Financing Social Policy

Foreword; T.Mkandawire Preface and Acknowledgements; K.Hujo & S.McClanahan List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Notes on the Contributors Introduction and Overview; K.Hujo & S.McClanahan PART I: GLOBAL DIMENSION: PARADIGMS AND RESOURCES Social Exclusion Policies and Labour Markets in Latin America; R.Lo Vuolo Financing for Development: International Redistribution; I.Ortiz PART II: TAXATION AND AID How Can Financing of Social Services be Pro-Poor?; E.Delamonica & S.Mehrotra Financing Developmental Social Policies in Low-Income Countries: Conditions and Constraints; A.Sindzingre Aid and the Financing of Public Social Sector Spending; O.Morrissey PART III: MINERAL RENTS Natural Resource Wealth, Development and Social Policy: Evidence and Issues; A.Rosser Mineral Rents and Social Policy: The Case of the Norwegian Government Oil Fund; E.Holmøy PART IV: SOCIAL INSURANCE AND PENSION FUNDS Social Insurance (Pensions and Health), Labour Markets and Coverage in Latin America; C.Mesa-Lago Pensions and Pension Funds in the Making of a Nation-State and a National Economy: The Case of Finland; O.Kangas Provident and Pension Funds and Economic Development in Selected Asian Countries; M.G.Asher PART V: REMITTANCES Remittances and Social Development; H.de Haas Remittances and Social Development: The Latin American Experience; M.Orozco Conclusions; K.Hujo & S.McClanahan