by
Grosh Margaret E.; Del Ninno Carlo; Tesliuc Emil; Ouerghi Azedine
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2008
Safety nets are noncontributory transfer programs targeted to the poor or vulnerable. They play important roles in social policy. Safety nets redistribute income, thereby immediately reducing poverty and inequality; they enable households to invest in the human capital of their children and in the livelihoods...