Poverty Monitoring and Alleviation in East Asia

Author: Tang;Kwong-leung;Wong;Chack-kie  

Publisher: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.‎

Publication year: 2018

E-ISBN: 9781614706021

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781590338285

Subject: D73/77 National Politics

Keyword: 各国政治

Language: ENG

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Poverty Monitoring and Alleviation in East Asia

Chapter

Development of a Foreign-oriented Economy

Changes in Urban Industrial Structures and Urban-rural Economic Relations

The Macro Level

ECONOMIC STRUCTURE TRANSITION

Social Factors

Changes in the Social Policy Systems

Basic Goods Provision for Subsistence

Pensions

Health Care

Education

Housing

Social Assistance

General Trends in Social Protection

The Changed Philosophical Basis and Goals of the Welfare System

ANTIPOVERTY POLICIES IN URBAN CHINA

Employment Services

The Three “Security Lines”

Unemployment Insurance

Living Allowance for Laid-Off Workers

Minimal Living Security (MLS)

ANTIPOVERTY ACTIONS IN EDUCATION,HEALTH CARE AND HOUSING

Education

Health Services

Housing

SOME FURTHER PROBLEMS IN ANTIPOVERTY POLICIES

How to Include Floating Labor in the Urban Social Protection System

How to Deal with Social Exclusion

Antipoverty Strategy after Entry into the WTO

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

POVERTY MONITORING AND ALLEVIATION:THE CASE OF TAIWAN

ABSTRACT

CHANGES IN POVERTY RATES DURING THE PAST TEN YEARS

Official Statistics

Relative Poverty and Income Inequality

Explanation of the Trend Towards Income Inequality

ANTIPOVERTY POLICIES DURING THE LAST TEN YEARS

The Development of Antipoverty Policies

Government Social Welfare Spending

THE EFFECT OF GOVERNMENTTRANSFERS ON POVERTY REDUCTION

THE PROSPECTS FOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION

Protecting Economic Security for the Elderly

Tackling Social Exclusion and Social Polarization

REDEFINING FAMILY UNITS

Concerning Welfare Rights of Ethnic Groups

REFERENCES

POVERTY, VULNERABILITY AND THE EXPANSION OFDISCIPLINARY WELFARE IN HONG KONG

INTRODUCTION

THE POVERTY DISCOURSE AND ITS LEGACY

Poverty Discourse in the 1960s

Poverty Discourse in the 1970s

The Discourse of Vulnerability and Disadvantage in the 1980s and 1990s

Income Disparity and the Poverty Debate

The Huge Disparity of Income

Poverty Measurement and Poverty Prevalence

CSSA and the Magnitude of Poverty

Poverty among Non-CSSA Recipients

State Strategy and Poverty Alleviation

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

POVERTY MONITORING ANDALLEVIATION IN SINGAPORE

THE POOR IN SINGAPORE

POVERTY MONITORING

Statistical Monitoring2

Monitoring in Practice

Poverty Alleviation

Approach

MEASURES ON EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYABILITY

SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SCHEMES

Cash Assistance

Food

Housing and Utilities

Healthcare

Impact of Poverty Alleviation Activities and Prospects

REFERENCES

POVERTY AND ANTI-POVERTYMEASURES IN SOUTH KOREA

INTRODUCTION

SOCIAL INSURANCE IN KOREA

SOCIAL INSURANCE PROGRAMS

Employment Insurance

National Pension

Health Insurance

Industrial Accidents Compensation Insurance

PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

Livelihood Protection System

NATIONAL BASIC LIVELIHOOD SECURITY SYSTEM

Change from Gifts to Rights

Abolition of Demographic Eligibility Criteria

Introducing a Concept of Affirmed Household Incometo Rationalize Income and Property Criteria

Introduction of Work Incentives and Self-Reliance

SOME ISSUES OF THE NATIONAL BASICLIVELIHOOD SECURITY SYSTEM

FUTURE OF THE NATIONAL BASIC LIVELIHOOD SECURITY SYSTEM

REFERENCES

POVERTY MONITORING AND ALLEVIATION IN JAPAN

INTRODUCTION

THE QUESTION OF POVERTY IN JAPAN

FACTUAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE POOR IN JAPAN

The Homeless

Who They Are

Policy Response to the Problem of the Homeless

POVERTY DERIVING FROM DISCRIMINATION

Discrimination Based on Origin

Discrimination on the Basis of Sex

Discrimination Based on Disability or Old Age

LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS

HOUSEHOLDS RECEIVING PUBLIC ASSISTANCE (SEIKATSU HOGO)

The Depopulated Areas

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

POVERTY ALLEVIATION:A RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH

INTRODUCTION

INSTITUTIONAL JUSTIFICATION

Governmental Obligations

Governmental Commitments

NORMATIVE JUSTIFICATION

Liberal Justification

Confucian Justification

Feminist Justification

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

THE ILO’S APPROACH TO POVERTY ALLEVIATION

INTRODUCTION

SOCIAL JUSTICE MANDATE

CONVENTIONS AND STANDARDS

BASIC NEEDS APPROACH

PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY

AN ASSESSMENT

RECENT CHANGES

GLOBALIZATION AND THE ILO

REFERENCES

POVERTY AND THE SOCIALDEVELOPMENT APPROACH

INTRODUCTION

KEY CONCEPTUAL PREMISES

Social Development and Social Change

Social Development and Social Intervention

Universalism and Inclusivity in Social Development

Harmonizing Social and Economic Policies and Programs

KEY DEVELOPMENTAL POVERTY ALLEVIATION INTERVENTIONS

Individual and Group Level Interventions

Human Capital Programs

Employment and Employment Placement Programs

Asset Accounts

Micro-Credit and Micro-Enterprise Policies and Programs

Community Level Interventions

Community Development Programs and Projects

Community Action

Social Capital and Community Economic Development

National Level Interventions

Planning and State Intervention

Developmental Social Service Provision

Employment Creation Policies

Income Guarantees and Subsidies

Affirmative and Anti-discriminatory Employment Policies

THE FUTURE OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

REFERENCES

AN INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS OF POVERTY

INTRODUCTION

THE EXTERNAL ANALYSES OF INSTITUTIONS IN POVERTY STUDY

WHAT DOES AN INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS OF POVERTY MEAN?

INSTITUTIONS AS AN EXPLANATION OF POVERTY

FROM EXTERNAL TO INTERNAL ANALYSIS OFINSTITUTIONS FOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION

THE CHANGES IN THE RULES OF THEGAME AND THEIR EFFECTS ON THE POOR

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

GLOBAL SOCIAL PROTESTS:AN ANSWER TO WORLD POVERTY?

INTRODUCTION

A String of Global Protests

GLOBALIZATION AND NEO-LIBERALISM

THE MEANING OF GLOBAL SOCIAL PROTESTS

SOCIAL MOVEMENT THEORY AND GLOBAL PROTESTS

GLOBAL SOCIAL PROTESTS: A POLANYIAN INTERPRETATION

RELEVANCE OF “DOUBLE MOVEMENT” ANALYSIS

CONCLUDING THOUGHTS

REFERENCES

CONTRIBUTORS

INDEX

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