Social provision in low-income countries : new patterns and emerging trends

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• White, Gordon, Contributor.
• Mwabu, Germano M., Contributor.
• Ugaz, Cecilia, Contributor.
• World Institute for Development Economics Research, Content Provider.

Series:

• UNU/WIDER studies in development economics.
• UNU/WIDER studies in development economics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Human services--Finance--Developing countries.
• Human services--Developing countries.
• Public welfare--Developing countries.
• Developing countries--Social policy.
• Developing countries--Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 308 p.) : ill.

Other Title:

• Social provision in low-income countries
• UNU/WIDER studies in development economics

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The papers gathered in this collection show that neither the market nor the state alone seems to offer solutions to efficiency and equity problems commonly encountered in social sectors in poor nations.

Notes:

• Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Description based on print version record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.