Sarah Cook is Director, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, Geneva and was formerly Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.Naila Kabeer is Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.

• Foreword 1. Introduction --Exclusions, Deficits and Trajectories: Rethinking Social Protection as Development Policy in the Asia Region Sarah Cook and Naila Kabeer Part 1. Social Protection in Transition Economies: Transformation, Restructuring and Coping in China and Vietnam2. Shock-induced Poverty in Urban China Meiyan Wang 3. Social Protection and the Economic Well-being of Families with Dependent Children in Urban China Zhang Xiulan and Xu Yuebin 4. Gender, Work and Security in Urban China: The Reconstruction of Identity as Laid-off Worker Sarah Cook and Susan Jolly 5. Social Protection and Market Reforms in Vietnam Robert L. Bach and Le Bach Duong 6. Social Security for Rural Migrant Workers in China: Current Coverage, Institutional Design and Policy Suggestions Zhu Dewen Wang, Yongtang Ma and Changyou Part 2. Chronic Poverty and Crisis in South and South-east Asia7. Reading the Signposts: Social Protection for Home-based Women Workers in South Asia Ratna M. Sudarshan 8. Approaching Basic and Economic Security for Informal Workers through National and Local Initiatives: Case Studies of Home-based Workers in South East Asia Donna L. Doane (for HomeNet South-East Asia) 9. Women’s Vulnerability, Risk and Social Protection: An Exploration of Links between Property Ownership and Domestic Violence in South Asia Nandita Bhatla , Nata Duvvury and Swati Chakraborty 10. Food Security at the Local Level: A Study in Contrast between Kerala and Orissa K.P. Kannan and N. Vijayamohanan Pillai 11. Targeting in Social Protection Programs: The Experience of Indonesia Asep Suryahadi, Wenefrida Widyanti, Daniel Suryadarma and Sudarno Sumarto 12. Crafting a Graduation Pathway for the Ultra Poor: Lessons and Evidence from a BRAC programme in Bangladesh Imran Matin, Munshi Sulaiman and Mehnaz Rabbani Index

Sarah Cook is Director, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, Geneva and was formerly Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.Naila Kabeer is Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.

• Foreword 1. Introduction --Exclusions, Deficits and Trajectories: Rethinking Social Protection as Development Policy in the Asia Region Sarah Cook and Naila Kabeer Part 1. Social Protection in Transition Economies: Transformation, Restructuring and Coping in China and Vietnam2. Shock-induced Poverty in Urban China Meiyan Wang 3. Social Protection and the Economic Well-being of Families with Dependent Children in Urban China Zhang Xiulan and Xu Yuebin 4. Gender, Work and Security in Urban China: The Reconstruction of Identity as Laid-off Worker Sarah Cook and Susan Jolly 5. Social Protection and Market Reforms in Vietnam Robert L. Bach and Le Bach Duong 6. Social Security for Rural Migrant Workers in China: Current Coverage, Institutional Design and Policy Suggestions Zhu Dewen Wang, Yongtang Ma and Changyou Part 2. Chronic Poverty and Crisis in South and South-east Asia7. Reading the Signposts: Social Protection for Home-based Women Workers in South Asia Ratna M. Sudarshan 8. Approaching Basic and Economic Security for Informal Workers through National and Local Initiatives: Case Studies of Home-based Workers in South East Asia Donna L. Doane (for HomeNet South-East Asia) 9. Women’s Vulnerability, Risk and Social Protection: An Exploration of Links between Property Ownership and Domestic Violence in South Asia Nandita Bhatla , Nata Duvvury and Swati Chakraborty 10. Food Security at the Local Level: A Study in Contrast between Kerala and Orissa K.P. Kannan and N. Vijayamohanan Pillai 11. Targeting in Social Protection Programs: The Experience of Indonesia Asep Suryahadi, Wenefrida Widyanti, Daniel Suryadarma and Sudarno Sumarto 12. Crafting a Graduation Pathway for the Ultra Poor: Lessons and Evidence from a BRAC programme in Bangladesh Imran Matin, Munshi Sulaiman and Mehnaz Rabbani Index

Sarah Cook is Director, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, Geneva and was formerly Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.Naila Kabeer is Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.

• Foreword 1. Introduction --Exclusions, Deficits and Trajectories: Rethinking Social Protection as Development Policy in the Asia Region Sarah Cook and Naila Kabeer Part 1. Social Protection in Transition Economies: Transformation, Restructuring and Coping in China and Vietnam2. Shock-induced Poverty in Urban China Meiyan Wang 3. Social Protection and the Economic Well-being of Families with Dependent Children in Urban China Zhang Xiulan and Xu Yuebin 4. Gender, Work and Security in Urban China: The Reconstruction of Identity as Laid-off Worker Sarah Cook and Susan Jolly 5. Social Protection and Market Reforms in Vietnam Robert L. Bach and Le Bach Duong 6. Social Security for Rural Migrant Workers in China: Current Coverage, Institutional Design and Policy Suggestions Zhu Dewen Wang, Yongtang Ma and Changyou Part 2. Chronic Poverty and Crisis in South and South-east Asia7. Reading the Signposts: Social Protection for Home-based Women Workers in South Asia Ratna M. Sudarshan 8. Approaching Basic and Economic Security for Informal Workers through National and Local Initiatives: Case Studies of Home-based Workers in South East Asia Donna L. Doane (for HomeNet South-East Asia) 9. Women’s Vulnerability, Risk and Social Protection: An Exploration of Links between Property Ownership and Domestic Violence in South Asia Nandita Bhatla , Nata Duvvury and Swati Chakraborty 10. Food Security at the Local Level: A Study in Contrast between Kerala and Orissa K.P. Kannan and N. Vijayamohanan Pillai 11. Targeting in Social Protection Programs: The Experience of Indonesia Asep Suryahadi, Wenefrida Widyanti, Daniel Suryadarma and Sudarno Sumarto 12. Crafting a Graduation Pathway for the Ultra Poor: Lessons and Evidence from a BRAC programme in Bangladesh Imran Matin, Munshi Sulaiman and Mehnaz Rabbani Index