Focusing on social work and social service delivery, this book examines the social policies and programmes designed to address different societal issues and con

This Handbook is a timely compilation dedicated to exploring a rare diversity of perspectives and content on the development, successes, reforms and challenges

Introduction -- Background, inception, and development -- Thresholds, financing, and beneficiaries -- Targeting performance -- Anti-poverty effectiveness -- Fro

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Explains the uneven success of India's slum dwellers in demanding and securing essential public services from the state.