural-urban migration, international legal and illegal migration, population growth, technological change, education, the environment and ethics.

Economics of the Family
Economics of the Family

Author: Martin Browning

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-06-05

Total Pages: 511

ISBN-13: 0521791596

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This book provides a comprehensive, modern, and self-contained account of the research in the growing area of family economics. It is intended for graduate students in economics and for researchers in other fields interested in the economic approach to the family.

Non-tariff Barriers, Regionalism And Poverty: Essays In Applied International Trade Analysis
Non-tariff Barriers, Regionalism And Poverty: Essays In Applied International Trade Analysis

Author: L Alan Winters

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2015-03-26

Total Pages: 421

ISBN-13: 9814571288

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Non-Tariff Barriers, Regionalism and Poverty is a collection of key articles in three important areas of applied international trade research: measuring non-tariff barriers and their effects, the consequences of regional trading arrangements, especially on the countries excluded from them, and the connection between international trade and poverty. Drawing from 30 years of research and experience, L Alan Winters illustrates the development of techniques of this field and his continued commitment to answering real policy questions at the times at which they are debated. The collection shows the ways in which economic and econometric analysis can be used to answer real-world problems rigorously in the area of international trade and trade policy. Readers will find that some of the research included is of current methodological relevance and some of more historical significance. This volume is invaluable to anyone who is keen on developing their knowledge on trade policy, regionalism or poverty — three pressing issues in today's globalized world.