TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hanlon,Joseph
AU  - Barrientos,Armando
AU  - Boshara,Ray
AU  - Hulme,David
TI  - Just Give Money to the Poor: The Development Revolution from the Global South 
SN  - 9781565493643
U1  - 339.522 22/eng
PY  - 2010///]
CY  - Boulder
PB  - Lynne Rienner Publishers
KW  - Economic assistance
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - Poverty
KW  - Transfer payments
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; ILLUSTRATIONS --; FOREWORD --; 1 Introduction --; 2 From Alms to Rights and North to South --; 3 Cash Transfers Today --; 4 Eating More—and Better --; 5 Pro-poor Growth: Turning a $1 Grant into $2 Income --; 6 To Everyone or Just a Few? The Targeting Dilemma --; 7 Identifying Recipients --; 8 Co-responsibility and Services: The Conditionality Dilemma --; 9 Cash Transfers Are Practical in Poor Countries --; 10 The Way Forward --; BACKGROUND AND RESEARCH DATA --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX --; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; restricted access
N2  - Amid all the complicated economic theories about the causes and solutions to poverty, one idea is so basic that it seems radical: bypass governments and NGOs, provide direct cash transfers, and let the poor decide how to use their money. Discussing this alternative, looking at both problems and successes and stressing that cash transfers are neither charity nor a safety net, the authors provide a compelling overview of practices that actually work
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781565493643
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781565493643
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781565493643/original
ER  -