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04/01/2008
Network Papers

An article published in the Spring 2008 edition of the Americas Quarterly journal advocating a need to return to the idea of universalism that inspired social policies around the world in the past.

Ocampo contends that the best “targeting” for the poor is in fact a universal social policy. The targeted programs that have become the policy fashion in the region should be seen not as a substitute but as a complement and, indeed, as an instrument of universalism.