In: The United Nations series on development
Despite the rise in recent decades in the average income level, economic insecurity has also increased. True for both developing and developed countries, this increasing economic insecurity is harmful for human welfare for several reasons. Job and income insecurity directly affect the material and psychological well-being of people. Economic volatility and high uncertainty also tend to exert negative influence on productive investment, thereby hurting long-term development. This book sheds light on the causes of economic insecurity and how better functioning financial systems, more effective macroeconomic policies and extended micro-financing schemes could mitigate the degree of economic insecurity in developing countries and overcome many of its negative consequences.
In: The United Nations Series on Development Ser.
In: The United Nations Series on Development
In: United Nations series on development
Introduction / Nazrul Islam and Rob Vos -- Globalization, offshoring, and economic insecurity in industrialized countries / William Milberg and Deborah Winkler -- Managing financial instability in developing countries: why prudence is not enough / Yilmaz Akyuz -- Insurance, credit, and safety nets for the poor in a world of risk / Daniel Clarke and Stefan Dercon -- Assessing the success of microinsurance programs in meeting the insurance needs of the poor / Paul Mosley -- Assessing the insurance role of microsavings / David Hulme, Karen Moore, and Armando Barrientos -- Can microfinance reduce economic insecurity and poverty? By how much and how? / Nazrul Islam -- Insurance against losses from natural disasters in developing countries / Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer and Reinhard Mechler.
Englisch
Bloomsbury Academic [u.a.]
9781849665339, 9781849665346, 1849665346, 1849665338, 9781849665780, 9781849665797
XI, 248 S.
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