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Armando Barrientos is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences and Health Professions, with 32 and 8 publications respectively. They focus extensively on subfields including Political Science and International Relations, General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science, Safety Research, and Finance.

The scholar's work concentrates on topics such as Social Policy and Reform Studies, Employment and Welfare Studies, Income, Poverty, and Inequality, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare, Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism, Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics, and Politics and Society in Latin America.

Recent papers authored by Barrientos include:

  • COVID-19 and Social Protection in Latin America (2020) - Bulletin of Latin American Research
  • Social assistance and inclusive growth (2020) - International Social Security Review
  • Inequalities in income security in later age in Latin America (2021) - Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
  • Social Assistance Expansion and Political Inclusion in Latin America (2022) - Journal of Politics in Latin America
  • Prioritarian rates of return to antipoverty transfers (2021) - Journal of International Development

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Barrientos include Daniele Malerba, Stephan Dietrich, and Franziska Gassmann.

Their publications have appeared across multiple scholarly journals, including:

  • Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
  • Bulletin of Latin American Research
  • International Social Security Review
  • Journal of Politics in Latin America
  • Journal of International Development

In addition to journal articles, Barrientos has authored books, with a notable publication titled Social Protection in Latin America released by Springer International Publishing in 2024.

Best Publications

  • Just Give Money to the Poor: The Development Revolution from the Global South

    Joseph Hanlon;Armando Barrientos;David Hulme

  • Insecurity and Welfare Regimes in Asia, Africa and Latin America: Social Policy in Development Contexts

    Ian Gough;Geof Wood;Armando Barrientos;Philippa Bevan

  • Social Assistance in Developing Countries

    Armando Barrientos

  • Welfare regimes and the welfare mix

    Martin Powell;Armando Barrientos

  • Social Protection for the Poor and Poorest in Developing Countries: Reflections on a Quiet Revolution

    Armando Barrientos;David Hulme

  • Old age poverty in developing countries: Contributions and dependence in later life

    Armando Barrientos;Mark Gorman;Amanda Heslop

  • Reducing Child Poverty With Cash Transfers: A Sure Thing?

    Armando Barrientos;Jocelyn DeJong

  • Social Protection in sub-Saharan Africa: getting the politics right

    Miguel Niño-Zarazúa;Armando Barrientos;Samuel Hickey;David Hulme

  • Social protection for the poor and poorest : concepts, policies and politics

    Armando Barrientos;David Hulme;Frances Stewart

  • Insecurity and welfare regimes in Asia, Africa and Latin America

    Armando Barrientos;I Gough;G Wood;P Bevan

  • New Forms of Social Assistance and the Evolution of Social Protection in Latin America

    Armando Barrientos;Claudio Santibáñez

  • Labour markets and the (hyphenated) welfare regime in Latin America

    Armando Barrientos

  • Social Transfers and Growth: What Do We Know? What Do We Need to Find Out?

    Armando Barrientos

  • Insecurity and Welfare Regimes in Asia, Africa and Latin America: Latin America : towards a liberal-informal welfare regime

    Ian Gough;Geof Wood;Armando Barrientos;Philippa Bevan

  • Social protection and poverty

    Armando Barrientos

  • Non-contributory pensions and social protection

    P. Lloyd-Sherlock;A. Barrientos

  • An Audit of the Welfare Modelling Business

    Martin Powell;Armando Barrientos

  • Welfare regimes in development contexts: a global and regional analysis

    Ian Gough;Geof Wood;Armando Barrientos;Philippa Bevan

  • Pension Reform in Latin America

    Armando Barrientos

  • What Is the Impact of Non-Contributory Pensions on Poverty? Estimates from Brazil and South Africa

    Armando Barrientos

  • Social Protection for the Poor and Poorest in Developing Countries: Reflections on a Quiet Revolution

    David Hulme;Armando Barrientos

  • Social Assistance in Developing Countries: The emergence of social assistance in developing countries

    Armando Barrientos

Frequent Co-Authors

David Hulme
David Hulme University of Manchester
Ian Gough
Ian Gough London School of Economics and Political Science
Anthony Bebbington
Anthony Bebbington Clark University
Stephanie Barrientos
Stephanie Barrientos University of Manchester
Kenneth Gilhooly
Kenneth Gilhooly Brunel University London
Christina R. Victor
Christina R. Victor Brunel University London
Frances Stewart
Frances Stewart University of Oxford
Stephen Devereux
Stephen Devereux Institute of Development Studies

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