This book consists of 39 short essays that exemplify how interactions between inter- and trans-national interdependencies and domestic factors have shaped the dynamics of social policy in various parts of the world at different points in time. Each chapter highlights a specific type of...

Introduction / Ray C. Rist -- Evaluation contribution in terms of analytical framework -- Moving the discussion from poverty to inequality : some implications / Paul Shaffer -- Evaluation contribution in terms of empirical measurement of the performance and the results of poverty and inequality...

How do shifts in trade affect social protections for the poor? Although the fraction of the world's population considered the 'extreme' poor has fallen by over one-half over the past quarter century, many of those lifted above the global poverty line remain vulnerable to shocks that could place...