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Welfare, Work, and Poverty: Social Assistance in China (International Policy Exchange Series)
Qin Gao
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Description for Welfare, Work, and Poverty: Social Assistance in China (International Policy Exchange Series)
hardcover. Series: International Policy Exchange Series. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFF; JFSC; JKS; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Welfare, Work, and Poverty provides the first systematic and comprehensive evaluation of the impacts and effectiveness of China's primary social assistance program -- Minimum Livelihood Guarantee, or Dibao -- 20 years after its inception. Dibao serves the dual function of (a) providing a basic safety net for the poor and (b) maintaining social and political stability. Despite currently being the world's largest welfare program in terms of population coverage, evidence on Dibao's performance has been lacking. This book offers important new empirical evidence and draws policy lessons that are timely and useful for both China and beyond. Specifically, author Qin ... Read more
Welfare, Work, and Poverty provides the first systematic and comprehensive evaluation of the impacts and effectiveness of China's primary social assistance program -- Minimum Livelihood Guarantee, or Dibao -- 20 years after its inception. Dibao serves the dual function of (a) providing a basic safety net for the poor and (b) maintaining social and political stability. Despite currently being the world's largest welfare program in terms of population coverage, evidence on Dibao's performance has been lacking. This book offers important new empirical evidence and draws policy lessons that are timely and useful for both China and beyond. Specifically, author Qin ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PR United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Series
International Policy Exchange Series
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780190218133
SKU
V9780190218133
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About Qin Gao
Qin Gao, PhD, MPhil, MA, is Associate Professor of Social Policy and Social Work at the Columbia School of Social Work at Columbia University. She is also an Academic Board Member of the China Institute for Income Distribution and Beijing Normal University, and a Public Intellectual Fellow of the National Committee on United States-China Relations. Dr. Gao's research examines poverty, ... Read more
Reviews for Welfare, Work, and Poverty: Social Assistance in China (International Policy Exchange Series)
Qin Gao, a leading scholar of Chinese social welfare and public policy, asks and answers systematically all the basic and important questions about the development of this social welfare program from the ashes of the socialist planned economy: from program development, implementation, to its performance, as judged by its anti-poverty and welfare-to-work effects, and to the receptions of program participants. ... Read more