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Transcending the great foreign aid debate: managerialism, radicalism and the search for aid effectiveness

Gulrajani, Nilima - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

The Great Aid Debate pits those who are radically opposed to foreign aid against those who champion its reform to achieve greater aid effectiveness. This paper offers an analysis of this debate by introducing a heuristic distinction between aid 'radicals' and aid 'reformers'. The radical...

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Decentralization and local government in Bolivia : an overview from the bottom up

Faguet, Jean-Paul - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003

Hundreds of studies have failed to establish the effects of decentralization on a number of important policy goals. This paper examines the remarkable case of Bolivia to explore decentralization's effects on government responsiveness and poverty-orientation. I first summarize econometric results...

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Social housing and social exclusion 2000-2011

Tunstall, Rebecca - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

By some definitions, social housing, social housing tenants are necessarily socially excluded. In other terms, in 2000, social housing tenants were at greater risk of being socially excluded than owner occupiers and private renters on measures of income, employment, education, health, and...

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Education, equity and social mobility: a summary of three research papers

Utting, David - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

(forthcoming) - Chowdry, H., Crawford, C., Dearden, L., Goodman, A. & Vignoles, A. (2013) Widening participation in higher …. 431-457. - Crawford, C. (2012) Socioeconomic gaps in HE participation: how have they changed over time? London: Institute … for Fiscal Studies. - Whitty, G. & Anders, J. (2014) (How) did Labour narrow the achievement and participation gap? LLAKES …

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Fueling the gender gap? Oil and women's labor and marriage market outcomes

Maurer, Stephan E.; Potlogea, Andrei - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

labor force participation or has any impact on local marriage and fertility patterns. While our results are consistent with …

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Knowing what is good for you: empirical analysis of personal preferences and the 'objective good'

Lelkes, Orsolya - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005

This paper aims to test empirically if certain frequently used measures of well-being, which are regarded as valuable properties of human life, are actually desired by people. In other words, it investigates whether the “expert judgments” in social science overlap with social consensus on...

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What can local authorities do to improve the social care-related quality of life of older adults living at home?: evidence from the adult social care survey

van Leeuwen, K.M.; Malley, J.; Bosmans, J.E.; Jansen, A.P.D. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

Local authorities spend considerable resources on social care at home for older adults. Given the expected growth in the population of older adults and budget cuts on local government, it is important to find efficient ways of maintaining and improving the quality of life of older adults. The...

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