Includes bibliographical references and index.

Learning from other countries -- Policies and programs in aging -- Exploring child welfare through international innovations -- Individual retirement accounts, privatization, and social security -- Welfare, poverty, and social services -- Mental health lessons from abroad -- Social development -- International social welfare treaties and conventions.

Regarded as among the world's leaders in formulating social work policy and practice, US social workers have much to learn from colleagues in other nations. The third in an NASW Press series on international social work, this book examines how domestic policies and practice can be enhanced by documenting, analysing and judiciously adapting innovative approaches emanating from other countries.