Social policy is to a certain extent a philosophy, ideology, program to impact on demographics, employment of the population, standard, lifestyle and quality of life of the population, its income level and structure of consumption of material and cultural wealth, pension and other forms of...

"This book provides a critical look at the process of social and economic transformation based on environmental and cultural factors, including income, skills development, employment, and education. Highlighting a range of topics such as economics, social change, and e-governance"--

"Thise books provide a critical look at the process of social and economic transformation based on environmental and cultural factors, including income, skills development, employment, and education. Highlighting a range of topics such as economics, social change, and e-governance." -

This is an attempt to derive broad, strategic lessons from the diverse experience with economic growth in last fifty years. The paper revolves around two key arguments. One is that neoclassical economic analysis is a lot more flexible than its practitioners in the policy domain have generally...

This review evaluates the role of the state in development, offering a new framework for understanding what capabilities states need to overcome different types of market failures. This framework is employed to understand the successes and failures of state-led development in Malaysia. The...