Introduction and overview / Katja Hujo and Shea McClanahan -- pt. 1. Global dimension : paradigms and resources: Social exclusion policies and labour markets in Latin America / Rubén M. Lo Vuolo ; Financing for development : international redistribution / Isabel Ortiz -- pt. 2. Taxation and aid: How can the financing of social services be pro-poor? / Enrique Delamonica and Santosh Mehrotra ; Financing developmental social policies in low-income countries : conditions and constraints / Alice Sindzingre ; Aid and the financing of public social sector spending / Oliver Morrissey -- pt. 3. Mineral rents: Natural resource wealth, development and social policy : evidence and issues / Andrew Rosser ; Mineral rents and social policy : the case of the Norwegian Government oil fund / Erling Holmoy -- pt. 4. Social insurance and pension funds: Social insurance (pensions and health), labour markets and coverage in Latin America / Carmelo Mesa-Lago ; Pensions and pension funds in the making of a nation-State and a national economy : the case of Finland / Olli E. Kangas ; Provident and pension funds and economic development in selected Asian countries / Mukul G. Asher -- pt. 5. Remittances: Remittances and social development / Hein de Haas ; Remittances and social development : the Latin American experience / Manuel Orozco -- Conclusions / Katja Hujo and Shea McClanahan.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780230576643 (hbk.)