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