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Politics and the Room to Manoeuvre : Democracy, Social Opportunity and Poverty in India
Mitra, Subrata Kumar - 2020
the multidimensional nature of poverty and how to measure it, then identifies aggregate indicators of the performance of … Indian states and the overall achievements and failings of India in terms of poverty alleviation. In the second half, the … article identifies what seems to be the lack of a ‘politics of poverty' in India and the various cultural, historical …
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Poverty As Social Deprivation : A Survey
Nyiwul, Linus - 2019
The concept of poverty is discussed using qualitative and quantitative measures as an indicator for social deprivation …. Poverty can be absolute, relative, income-based, consumption-based, or entitlement-based. The variation in the concept of … poverty reveals its dimensionality. However, when closely examined, these dimensions are seen to be conceptually interrelated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012899504
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Subjective well-being and public policy
Odermatt, Reto; Stutzer, Alois - 2017
Measures of subjective well-being have gained substantial attention in economics as quantitative approximations of individual welfare. They allow researchers to study relevant determinants of welfare on an individual as well as on a societal level. These determinants might not to be easily...
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Charity Compacts : A Privatization Model for Welfare Programs
Larson, Sven R. - 2011
significant poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013123821
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Prisoners of Hope : Welfare to Work in Los Angeles
Burns, Patrick - 2016
well as the state's payroll tax records for these parents.Key outcome: most welfare parents remain in poverty even after …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012993326
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By the Sweat of Their Brow : Welfare to Work in Los Angeles
Force, Peter - 2016
The nation's best known welfare program, Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) was created to give widows and destitute mothers the means to stay at home and care for children. However, the entry of large numbers of American mothers into the paid workforce has created increasing tension...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012993418
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External Capabilities and the Limits to Social Policy
Jackson, William A. - 2021
external capabilities. Despite endeavouring to fight poverty, social policy cannot guarantee the benign external conditions …
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To what extent do welfare states compensate for the cost of children? : a hypothetical household approach to policy evaluations
Penne, Tess; Hufkens, Tine; Goedemé, Tim; Storms, … - 2018
In order to alleviate child poverty, contemporary European welfare states have shifted their focus increasingly towards …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011925823
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Inclusión Social : Un Propósito Nacional para Colombia (Social Inclusion: A National Commitment for Colombia)
Araoz-Fraser, Santiago - 2012
Colombia's social structure is highly concentrated. It must be corrected by increasing and deepening a social inclusion process. This idea is based on Amartya Sen's "ethics of development" and on the importance social and human capital in the priority of development. The process must include the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014172508
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Preparing for Tomorrow's Social Policy Agenda
Hicks, Peter - 2013
This 2002 strategic planning paper was prepared under contract for Human Resources Development Canada, a federal government department with a broad mandate for income security, social and labour market policies and programs. While the historical analysis of the paper is now dated, the main...
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