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A Profile of Poverty in Tajikistan
Falkingham, Jane - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2000
This paper examines the profile of poverty in Tajikistan, the most remoteand poorest of the independent states of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008733211
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Include Me Out? The New Politics of Place and Poverty
Kleinman, Mark - London School of Economics and Political Science - 1998
London is being successfully regenerated at present, yet poverty andsocial exclusion are increasing. The paradox is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008756561
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CASE Annual Report 2009
Hills, John - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2010
[...]Our research on seven ‘weak marketcities’ in five European countriessupported by the Joseph RowntreeFoundation was completed and theresulting book, Phoenix Cities by AnnePower, Jörg Plöger and Astrid Winkler,will be published in March 2010.However, we were delighted that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008785035
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PLACES APART?
Lupton, Ruth - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2001
‘Places Apart?’ is the first report of CASE’s study of disadvantaged areas. The study aims to establishand explain the current direction of change in the poorest areas in the country, where social exclusionis concentrated. Are such areas recovering or getting worse ? And how are they...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008845683
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Intentions to participate in adolescent Training Programs: Evidence from Uganda
Bandiera, Oriana; Gulesci, Selim; Burgess, Robin; … - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2009
Almost one third of the population in developing countries is under age 15. Hence improvingthe effectiveness of policy interventions that target adolescents might be especiallyimportant. We analyze the intention to participate in training programs of adolescent girlsin Uganda, a country with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009248836
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World Income Distribution: Which Way?
Svedberg, Peter - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), … - 2003
Over the past few years, a large number of studies have aimed at estimating changes in relative income distribution across countries and globally. Some of the studies find the distribution to have worsened considerably, others that it has become more even. One objective of this article is to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005648815
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Women's Migration, Urban Poverty and Child Health in Rajasthan
Kumar, Maya Unnithan; MCNAY, K; CASTALDO, A - eSocialSciences - 2014
in Rajasthan, a state with one of the highest infant mortality rates in India. Urban poverty is significant in Rajasthan … with a fifth of the urban population living below the poverty line and in slums. Increasing numbers of poor migrants in … search of employment contribute to the rising levels of urban poverty in cities such as Jaipur, where the present study is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945312
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State Health Insurance and Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditures in Andhra Pradesh, India
Fan, Victoria; Karan, Anup; Mahal, Ajay - eSocialSciences - 2012
catastrophic health expenditures in households “below the poverty line.†The program and the districts are evaluated over time …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945315
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Changes in Poverty Profile in China
Shi, Li - eSocialSciences - 2008
This study presents a comprehensive picture of poverty chnages in China in the period of 1978-95. Using two micro data … sets from Household Income Surverys of 1988 and 1995, the author examines poverty distribution among various localities and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341833
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One Hundred years of Economic Change in Bengal: Re-visiting the Economic Life of a Bengal District
Raihan, Selim - eSocialSciences - 2011
Through the use of secondary data, field visits and focus group discussions, this study explores the dynamics of the evolution of the economic life in Greater Faridpur over the last 100d years (1910-2010). Such investigation suggests that there have been large increases in population and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321448