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Confronting economic insecurity in Africa
- English
Paratian, R.; Dasgupta, S.; ILO, Infocus Programme on Socio-Economic Security
International Labour Office
2004
92-2-115713-X
445
Summary (English)
Shows that conventional measures of poverty are inadequate to capture the depth of the crisis, and that orthodox anti-poverty measures often fail to reach the poor and most economically insecure. It concludes that, whether for tackling poverty and inequality or the scourge of HIV/AIDS, new systems of social protection are needed that are based on principles of universalism and social solidarity.
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