Building Decent Societies: Rethinking the Role of Social Security in Development - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 922121995X ISBN 13: 9789221219958

Publisher: Brookings Institution Press, 2009

Synopsis

The downturn of the global economy has made the scope of poverty and unemployment worse across the world. This book makes the case for developing a comprehensive social security system in all countries to eliminate desperate conditions of poverty, to reverse growing inequality, and to sustain economic growth. The establishment of universal social security systems has been one of the cornerstones of OECD countries' successful economic and social development. Because the two are inextricably intertwined across countries, new international strategies are required to design appropriate social security policies that would help reduce poverty and contribute to development.

About this title

Book Description:

It builds a case for a comprehensive social security system to be developed in all countries, to eliminate desperate conditions of poverty, reverse growing inequality and sustain economic growth

About the Author:

Peter Townsend is professor of International Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 922121995X
• ISBN 13: 9789221219958
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 368
• Editor: Peter Townsend