ISBN:
0415434858
,
9780415434850
Language:
English
Pages:
XIV, 202 S.
,
24 cm
Series Statement:
Routledge research on public and social policy in Asia 3
Series Statement:
Routledge research on public and social policy in Asia
DDC:
362.5/561095
Keywords:
1995-2007
;
Sozialpolitik
;
Soziale Sicherheit
;
Armut
;
Armutsbekämpfung
;
Ostasien
;
Social security
;
Poverty
;
East Asia Social policy
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Ostasien
;
Sozialpolitik
;
Armut
Description / Table of 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.
Note:
Enth. 11 Beitr
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