Rethinking Poverty and Social Mobility

Rethinking Poverty and Social Mobility

ISBN: 13-978-981-08-3070-0 (pbk)

by Civil Service College & ESRN

Documenting social development and poverty alleviation programmes in societies such as Singapore, USA and Taiwan, this volume examines the challenges of contemporary social intervention. It also highlights the impact of stagnating social mobility and the interconnected roles of the government, the community and welfare recipients in advancing social and economic goals.

FOREWORD

Niam Chiang Meng

OPENING ADDRESS

Ravi Menon

AN OVERVIEW OF THE SINGAPORE SOCIAL SAFETY NET: POLICIES AND CHALLENGES

Choo Lee See

THE ECONOMY, PUBLIC POLICY AND POVERTY: THE US EXPERIENCE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR SINGAPORE

Sheldon H.Danziger

HOW SHOULD WE IDENTIFY THE POOR IN A RICH SOCIETY

Robert Haveman

EMERGENCE OF THE POST-DEVELOPMENTAL WELFARE STATE: THE CASE OF SOUTH KOREA

Lee Hye Kyung