Financing Social Protection
Author: Michael Cichon
Publisher: International Labour Organization
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 702
ISBN-13: 9789221151227
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis publication considers the range of financing options available for the design of cost-effective and equitable social welfare systems, giving a thorough analysis of their advantages and disadvantages and their financial and economic implications. Written by practitioners for practitioners, the book discusses the design and maintenance of national social protection systems that seek to ensure effective and efficient use of available resources at the community, national and international levels while supporting long-term economic development. The book explores theoretical and practical policy questions, as well as looking at the policy process that determines the affordable levels of and scope of social protection in a given country.