The Universal Social Safety-Net and the Attack on World Poverty

Anthony Clunies-Ross is Emeritus Professor at University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. His publications include Taxation of Mineral Rents (jointly with Ross Garnaut, Clarendon Press, 1983), and he is co-author (with David Forsyth and Mozammel Huq) of Development Economics (McGraw-Hill, 2009). Mozammel Huq teaches at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow and is also Visiting Professor of Economics at Uttar Bangla College (National University, Bangladesh). He is the author of a number of books including The Economy of Ghana: The First 25 Years since Independence (Macmillan, 1989), and is co-author (with David Forsyth and Anthony Clunies-Ross) of Development Economics (McGraw-Hill, 2009).

Part I: Case for a Safety Net 1. Paradox Need and Opportunity 2. Three Sages and Two New Messages 3. The Basic Case 4. Size of the Extreme Poverty Gap Part II: Ways and Means 5. Targeting the Poor and Fixing Rates 6. Difficulties and Obstacles 7. Financing Social Safety Nets 8. Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) 9. Employment Guaranteses 10. Paying for Health Care 11. The @other' Millenium Development Goals: Compeetition or Synergy? 12. Politics of Safety Nets: Turning Aspiration into Reality Part III: Another Window 13. The NGOs and Microcredit in Bangladesh Part IV: Summary 14. Imperative and Hope