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Book SynopsisAccording to the World Bank, approximately one billion people live on less than $1 a day. Giving Credit Where Due: A Path to Global Poverty Reduction critically examines the level and quality of the international community''s response to such extreme poverty. This timely work traces the ethical and religious underpinnings of social welfare policy; describes income support systems in Europe, the United States, and elsewhere; and proposes a new strategy for reducing global poverty. Under this approach, developing countries would establish a refundable tax credit to put a floor under the incomes of their people who live on less than $1 a day. A global tax credit fund would be created by the United Nations and financed with contributions from rich nations and private donors. The fund would enable the UN to share in the costs with countries that adopt the tax credit approach. In an even-handed manner, Giving Credit Where Due addresses the inevitable objections to the approach, such as badly
Table of ContentsPart 1 Preface Part 2 Introduction Chapter 3 1. Story Chapter 4 2. Poverty Chapter 5 3. Guideposts Chapter 6 4. Europe Chapter 7 5. U.S.A. Chapter 8 6. Elsewhere Chapter 9 7. Shortfalls Chapter 10 8. Rationale Chapter 11 9. Program Chapter 12 10. Administration Chapter 13 11. Effects Chapter 14 12. Objections Chapter 15 13. Prospects Part 16 Bibliography Part 17 Index
