Social Policy in a Development Context

Mobilizing Resources for Social Development

By: Katja Hujo, Shea McClanahan

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Hardcover | 9 October 2009 | Edition Number 1

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Foreword; T.Mkandawire Preface and Acknowledgements; K.Hujo & S.McClanahan List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Notes on the Contributors Introduction and Overview; K.Hujo & S.McClanahan PART I: GLOBAL DIMENSION: PARADIGMS AND RESOURCES Social Exclusion Policies and Labour Markets in Latin America; R.Lo Vuolo Financing for Development: International Redistribution; I.Ortiz PART II: TAXATION AND AID How Can Financing of Social Services be Pro-Poor?; E.Delamonica & S.Mehrotra Financing Developmental Social Policies in Low-Income Countries: Conditions and Constraints; A.Sindzingre Aid and the Financing of Public Social Sector Spending; O.Morrissey PART III: MINERAL RENTS Natural Resource Wealth, Development and Social Policy: Evidence and Issues; A.Rosser Mineral Rents and Social Policy: The Case of the Norwegian Government Oil Fund; E.Holm¸y PART IV: SOCIAL INSURANCE AND PENSION FUNDS Social Insurance (Pensions and Health), Labour Markets and Coverage in Latin America; C.Mesa-Lago Pensions and Pension Funds in the Making of a Nation-State and a National Economy: The Case of Finland; O.Kangas Provident and Pension Funds and Economic Development in Selected Asian Countries; M.G.Asher PART V: REMITTANCES Remittances and Social Development; H.de Haas Remittances and Social Development: The Latin American Experience; M.Orozco Conclusions; K.Hujo & S.McClanahan

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List of Tables and Figures	p. vii
Foreword	p. xi
Preface and Acknowledgements	p. xii
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms	p. xiv
Notes on the Contributors	p. xviii
Introduction and Overview	p. 1
Global Dimension: Paradigms and Resources	p. 25
Social Exclusion Policies and Labour Markets in Latin America	p. 27
	p. 53
Taxation and Aid	p. 87
How Can the Financing of Social Services be Made Pro-Poor?	p. 89
Financing Developmental Social Policies in Low-Income Countries: Conditions and Constraints	p. 115
Aid and the Financing of Public Social Sector Spending	p. 141
Mineral Rents	p. 163
Natural Resource Wealth, Development and Social Policy: Evidence and Issues	p. 165
Mineral Rents and Social Policy: The Case of the Norwegian Government Oil Fund	p. 183
Social Insurance and Pension Funds	p. 213
Social Insurance (Pensions and Health), Labour Markets and Coverage in Latin America	p. 215
Pensions and Pension Funds in the Making of a Nation-State and a National Economy: The Case of Finland	p. 246
Provident and Pension Funds and Economic Development in Selected Asian Countries	p. 264
Remittances	p. 291
Remittances and Social Development	p. 293
Remittances and Social Development: The Latin American Experience	p. 319
Conclusions	p. 353
Index	p. 362
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