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Title:Combating poverty and inequality: structural change, social policy and politics.
Corporate Author: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
Subject:Poverty – planning, policy
Publisher:United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
Place of Publication:Geneva
Date of Publication:2010
Abstract:
Poverty reduction is a central feature of the international development agenda and contemporary poverty reduction strategies increasingly focus on “targeting the poor”, yet poverty and inequality remain intractable foes. Combating Poverty and Inequality argues that this is because many current approaches to reducing poverty and inequality fail to consider key institutional, policy and political dimensions that may be both causes of poverty and inequality, and obstacles to their reduction. The report is structured around three main issues, which, it argues, are the critical elements of a sustainable and inclusive development strategy: * patterns of growth and structural change (whether in the agricultural, industrial or service sectors) that generate and sustain jobs that are adequately remunerated and accessible to all, regardless of income or class status, gender, ethnicity or location; * comprehensive social policies that are grounded in universal rights and that are supportive of structural change, social cohesion and democratic politics; and * protection of civic rights, activism and political arrangements that ensure states are responsive to the needs of citizens and the poor have influence in how policies are made. The report lays out a range of policies and institutional measures that countries can adopt to alleviate poverty and inequality. It will thus be of interest to policy, scholarly and activist audiences.
Language:English
Material Type:Report
