Building Decent Societies

Acknowledgements Foreword; A.Diop Introduction; P.Townsend PART I: THE RIGHT TO SOCIAL SECURITY AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Social Security and Human Rights; P.Townsend PART II: ISSUES FOR THE GLOBAL SOCIETY OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY Social Protection and Nation Building: An essay on why and how universalist social policy contributes to stable nation-states; C.de Neubourg Social Security, Social Impact and Economic Performance: A Farewell to Three Famous Myths; M.Cichon  & W.Scholz Can Low-income Countries Afford Social Security?; C.Behrendt  & K.Hagemejer The Impact of Social Transfers on Growth, Development, Poverty and Inequality in Developing Countries; M.Samson Child Poverty and Child Rights a Possible UN Model for Child Benefit?; P.Townsend PART III: SOCIAL PROTECTION IN EUROPE AND THE OECD Three Models of Social Security in the History of the Industrialised Countries; P.Townsend Social Protection, the European Union and its Member States; R.Wagener Can the European Welfare Model be Exported?; P.Lindert The Poverty Effects of Social Protection in Europe EU Enlargement and its Lessons for Developing Countries; B.Cantillon PART IV: EXPERIENCES FROM LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES Social Security in Developing Countries: A Brief Overview; P.Townsend Introducing Basic Social Protection in Low Income Countries: Lessons From Existing Programmes; A.Barrientos Social Protection, Rural Livelihoods and Economic Growth: The Case of Cash Transfers; R.Slater, J.Farrington, R.Holmes &  P.Harvey Welfare, Development and Growth Lessons from South Africa; F.Lund From Targeting to Universality Lessons from the Health System in Thailand; V.Tangcharoensathien, P.Prakongsai, S.Limwattananon, W.Patcharanarumol &  P.Jongudomsuk PART V: CONCLUSIONS Rethinking the Role of Social Security in Development; C.Behrendt, M.Cichon, K.Hagemejer, S.Kidd, R.Krech  &  P.Townsend Bibliography Index