Assets, Livelihoods, and Social Policy

Assets, Livelihoods, And Social Policy Discusses The Diverse Strategies Adopted By People In Different Contexts To Accumulate Assets Through Migration, Housing Investments, Natural Resources Management, And Informal Businesses.--book Jacket. Asset-based Social Policy And Public Action In A Polycentric World / Anis A. Dani And Caroline Moser -- Assets And Livelihoods : A Framework For Asset-based Social Policy / Caroline Moser -- International Migration And Challenges For Social Policy : The Case Of Ecuador / Anthony Hall -- Toward The Sustainable Return Of West African Transnational Migrants : What Are The Options? / John K. Anarfi And Sara Jägare -- Public Policies To Support Migrant Workers In Pakistan And The Philippines / Farooq Azam -- Transnationalism, Social Reproduction, And Social Policy : International Migration Of Care Workers / Nicola Yeates -- Building Homes : The Role Of Federations Of The Urban Poor / David Satterthwaite -- Upgrading Thailand's Urban Settlements : A Community-driven Process Of Social Development / Somsook Boonyabancha -- Bitter Harvest : The Social Costs Of State Failure In Rural Kenya / Paul Francis And Mary Amuyunzu-nyamongo -- Youth Gangs As Ontological Assets / Dennis Rodgers -- Forest Rights And Asset-based Livelihoods : Catalyzing Rural Economics And Forest Conservation Through Policy Reform And Collective Action / Augusta Molnar, Andy White, And Arvind Khare -- Microenterprise And Sustainable Livelihoods / Vibha Pinglé -- Beyond Sectoral Traps : Creating Wealth For The Poor / Deepa Narayan And Soumya Kapoor. Caroline Moser And Anis A. Dani, Editors. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.