Social security in developing countries

Preface List of contributors PART I: General Issues: Jean Dreze & Amartya Sen: Public action for Social Security: Foundations and strategy Robin Burgess & Nicholas Stern: Social Security in developing countries: What, why, who and how? A. B. Atkinson & John Hills: Social Security in developed countries: Are there lessons for developing countries? Jean-Philippe Platteau: Traditional systems of Social Security and hunger insurance: Past achievements and modern challenges Bina Agarwal: Social Security and the family: Coping with seasonality and calamity in rural India PART II: Case Studies: Ehtisham Ahmad & Athar Hussain: Social Security in China: A historical perspective S. R. Osmani: Social Security in South Asia Carmelo Mesa-Lago: Social Security in Latin America and the Caribbean: A comparative assessment Joachim von Braun: Social Security in sub-Saharan Africa: Reflections on policy challenges Richard Morgan: Social Security in the SADCC States of Southern Africa: Social welfare programmes and the reduction of household vulnerability

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