Analysis on Social Welfare Policies of Local Governments for the Disadvantaged Elderly

2009 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eunjeong Kim
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Welfare Policies

First Meeting of the PIDE Committee on Devolution Reforms in Pakistan

2006 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-161
Author(s):  
Durre-e- Nayab
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Municipal Services ◽  
Fiscal Decentralisation ◽  
National Reconstruction

The Local Government Ordinance (LGO), formulated by the National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB) in 2000 and promulgated by provincial governments in August 2001, assigns powers, responsibilities, and service delivery functions to three levels of local governments: district, tehsil, and union. Responsibilities for the delivery of social and human development services, such as primary and basic health, education and social welfare, are delegated to the district level, whereas municipal services, such as water, sanitation and urban services are assigned to the tehsil level. The LGO does not only deal with the delivery of public services in its plan but also stresses the need for fiscal decentralisation, claiming that “Fiscal decentralisation is the heart of any devolution exercise. Without fiscal decentralisation no authority is devolved.”

scholarly journals Income, health, and social welfare policies

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. e127
Author(s):  
The Lancet Public Health
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Welfare Policies

Neighbourhood effects in cross-Atlantic perspective: A longitudinal analysis of impacts on intergenerational mobility in the USA and Germany

Urban Studies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 434-451 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junia Howell
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Housing Market ◽  
Longitudinal Analysis ◽  
Intergenerational Mobility ◽  
Neighbourhood Effects ◽  
Welfare Policies ◽  
Policy Interventions ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Cross National

Research in the USA provides evidence that neighbourhood conditions affect intergenerational mobility. However, what remains unclear is the extent to which the US context is unique in producing this influence. To examine this question, the present study directly compares neighbourhood effects on intergenerational mobility in the USA versus those in Germany – a country whose housing market and social welfare policies differ significantly from those in the USA. Results provide a blueprint for conducting cross-national neighbourhood effects studies and illuminate how the nature and severity of neighbourhood effects are nationally specific. These findings underscore the importance of considering how broader political contexts shape neighbourhood effects on intergenerational mobility – a consideration that has implications for proposed policy interventions.

scholarly journals States as laboratories: The politics of social welfare policies in India

India Review ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajeshwari Deshpande ◽  
K. K. Kailash ◽  
Louise Tillin
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Welfare Policies

scholarly journals New Patterns in China’s Rural Poverty

2020 ◽  
pp. 201-240
Author(s):  
Shi Li ◽  
Peng Zhan ◽  
Yangyang Shen
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Rural Poverty ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Poverty Rate ◽  
Absolute Poverty ◽  
Relative Poverty ◽  
Household Expenditures ◽  
Welfare Policies ◽  
Chip Data ◽  
Positive Effects

The purpose of this chapter is to understand the structure of rural poverty in China. On the basis of CHIP data for 1988, 1995, 2002, 2007, and 2013, the authors analyze poverty trends and the structure of poverty, comparing the recent period to earlier periods. Factors that raise household income, factors that reduce the need for household expenditures, and other factors related to China’s poverty alleviation goals are considered. The analysis finds that although the absolute poverty rate continued to decline, the poverty gap and relative poverty increased after 2007. An analysis of the reasons for poverty reveals some positive effects of the rural social welfare policies; however, health problems among the elderly, among children below the age of 15, and among disabled adults continued to be a key source of poverty.

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