Publication Type
Electronic Citation
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Author(s)
Henry-Lee, Aldrie
Title
Implications for social service delivery in a weak social policy environment
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Last Update
2004
Access Date
2008
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Page(s)
29 p.
Location/URL
http:; www.caribank.org/SERU.nsf/leepres/$File/AldriesBarbadospaper.pdf?OpenElement
Notes
Paper prepared for the Regional Conference- A New Perspective on Poverty in
the Caribbean: A Qualitative Approach, Caribbean Development Bank, June 9-11,2004
Abstract
This paper examines the implications for social service delivery in a weak social policy
environment. The extent to which an enabling environment for the effective and efficient
delivery of social services currently exists in the Caribbean is considered. The specific
features that make it difficult for the social sectors to create and maintain effective
delivery systems are discussed. Issues of quality of access, equity, social dialogue,
accountability, democratic and participatory governance are shown to be relevant to the
formulation and implementation of social policy. Challenges to the creation of a strong
social policy environment are also presented. The paper concludes that social policy is a
key instrument that must work in tandem with economic policy in order to ensure
equitable and sustainable development.....
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