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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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Helter Skelter: Families, disabled children and the benefit system

Preston, Gabrielle - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2005

Families with disabled children are susceptible to poverty because low incomeis compounded by high costs. Combing … reportoutlines issues that must be addressed if reduce poverty amongst disabledchildren is to be reduced.[...] …

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Poverty, Children’s Health, and Health Care Utilization

Wolfe, Barbara L. - Federal Reserve Bank <New York, NY> - 1999

[...]The issue of the links between poverty, health, and accessto medical care is one that has received considerable …

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Public Health and the Public Agenda

Thurm, Kevin - Federal Reserve Bank <New York, NY> - 1999

[...]In the time that I have been at Health andHuman Services, one of the things I have learned is thatthe public health profession has quite a lot to teach policymakers.That is something many New Yorkers learnedearlier this decade when Dr. Margaret Hamburg was NewYork City’s health...

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From John Lindsay to Rudy Giuliani: The Decline of the Local Safety Net?

Glaeser, Edward L.; Kahn, Matthew E. - Federal Reserve Bank <New York, NY> - 1999

[...]We consider two puzzles about the local safety netand New York City. First, why do big cities, and particularlyNew York, engage in so much more redistribution thansmall towns? The broad question (the connection betweencities and redistribution) is the topic of the companionpaper to this one...

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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 …

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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.[...] …

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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 …

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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 …

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Social Exclusion and Children:A European view for a US debate

Micklewright, John - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2002

to children in theUS, I discuss various features of US society and institutions includingthe measurement of poverty …

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