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World Economic and Social Survey 2008: Overcoming Economic Insecurity

By United Nations

Book information

Year
2008
ISBN
9211091578, 9789211091571, 9781435663923
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
16 MB (16795929 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
234\235
Topic
Economy
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

According to the Survey, economic insecurity arises from the exposure of individuals, communities and countries to adverse events, and from their inability to cope with and recover from the downside losses. Local concerns have been compounded by new global threats as unregulated markets and climate change. The Survey offers a different approach with a strong social contract and more integrated and pragmatic economic and social policy. It calls for more active policy responses to help communities better manage these new risks, increased investment in preventing threatening events from emerging and more concerted efforts to strengthen the underlying social contracts which are, in the end, the real basis of a more secure, stable and just future.

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