Social Policy in a Development Context

✍ Scribed by Thandika Mkandawire

Year: 2005
Tongue: English
Leaves: 369
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Drawing upon both conceptual and empirical evidence, this volume argues the case for the centrality of social policy in development, focusing particularly on the message that social policy needs to be closely intertwined with economic policy. It is argued that social policy can provide the crucial link between economic development poverty eradication and equity.

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