London is being successfully regenerated at present, yet poverty andsocial exclusion are increasing. The paradox is … explained in part by theopenness of the London economy and the lack of basic skills of asubstantial minority of the population …

, often leaving behindconcentrations of poverty and decaying neighbourhoods. Anne Power’spaper focuses on the British …

. This paper reviewsthe long-running debate about whether area-based policies can make asignificant impact on poverty and …

differences, forexample, the importance of neighbourhood and ‘service poverty’, andthe need for action against aspects of social …

This paper reviews the literature and evidence on the population and poverty nexus. The paper situates the role of … demographic changes in development, in general, and poverty alleviation, in particular. It then presents the policy implications … poverty alleviation package. …

This paper examines the profile of poverty in Tajikistan, the most remoteand poorest of the independent states of the … independence and the cessation of the civilwar. The picture that emerges is of a population facing severe economic,physical and … psycho-social stress.Over 95 percent of the population are living below the minimumconsumption basket, four out of five are …