Social policy and poverty in East Asia [electronic resource] : the role of social security / edited by James Midgley and Kwong-leung Tang
- Published:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 202 p. ; 24 cm.
- Additional Creators:
- Midgley, James and Tang, Kwong-Leung
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- Contents:
- Poverty and social policy responses in east Asia / Kwong-leung Tang and James Midgley -- The role of social security in poverty alleviation : an international review / James Midgley -- The emergence of social assistance in China : challenges and issues / Joe Leung and Yuebin Xu -- Building assets for the poor in Taiwan : policy innovation from income to assets / Li-Chen Cheng -- Korea's national basic livelihood programme and social development / Joon Yong Jo -- Welfare-to-work reform in Hong Kong : overview and prospects / Kwong-leung Tang -- Social assistance programmes in Singapore / Mui-teng Yap -- Rural social protection in China : reform, performance and problems / Yuebin Xu and Xiulan Zhang -- From micro-credit to micro-insurance : creating social security where there is none / Takayoshi Amenomori -- The social investment fund of thailand / Shinichi Shigetomi -- Knowledge of public policy and the perceived positive impact of the welfare benefits system / Chack-kie Wong and Kwong-leung Tang -- Social security, housing policy and asset-building : the relevance of home ownership for elderly income protection in Hong Kong / James Lee.
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- ISBN:
- 0415434858
0203874099 (ebook)
9780415434850
9780203874097 (ebook) - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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