The Effect of a Social: Security Assistance Program on the Poor Farms of a Western State

1938 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-68
Author(s):  
Grace A. Browning
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Assistance Program ◽  
Western State ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Security Assistance

The Global Rise of Social Cash Transfers

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lutz Leisering
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Security ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Cash Transfers ◽  
Social Citizenship ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Sociological Approach ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Social Cash Transfers ◽  
The Right

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) proclaimed the equality of all human beings in dignity and rights. The right to social security, however, has been taken more seriously only since the 2000s, through calls for ‘Social security for all’ and ‘Leaving no one behind’. The book investigates a major response, social cash transfers to the poor. The idea of simply giving money to the poor had been rejected by all major development organizations until the 1990s, but since the early 2000s, social cash transfers have mushroomed in the global South and on agendas of international organizations. How come? What programmes have emerged in which countries? How inclusive are the programmes? What models have international organizations devised? Based on unique quantitative and qualitative data, the book takes stock of all identifiable cash transfers in all Southern countries and of the views of all major international organizations. The author argues that cash transfers reflect broader changes: new understandings of development, of human rights, of global risks, of the social responsibility of governments, and of universalism. Social cash transfers have turned the poor from objects of charity into rights-holders and agents of their own lives and of development. A repertoire of cash transfers has evolved that has enhanced social citizenship, but is limited by weak political commitments. The book also contributes to a general theory of social policy in development contexts, through a constructivist sociological approach that complements the dominant approaches from welfare economics and political economy and includes a theory of social assistance.

Do Cash Transfers Improve Birth Outcomes? Evidence from Matched Vital Statistics, and Program and Social Security Data

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Verónica Amarante ◽  
Marco Manacorda ◽  
Edward Miguel ◽  
Andrea Vigorito
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Birth Outcomes ◽  
Low Birthweight ◽  
Maternal Nutrition ◽  
Vital Statistics ◽  
Cash Transfers ◽  
Gestational Length ◽  
Assistance Program ◽  
Intrauterine Growth ◽  
Key Driver

There is limited empirical evidence on whether cash transfers to poor pregnant women improve children's birth outcomes and potentially help weaken the cycle of intergenerational poverty. Using a unique array of program and social security administrative micro-data matched to longitudinal vital statistics in Uruguay, we estimate that participation in a generous social assistance program led to a sizable reduction in the incidence of low birthweight. The effect is due to faster intrauterine growth rather than longer gestational length. Our findings are consistent with improved maternal nutrition during pregnancy being a key driver of improved birthweight. (JEL I14, I32, I38, J13, J16, O15)

Dual Incentives and Dual Asset Building: Policy Implications of the Hutubi Rural Social Security Loan Programme in China

2008 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 453-470 ◽  
Author(s):  
BAORONG GUO ◽  
JIN HUANG ◽  
MICHAEL SHERRADEN ◽  
LI ZOU
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Policy Innovation ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Asset Building ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Security Funds ◽  
Policy Incentives ◽  
Building Policy

AbstractThe Hutubi Rural Social Security Loan programme is a policy innovation in a rural area of China, which loans savings in social security accounts back to peasants for them to buy assets for agricultural and other development. In contrast to the nationwide recession in rural social security, this programme has shown its success in proliferating rural social security funds and retaining social security participants. With a focus on the administrative data of the loan programme, this study aims to provide an in-depth understanding of the loan programme and examine how asset building is possible for the poor when institutional incentives are offered. The findings show that when proper policy incentives are provided, poor peasants can build assets. The Hutubi programme may be a good model for other rural areas in China and other developing countries.

Migrant Laborers in South Korean Local Communities: Making Them Work More Decently

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soon-Yang Kim
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Trade Unionism ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Basic Rights ◽  
Migrant Laborers ◽  
Verbal Violence

The purpose of this article is to examine the poor working conditions of migrant laborers in South Korean local communities and to explore how they can attain more decent working experiences in the dimensions of employment and working conditions, social security, basic rights at workplaces, and laborers representation and dialogue. As a result of analysis, this article identified the indecent working conditions of migrant laborers in terms of low wage and wage overdue, frequent overtime working, exclusion from social insurance programs, exposure to discrimination and verbal violence, exclusion from trade unionism, and their disadvantageous positions in wage negotiations.

Muddle or Mendacity? The Beveridge Committee and the Poverty Line

1992 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
John H. Veit-Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Participation Level ◽  
The Face

ABSTRACTThe Beveridge Committee of 1942 is often assumed to have based its proposals for social security scales on a poverty line at the ‘human needs’ or social participation level. This is because of its ‘principle of adequacy of benefit in amount and time’. Using the Committee's working papers, this paper describes the discussions of the committee about the ideas of need and measures of poverty to be used. The evidence shows that the Committee knew very well that its proposed benefit levels were not enough for social participation. Because it consciously implemented the principles of minimum subsistence and less-eligibility in the face of inadequate wages, the proposed scales were arguably more austere even than Rowntree's ‘primary poverty’ standard which both he and Beveridge acknowledged was not sufficient to meet human social needs. Whether muddle or mendacity, this mystification has had serious consequences for the poor in Britain.

scholarly journals Rancang Bangun Sistem Informasi Geografis Rumah Tidak Layak Huni Sebagai Pendukung Keputusan Kebijakan Di Tingkat Desa

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Julian Chandra Wibawa ◽  
Bella Hardiyana
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
National Development ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Housing Assistance ◽  
Assistance Program ◽  
Policy Choices ◽  
The Poor

The implementation of social welfare development programs in developing countries is generally focused on the empowerment program of the poor, which is more nuanced in a participatory approach involving the community, business and government. empowerment is considered appropriate to be one of the policy choices in the development of social welfare today. The development of social welfare based on the principle of empowerment is intended that in the handling of the poor, it must be done through increasing the capacity of human resources to increase independence (Law Number 13 of 2011). Regional development has an impact on national development. Poverty reduction policies realized through community empowerment programs have become the main agenda and prior development in Baleendah Subdistrict, especially Rancamanyar Village. One of the poverty alleviation programs through community empowerment carried out in Rancamanyar Village is the Housing Assistance Program for uninhabitable houses. Various local government efforts to reduce the number of uninhabitable houses are still considered uneven. With the limited management and processing of survey data in the regions, it is one of the factors that do not help the existing policies. With the construction of a geographic information system for uninhabitable homes, one of the efforts that must be taken by the local government in order to support and assist in making decisions for uninhabitable houses is to conduct geographical analysis and mapping of uninhabitable houses in Rancamanyar Village, so that help is not the wrong target.

Progress in the Delivery of Health Care in Mexico

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-157
Author(s):  
Robert G. Frazier
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Delivery Of Health Care ◽  
Health Technology ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Retirement Benefits ◽  
Welfare Services ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Masses

The Joint Pediatric Congress of the National Confederation of Pediatrics in Mexico and of the Mexican Association of Pediatrics, held April 28 through May 4, 1980, provided an unusual opportunity to review the dramatic changes that have been implemented in the past few years in the health care system of Mexico. A social security system, embodying health and welfare services and retirement benefits, became law in Mexico in 1943. In addition to supporting community welfare services, it has struggled to develop a format and resources for delivery of health care to the masses of Mexicans, including the poor or those too isolated from urban centers to have any effective access to the benefits of modern health technology.

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