Government's Attempt to Reduce Child Poverty?, by David Piachaud and Holly Sutherland, which can be downloaded at http …

Despite prolonged economic growth, poverty has become a more notable and noted feature of Chinese society. The paper … social policies are described and the effects on poverty and inequality are examined. The limitations of a social policy that … livelihood approach is analysed and its potential to reduce poverty and inequality are considered …

The new Labour Government in Britain has made the reduction of child poverty one of its central objectives. This paper … setting out the extent of the problem of child poverty, the causes are discussed and Britain's problem is set in international … perspective. The impact on child poverty of policies designed to raise incomes directly is analysed using micro …

-social stress. Over half the population is now living in poverty. Real wages have fallen, joblessness has increased, school … alleviating poverty and encouraging regeneration that increase employment opportunities, improve the social safety net, and …

tackle poverty and social exclusion. Held on 19 July 2000, the day was comprised of a series of talks from academics, people … promote expert debate on, the pros and cons of different approaches to monitoring poverty and social exclusion. It was split … into three sessions covering measurement of income poverty and deprivation, wider aspects of social exclusion and overall …

The paper analyses changes in poverty in Britain since 1997. A poverty level of 60 percent of median equivalised income … Survey, on which government estimates of Households Below Average Income are based. There was a small reduction in poverty … overall and a larger proportionate fall in child poverty. This fall was attributable in part to increased employment and in …

households and will increase 'fuel poverty'. Thus demands on traditional social policies are likely to rise. More radical policy …