Beyond the World Bank by Matthew Greenslade - 9781350508811

Beyond the World BankThe Fight for Universal Social Protection in the Global South\nAuthor(s): Matthew Greenslade\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781350508811, 978-1350508811\nSynopsis\nIn this open access book, Matthew Greenslade sheds some much-needed light on the damage being done by the World Bank's insistence on pursuing a poverty-targeted approach to social protection in lower income countries, while also describing some of the successes in the grassroots fights for a more universal approach.\nAll this is organized around the true story of Stephen Kidd, an ex-missionary who cut his teeth fighting for indigenous land rights in Latin America, then survived an assassination attempt, and ultimately went on to be a leader in the global fight for universal social protection.\nNearly half of the worlds population does not have access to the sorts of welfare and benefits programs that protect many people i.