Building and Sustaining the Capacity for Social Policy Reforms

by Belkacem Laabas

Overview

This title was first published in 2000: Ten papers on poverty alleviation and social policy matters applied to Arab countries and Africa. They explore the impact on the vulnerable of the implementation of structural adjustment programmes and look at poverty alleviation and social policies, health care and social security issues.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781351786393
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/22/2017
Series:	Routledge Revivals
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	306
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Laabas, Belkacem

Table of Contents

List of Contributors, Preface, 1. Introduction, PART I: SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, 2. Social Development Trends in the Middle East, 1970-95, 3. Poverty and Social Development in Africa, PART II: POVERTY MEASUREMENT, 4. What is Known about Identifying the Poor in Africa and the Middle East?, 5. Priorities of Social Policy Measures and the Interest of Low-Income People: The Egyptian Case, 6. Evaluating Psychological and Biological Deprivation in Low-Income Countries: Focus on the Angolan Experience, PART III: SOCIAL REFORMS AND SOCIAL SECURITY, 7. A Welfare Analysis of the Price System Reforms’ Effects on Poverty in Tunisia, 8. Design Principles for an Efficient and Sustainable Social Security System, 9. Institutional and Regulatory Issues in Pension System Reforms: Country Experiences and Policy Options, PART IV: BASIC HEALTH SERVICES, 10. A Framework for Primary Health Care Reforms, 11. Evaluating Health Care Policy Reforms in Africa: A Lesson from the Use of Precision Service Delivery Techniques in Animal Health Care Management