Public Works as a Safety Net : Design, Evidence, and Implementation
From the Victorian poor laws in nineteenth century Britain to the post-war recovery of the 1940s, public works programs have historically played an important role as countercyclical interventions to address seasonal and short-term unemployment. In...
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| Format: | Publication |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC: World Bank
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/11/16988159/public-works-safety-net-design-evidence-implementation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11882 |