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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 continuing debate about urban bisa : the thesis, its critics, its influence, and implications for poverty reduction

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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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What We Know About Neighbourhood Change: A literature review

Lupton, Ruth; Power, Anne T. - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2004

This report was jointly commissioned by the Neighbourhood Renewal Unit (NRU) in the Office ofthe Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) and the Economic and Social Research Council. It containsboth full and summary reports of a literature review of neighbourhood change, undertaken withthe primary aim of...

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A simple model of inequality, occupational choice, and development

Ghatak, Maitreesh; Jiang, Neville Nien-Huei - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2001

We analyze a simple and tractable model of occupational choice in the presence of credit marketimperfections. We examine the effect of parameters governing technology and transaction costs, andhistory, in terms of the initial wealth distribution, in determining the long-term wealth...

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Developing Family Development Accounts in Taipei:Policy Innovation from Income to Assets

Cheng, Li-Chen - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2004

In July 2000, the Taipei City Government launched an anti-poverty program,Taipei Family Development Accounts, which …

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Labour market integration policies to enhance social cohesion

Gordon, Ian (contributor) - 2006

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Trade-offs between carbon sequestration and poverty allevation : preliminary evidence from the N'hambita community carbon project in Mozambique

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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...

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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...

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