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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
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003067506
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008836946
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008911474
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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.[...] …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009354041
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009354045
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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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Nutrition and Economic Destitution in Northern Ghana, 1930-1957. A Historical Perspective on Nutritional Economics
Destombes, Jerôme - London School of Economics and Political Science - 1999
explore a plausible route of causationbetween nutrition and poverty, the most urgent task is to disregard the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870780
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Mapping Poverty in Agar Town: Economic Conditions Prior to the Development of St. Pancras Station In 1866
Swensen, Steven P. - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2006
Poverty.[...] …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870937
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Modelling Vulnerability in the UK
Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra; Cowell, Frank A. - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2007
revealspecific quantiles, particularly those around the poverty line which are mostsusceptible to be vulnerable to shocks to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005871008
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Knowledge-Based Economic Development: Mass Media and the Weightless Economy
Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2009
associated with three development outcomes: corruption, inequalityand poverty. Of the media variables, newspapers are observed to … negative association with inequality and poverty. ICTs andtelephony infrastructures.association with corruption, inequality and … poverty aremixed. There is some robust evidence of the negative association of ICT expenditureswith corruption. An ICT index …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005871009