Protecting the Vulnerable

In a risky world should governments provide public goods that reduce risk or compensate the victims of bad outcomes through social insurance? This article examines a basic question in designing social protection policies: how should a government allocate a fixed budget between these two activities?...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Devarajan, Shantayanan, Jack, William
Format: Journal Article
Published: World Bank 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4447