Collection: Black Caribbean Literature (BCL) / Publication Year: 2013 / Subject Term: Social policy

Start Over Collection Black Caribbean Literature (BCL) Publication Year 2013 Subject Term Social policy

Collection:: Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:: Paes-Sousa,Romulo (Author), Regalia,Ferdinando (Author), and Stampini,Marco (Author)
Format:: Book, Whole
Publication Date:: Jun 2013
Published:: Inter-American Development Bank
Location:: African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Title:: Inter-American Development Bank
Notes:: 83 p., Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs have become the main social assistance interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), reaching 129 million individuals in 18 countries in 2010. Programs shared key characteristics such as the payment of cash grants and the incorporation of co-responsibilities, but varied greatly in terms of coverage, infrastructure, routines, and even objectives. In this study, we analyze the experience of six countries (Brazil, Colombia, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico and Peru) and attempt to identify important lessons for countries that have recently started or that are currently considering the introduction of a CCT.

Collection:: Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:: Gerecke,Megan (Author), Prasad,Naren (Author), and Hypher,Nicola (Author)
Format:: Book, Whole
Publication Date:: Jul 2013
Published:: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
Location:: African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Title:: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
Journal Title Details:: ute for Social Development, Jul 2013, 50 pp.
Notes:: 50 p., This paper summarizes the findings of the UNRISD-Commonwealth Secretariat research project on Social Policy in Small States. The findings are based on the in-depth country studies of several small states and of the cross-cutting issues that they face. It looked at small states in the Caribbean region (Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago), in the Pacific region (Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu), the Indian Ocean (Mauritius and Seychelles) and the Mediterranean region (Malta). The findings of the papers are examined and compared here to draw out common lessons on how small states can effectively promote developmental, democratic and socially inclusive economies. Tables, Figures, Appendixes, References.

Collection:: Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:: Wood,Charles H. (Author) and Felker-Kantor,Erica (Author)
Format:: Journal Article
Publication Date:: May 2013
Published:: Philadelphia, PA: Routledge/Taylor & Francis
Location:: African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Title:: Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies
Journal Title Details:: 8(3) : 304-322
Notes:: Brazil's 2009 National Household Survey provides information on a representative sample of 121,708 households and includes items that enable us to identify households that experience 'moderate' and 'severe' degrees of food insecurity. The findings support the hypothesis that, other things being equal, Afro-Brazilians experience higher rates of food insecurity compared to whites. The odds of moderate and severe food insecurity are, respectively, 31 percent and 45 percent higher among brown compared to white households. Among black households, the odds of moderate and severe food insecurity are 50 percent and 73 percent higher, respectively, compared to households headed by a person who declares themselves white.

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