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Social Assistance in Developing Countries
Barrientos, Armando (University of Manchester)
Social Assistance in Developing Countries
Barrientos, Armando (University of Manchester)
This book provides the first comprehensive account of the global growth of social assistance transfers in developing countries. It explains the emergence of programmes such as Brazil's Bolsa Família, India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme and South Africa's Child Support Grant, and examines their potential to address global poverty.
267 pages, 10 b/w illus. 5 tables
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | September 23, 2013 |
ISBN13 | 9781107039025 |
Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 272 |
Dimensions | 150 × 235 × 19 mm · 498 g |