What is it about?

Book review of the Social Work in East Asia edited by Christian Asplalter. The book discusses Social Welfare Policy in selected countries in East Asia.

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The review provides a summary that may be helpful to students, readers and practitioners of social policy.

Perspectives

The review adds poverty reduction strategies in the Philippines based on the social protection framework. These strategies include a conditional cash transfer model with a family development service in convergence with sustainable livelihood and community driven development.

Mr Justin Francis Leon V Nicolas
University of the Philippines Diliman

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This page is a summary of: Social Work in East Asia edited by ChristianAspalter. 2014: Surrey, Ashgate. ISBN 978 1 47241 310 9, International Journal of Social Welfare, December 2015, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/ijsw.12185.
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