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Globalization and decent work : options for Panama
Egger, Philippe - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2002
Analyses the economic, social and labour market situation in Panama and proposes policies to promote decent work.
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Kapitał społeczny ludzi starych na przykładzie mieszkańców miasta Białystok
Klimczuk, Andrzej - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
"Social Capital of Old People on the Example of Bialystok Residents" is a book based on theoretical and empirical study, which presents an issue of diagnosing and using of old people social capital in the local and regional development processes. This issue is significant because of the threats...
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Aspects of Social Policy in Romania in the Context of E.U. Integration
Ion, Bucur; Dorel, Dusmanescu; Cristian, Bucur - In: Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series XI (2011) 1, pp. 276-280
The social policy is an ensemble of public policies pursuing the accomplishment of social protection and wealth. In Romania, the social protection strategy targets the following directions: protecting the employee trough an appropriate legislation; protecting the disadvantaged social groups;...
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Transferts de revenus et pauvreté au Brésil
ROCHA, Sonia - In: Revue Tiers-Monde n°205 (2011) 1, pp. 191-210
</titre> <alinea/> This article discusses the role social security and means-tested transfers play on poverty and …), it estimates the impact on poverty and income inequality indicators of eight different combinations of cash transfers. It …
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China’s 21st-century welfare reforms
Duckett, Jane - In: Local Economy 27 (2012) 5-6, pp. 645-650
During the first decade of the 21st century, China’s top leaders reined in the marketising, commercialising welfare reforms of the 1990s, and recommitted the State to a role in providing social goods. But the governmental and social elites who shape welfare policy are still debating the...
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The Paradox of the Social Investment State. Growth, Employment and Poverty in the Lisbon Era
Cantillon, Bea - Centrum voor Sociaal Beleid - Herman Deleeck, … - 2011
After the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion, on the eve of the elaboration of policies designed … to help reach the Europe 2020 target of lifting 20 million people out of poverty, it is important to take stock of the … incomes and of employment, poverty rates have not gone down, but have either stagnated or even increased. In this paper we …
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The Socio-Economic Situation of Female Heads and Poor Heads of Households in Rural Botswana: A Village Case Study
Moepeng, Pelotshweu T.; Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2008
This article explores the socio-economic situation of female heads and poor heads of household in rural Botswana by … means of a case study of the village of Nshakazhogwe, a village considered to be typical for rural east Botswana. It … examines the extent to which the occurrence of poverty of household heads is related to their gender, varies with the numbers …
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Associations between Poverty and Socio-economic Variables in a Typical Tswana Rural Village: New Insights
Moepeng, Pelotshweu T.; Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2008
of Nshakazhogwe, a typical rural village in northeast Botswana. It examines the associations between the incidence of … poverty of household heads in this village and the values of several socio-economic variables. The socio-economic variables … enables a life cycle of the likely incidence of poverty of household heads to be derived. Some of our results differ from …
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Botswana's Development: Its Economic Structure and Rural Poverty
Moepeng, Pelotshweu T.; Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2008
incidence of poverty from 60 per cent in 1985/86 to 30 per cent in 2002/03. The incidence of rural poverty in Botswana decreased … gains in rural poverty reduction has motivated this study. An analysis of Botswana’s overall economic performance … poverty in Botswana. In conclusion, it is found that Botswana’s rural and non-rural economy might appear to be characterised …
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Poverty and Social Deprivation in Botswana: A Rural Case Study
Moepeng, Pelotshweu T.; Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2006
Poverty and social deprivation in Botswana are rising in rural areas while they are declining in urban towns and … villages. Revenue from diamond mining is thought to have made a significant contribution to reducing poverty levels in cities … and urban villages. However, the benefits from diamond revenue are perceived to have not reversed trends in rural poverty …
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