Analyses who is poor, where they live, and why they are poor. Adopts microeconomic, sector and macroeconomic policies to address the changes during the last decade or so. Includes eleven country experiences, with conclusions about the future policy agenda and challenges.
The expansion of the European Union has put an end to the east-west division of Europe, while increasing the cultural heterogeneity, social disparities and economic imbalances within the EU-exemplified in the lower living standards and higher unemployed rates in some of the new …
The activation of social welfare recipients has been, and still is, a central issue in the development of social and employment policies in Europe. This ambitious book explores the employment effectiveness of Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI) schemes, and provides the first compre…
Comprises papers presented at the ASEAN Roundtable of 18 June 2009. Covers issues of social, strategic and political implications, the economy and finance.
"Would it be possible to provide people with a basic income as a right? The idea has a long history. This book draws on two pilot schemes conducted in the Indian State of Madhya Pradesh, in which thousands of men, women and children were provided with an unconditional monthly ca…