Financing social policy mobilizing resources for social development

Published in association with UNRISD.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction and overview / Katja Hujo and Shea McClanahan -- Social exclusion policies and labour markets in Latin America / Ruben M. Lo Vuolo -- Financing for development: international redistribution / Isabel Ortiz -- How can the financing of social services be made pro-poor? / Enrique Delamonica and Santosh Mehrotra -- Financing developmental social policies in low-income countries: conditions and constraints / Alic Sindzingre -- Aid and the financing of public social sector spending / Oliver Morrissey -- Natural resource wealth, development and social policy: evidence and issues / Andrew Rosser -- Mineral rents and social policy: the case of the Norwegian government oil fund / Erling Holmoy -- Social insurance (pensions and health), labour markets and coverage in Latin America / Carmelo Mesa-Lago -- Pensions and pension funds in the making of a nation-state and a national economy: the case of Finland / Olli E. Kangas -- Provident and pension funds and economic development in selected Asian countries / Mukul G. Asher -- Remittance and social development / Hein de Haas -- Remittances and social development: the Latin American experience / Manuel Orozco - Conclusions / Katja Hujo and Shea McClanahan.