Social Assistance and the ‘Dependency Syndrome'
Published By: CPRC on eSS | Published Date: January, 30 , 2011This policy brief discusses the fact that social assistance is critical to counter the insecurity and vulnerability experienced by chronically poor people. Evidence shows that as well as preventing people from sliding into poverty, social assistance supports human development, helps people to access opportunities to exit poverty, and interrupts the intergenerational transmission of poverty. [Policy Brief No. 22] URL: [http://www.chronicpoverty.org/uploads/publication_files/PB%2022.pdf]
Author(s): Andrew Shepherd, Dhana Wadugodapitiya, Alice Evans | Posted on: May 30, 2011 | Views(831) | Download (139)