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The continuing debate about urban bisa : the thesis, its critics, its influence, and implications for poverty reduction
Corbridge, Stuart (contributor);  … - 2005
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annual report 2005
London School of Economics and Political Science - 2006
This report presents some of the mainfi ndings from our research in each areaduring 2005: most of our eighth andpart of our ninth year. It also detailsthe other activities of the Centre. Moredetail can be found in the publicationslisted in Appendix 2, which includeCASE’s own discussion paper...
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Poverty and Inequality and Social Policy in China
Li, Bingqin; Piachaud, David - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2004
Despite prolonged economic growth, poverty has become a more notable andnoted feature of Chinese society. The paper … socialpolicies are described and the effects on poverty and inequality are examined.The limitations of a social policy that is … approach is analysed and its potential to reduce poverty andinequality are considered.[...] …
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The Contributions of Professor Amartya Sen in the Fieldof Human Rights
Vizard, Polly - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2005
This paper analyses the work of the Nobel Prize winning economist ProfessorAmartya Sen from the perspective of human rights. It assesses the ways inwhich Sen’s research agenda has deepened and expanded human rightsdiscourse in the disciplines of ethics and economics, and examines how hiswork...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009354037
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The European Union and the Review of the Human Rights Council
Smith, Karen E. - 2011
A review of the United Nations Human Rights Council is currently under way in Geneva and New York and is set to be finished by July 2011. This study analyses the role of the European Union in the Human Rights Council since the inception of the Council in 2006, and then considers its role in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011902450
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Trade-offs between carbon sequestration and poverty allevation : preliminary evidence from the N'hambita community carbon project in Mozambique
Palmer, Charles; Silber, Tilmann - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003942704
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Constraint and opportunity: Identifying voluntary nonemployment
Burchardt, Tania; Le Grand, Julian - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2002
Given the emphasis in recent welfare economics, political philosophy andsocial policy on the concept of opportunity, the need to find a way ofdifferentiating between outcomes that are the result of choice and outcomesthat are the results of constraint has become pressing. But all approaches...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008766033
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Funding Systems for Doctors, Schools and Social Landlords
Glennerster, Howard; Hills, John; Travers, Tony - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2000
In the past decade there has been a minor revolution in how local services are funded.Those delivering the services now have their own budgets. How these budgets arecalculated – how Whitehall pulls the purse strings – are now central issues in social policy.In a new book, CASE members...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008766038
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The State of Welfare
Glennerster, Howard; Hills, J. - London School of Economics and Political Science - 1998
Reform of the welfare state is at the centre of political debate. In a new book, CASEmembers analyse changes in social policies over the last twenty-five years, trends inspending, outcomes of policies, and impacts on institutions and families.The stereotypes of both left and right are wrong....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008766044
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New Cycles of Disadvantage?
Lee, Anthony; Hills, John - London School of Economics and Political Science - 1998
This report summarises presentations and discussion at a conference on ‘New Cycles ofDisadvantage’ organised by CASE on behalf of the Economic and Social Research Councilfor the Treasury and other central government departments. It took place at Stoke RochfordHall near Grantham on 27-28...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008845707