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Public Goods and Economic Development
Besley, Timothy; Ghatak, Maitreesh - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2004
Effective provision of public goods is a key determinant of quality of life. Conventional approaches to poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008911467
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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 … drew heavily on Sherraden’sasset-based welfare theory, and was to provide matched savings accounts forlow-income families …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009354045
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Erfahrung und Bewältigung von sozialer Ausgrenzung in der Großstadt: Was sind Quartierseffekte, was Lageeffekte?
Kronauer, Martin; Vogel, Berthold - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005855407
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Zukunft der Kinder: Konzepte, Projekte und Initiativen für, mit und von Kindern
Kreibich, Rolf; Thio, Sie Liong - Institut für Zukunftsstudien und Technologiebewertung … - 2009
Anlässlich des 65. Geburtstags seines Gründers und Direktors, Prof. Dr. Rolf Kreibichorganisierte das IZT am 6. Dezember 2003 das Colloquium „Zukunftsforschung imSpannungsfeld von Visionen und Alltagshandeln“.Wie dem Titel dieser Veranstaltung zu entnehmen ist, bewegt sich moderne...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870472
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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