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Social Security and Third World Poverty: The Challenge to Policymakers

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Although social security emerged in the industrial countries as a mechanism for alleviating and preventing poverty, it has had a negligible impact on the problem of poverty in the developing countries. Because of the high incidence of poverty in the Third World and the need for effective interventions, conventional social security policies should be critically reexamined. Reviewing previous attempts to formulate social security policies that focus on the poor, this paper challenges policymakers to identify innovative social security programs that address the poverty problem directly.

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  • James Midgley, 1993. "Social Security and Third World Poverty: The Challenge to Policymakers," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 12(1‐2), pages 133-143, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:revpol:v:12:y:1993:i:1-2:p:133-143
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1993.tb00513.x
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