Financing Social Protection (Quantitative Methods in Social Protection)

This publication considers the range of financing options available for the design of cost-effective and equitable social welfare systems, giving a thorough analysis of their advantages and disadvantages and their financial and economic implications. Written by practitioners for practitioners, the book discusses the design and maintenance of national social protection systems that seek to ensure effective and efficient use of available resources at the community, national and international levels while supporting long-term economic development. The book explores theoretical and practical policy questions, as well as looking at the policy process that determines the affordable levels of and scope of social protection in a given country.Wolfgang Scholz is the author of 'Financing Social Protection (Quantitative Methods in Social Protection)', published 2005 under ISBN 9789221151227 and ISBN 9221151220.