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Defining an Agenda for Poverty Reduction
Volume 2
Edited by Isabel Ortiz

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Volume 2 focuses on the areas of Social Protection: labor markets, social insurance, social assistance for the most vulnerable groups and community-based interventions such as social funds, microinsurance or disaster prevention and management. Contributors include from Robert Holzmann, Vice-President and Director The World Bank, to Noriyuki Suzuki, General Secretary of the International Confederation of Trade Unions ICTU-APRO.

The two volumes include sections devoted to:

• Consideration of broad strategic approaches for poverty reduction efforts in the Asia and Pacific Region
• Macroeconomic concerns and the role of trade and growth in poverty reduction
• Promoting good governance
• Role of civil society and the private sector
• Priority social development policies to achieve irreversible reduction of poverty
• How to design social protection interventions to effectively reduce poverty
• Special topics related to poverty measurements and targeted poverty reduction efforts
• Views from non-governmental organizations and other civil society groups such as trade unions

The books include addresses and papers from leading scholars and policymakers, and cover a wide range of poverty issues. Volume One addresses the major themes considered at ADB's 2001 International Poverty Forum except for social protection issues, which are considered in Volume Two. The publications are particularly timely in light of the ongoing review of ADB's Poverty Reduction Strategy, and provide perspectives and insights regarding how to pursue poverty reduction from academic as well as operational perspectives.

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Contents

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Table of Contents [ PDF: 74kb | 13 pages ]

• Acknowledgements
• List of Tables
• List of Boxes and Figures
• List of Abbreviations

Introduction [ PDF: 122kb | 13 pages ]

• Isabel Ortiz, Senior Social Economist, ADB

Proceedings

• Reducing Poverty: The Role of Social protection and Social Risk Management [ PDF: 144kb | 28 pages ]
  Robert Holzmann, Director, Social Protection, World Bank



• Social Protection Policy and Governance: an ILO Perspective [ PDF: 52kb | 6 pages ]
  Anne Drouin, Social Security Specialist, International Labour Organisation



• Poverty and Social Protection: DFID Approach [ PDF: 52kb | 6 pages ]
  Arjan de Haan and Sean Conlin, Social Development Advisers, Department for International Development (United Kingdom)



• Social Protection Policies in Asia and the Pacific into the 21^st Century [ PDF: 343kb | 24 pages ]
  Isabel Ortiz, Senior Social Economist, Poverty Reduction Unit, Asian Development Bank



• Labor Market Policies and Social Protection in Asia [ PDF: 153kb | 32 pages ]
  Paolo Verme, Labor Market Expert and Consultant, Asian Development Bank



• Globalization and Labor Market Challenges: the Role of Trade Unions [ PDF: 63kb | 10 pages ]
  Noriyuki Suzuki, General Secretary, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, Asian and Pacific Regional Office



• Labor Market Policies and Programs for Pro-poor Growth in the Republic of Korea [ PDF: 128kb | 22 pages ]
  Hye Kyung Lee, Professor of Social Welfare, Yonsei University, and President, Korean Social Security Association



• Social Insurance for All [ PDF: 454kb | 30 pages ]
  David F. T. Gent, Senior Social Security Expert and Consultant, Asian Development Bank



• Equitable Growth and Access: The Role of Social Assistance [ PDF: 109kb | 22 pages ]
  Fiona Howell, Social Assistance Expert and Consultant, Asian Development Bank



• Keep Our Hands Active: Responding to the Challenges of Social Protection and Old Age in the 21^st Century [ PDF: 75kb | 12 pages ]
  Judy Roberts, Regional Director, Help Age International



• Health Insurance for the Poor Through Community Schemes — Is it Viable? [ PDF: 163kb | 16 pages ]
  David Dror, Senior Health Insurance Specialist, International Labour Organisation



• Community-based Social Funds [ PDF: 94kb | 16 pages ]
  Andrew Batkin, Social Funds Specialist and Senior Consultant, Asian Development Bank



• Post-conflict Rehabilitation: Experience of the Social Fund of the Kingdom of Cambodia [ PDF: 45kb | 4 pages ]
  Nil Vanna, Director, Social Fund of the Kingdom of Cambodia



• Disaster Risk Management and Vulnerability Reduction: Protecting the Poor [ PDF: 62kb | 10 pages ]
  Suvit Yodmani, Executive Director, Asian Disaster Preparedness Center

ISBN 971-561-474-4
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