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id	eprints-36550
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institution	SOAS, University of London
collection	SOAS Research Online
language	English English
language_search	English English
description	This paper presents an analysis of the recent evolution of social assistance in the developing world, looking at its complex typological configuration, which has interlinked with, and partly reflects the complex demographic and epidemiological transitions and rapid urbanization and economic convergence that many developing countries have exhibited over the past decades. The paper underscores the principles of the poverty focus of social assistance and presents an overview of existence evidence of first- and second-order effects of social assistance, particularly in the domains of poverty, education, health and labour markets. Moreover, the paper highlights the knowledge gaps with regard to the longer-term and gender-specific welfare effects of social assistance, and the redistributive effects, and the incentives and distortion mechanisms that transfer programmes can generate in the labour and insurance markets.
format	Journal Article
author	Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel
author_facet	Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel
authorStr	Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel
author_letter	Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel
title	Welfare and redistributive effects of social assistance in the Global South
publisher	Wiley
publishDate	2019
url	https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/36550/