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Financial inclusion with hybrid organisational forms : microfinance, philanthropy, and the poor law in Ireland, c. 1836-1845
McLaughlin, Eoin; Pecchenino, Rowena A. - 2020
The turbulent 1830s saw a sequence of great political and social reforms in the UK. One such reform was the introduction of a locally funded poor law in Ireland. The development of a nascent welfare system in 1838 coincided with a boom in the formation of microfinance institutions in Ireland....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012291116
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Short moves and long stays: homeless family responses to exogenous shelter assignments in New York City
Cassidy, Michael T. - 2020
Using an original administrative dataset in the context of a scarcity induced-natural experi-ment in New York City, I find that families placed in shelters in their neighborhoods of origin remain there considerably longer than those assigned to distant shelters. Locally-placed families also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012258010
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Income support policies for the working poor
Marchal, Sarah; Marx, Ive; Verbist, Gerlinde - 2017
This paper asks what governments in the EU Member States and some US states are doing to support workers on low wages. Using model family simulations, we assess the policy measures currently in place to guarantee an adequate disposable income to working families, taking into account minimum...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011636667
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A Comparative Analysis of Poverty Alleviation Policies and Programs in Latin America and Asia : The Case Study of Elderly People Interventions (2000–2017)
Vasquez, Enrique - 2019
A marked population growth, added to the notorious increase of the older adult population in comparison with the new generations, are both important demographic phenomena in the 21st century. Two continents, Asia and Latin America, two ways of governing and generating public policies. Even so,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014104526
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Relationships Between Distribution of Disaster Aid, Poverty, and Health in Puerto Rico
Chopel, Alison; Fernos-Sagebien, Antonio J.; Gorbea, L - 2021
The proposed study uses the convergent framework and mixed methods to examine dynamic relationships between natural disaster damages, emergency responses, recovery efforts, public health and hazard readiness in Puerto Rico. The research focuses on economic equality as we seek to improve...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013311098
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The War on Poverty Turns 50 : Are We Winning Yet?
Tanner, Michael - 2015
The War on Poverty is 50 years old. Over that time, federal and state governments have spent more than $19 trillion fighting poverty. But what have we really accomplished?Although far from conclusive, the evidence suggests that we have successfully reduced many of the deprivations of material...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013028380
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Helping the poor help themselves : social enterprise and Ireland's peculiar microfinance revolution, c. 1836-1845
McLaughlin, Eoin; Pecchenino, Rowena A. - 2024 - Draft: August 2024
In the decade before the Great Famine, Ireland experienced a boom in microfinance institutions (MFIs). Taking a social enterprise perspective, this paper analyses the institutional context for this boom. It finds evidence linking the boom in MFIs to the development, via the introduction of the...
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Decentralization and poverty reduction in Bolivia : challenges and opportunities
Andersen, Lykke E.; Jemio, Luis Carlos - 2016
This paper presents an analysis of the decentralization process that has been taking place in Bolivia over the last couple of decades. It starts with a review of the legal framework that determines the distribution of responsibilities and financial resources to the sub-national governments (9...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440203
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Decentralisation and poverty reduction : a conceptual framework for the economic impact
Steiner, Susan - 2005
This paper contributes to providing insights into the impact of decentralisation on poverty. It starts out with an … overview of which role decentralisation plays in strategies and policies for poverty eradication and derives economic and …. It shows that decentralisation cannot only influence poverty by assigning expenditure responsibility to lower levels of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011929292
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Decentralisation and Poverty Reduction : A Conceptual Framework for the Economic Impact
Steiner, Susan - 2014
This paper contributes to providing insights into the impact of decentralisation on poverty. It starts out with an … overview of which role decentralisation plays in strategies and policies for poverty eradication and derives economic and …. It shows that decentralisation cannot only influence poverty by assigning expenditure responsibility to lower levels of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014057679