Armando Barrientos is Professor Emeritus of Poverty and Social Justice at the Global Development Institute at the University of Manchester in the UK. His research interests focus on the linkages existing between welfare programmes and labour markets in developing countries, and on policies addressing poverty, vulnerability, and population ageing. His most recent books are ‘Just Give Money to the Poor’ (2010, with J. Hanlon and D. Hulme, Kumarian Press) and ‘Social Assistance in Developing Countries’ (2015, Cambridge University Press).