Financing For Overcoming Economic Insecurity
Rob Vos · United Nations Publications · Nazrul Islam
Mar 2015 · Bloomsbury Publishing
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The world is witnessing the paradox of simultaneous increase in income and insecurity. According to available data, global average per capita income has increased in recent decades, while at the same time actual and perceived insecurity has also increased. This paradox is true for both developed and developing countries. However, the concrete form and causes of insecurity differs across these two groups of countries. To the extent that income levels in many developing countries are very low, economic insecurity in these countries takes a starker and chronic form.
In Financing for Overcoming Economic Insecurity, leading experts examine the causes and consequences of rising economic insecurity and policy measures that can be adopted to overcome insecurity. The volume contains papers addressing issues of economic insecurity pertaining to both developed and developing countries and caused by both economic factors and natural hazards. It also discusses the issues at both macro and micro levels. The volume's focus on policy measures, such as redistribution and reinvestment of profit income in developed countries and imposition of capital control and promotion of micro insurance in developing countries, should be of much help to policymakers as well as researchers.
The world is witnessing the paradox of simultaneous increase in income and insecurity. According to available data, global average per capita income has increased in recent decades, while at the same time actual and perceived insecurity has also increased. This paradox is true for both developed and developing countries. However, the concrete form and causes of insecurity differs across these two groups of countries. To the extent that income levels in many developing countries are very low, economic insecurity in these countries takes a starker and chronic form.
In Financing for Overcoming Economic Insecurity, leading experts examine the causes and consequences of rising economic insecurity and policy measures that can be adopted to overcome insecurity. The volume contains papers addressing issues of economic insecurity pertaining to both developed and developing countries and caused by both economic factors and natural hazards. It also discusses the issues at both macro and micro levels. The volume's focus on policy measures, such as redistribution and reinvestment of profit income in developed countries and imposition of capital control and promotion of micro insurance in developing countries, should be of much help to policymakers as well as researchers.
About the author
Nazrul Islam is the Chief of the Global Economic Monitoring Unit of the Development Policy Analysis Division (DPAD) of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) of the United Nations and a Research Fellow of the International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development (ICSEAD), Kitakyushu, Japan.
Rob Vos is currently the Director of Director of the Gender, Equity and Rural Employment Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome. Previously he was the Director of the Development Policy and Analysis Division (DPAD) at the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) of the United Nations.
Rob Vos is currently the Director of Director of the Gender, Equity and Rural Employment Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome. Previously he was the Director of the Development Policy and Analysis Division (DPAD) at the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) of the United Nations.
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