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Discussion paper

The Changing Role of Civil Society in a Middle-Income Country

20/12/2011

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39 pages long

Languages: English

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This case study from Oxfam India reviews some of the issues arising from India’s recent evolution to a middle-income country and offers solutions from across a wide range of India experience. 35 interviews with academics, leaders of marginalised communities, social movements, NGOs, donors and representatives of the corporate sector provide insights and answers to questions […]

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Discussion paper

When Work Won’t Pay: In-work poverty in the UK

29/11/2011

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37 pages long

Languages: English

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For the past 30 years, the political consensus has held that work is the best route out of poverty. Yet more than four million of the 13.5 million people who live in poverty in the UK are working. There is clearly a contradiction between the consensus and the reality. This paper is a discussion of […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Best Practice Guide: For community organisations working with sanctuary-seeking women in Wales

01/11/2011

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42 pages long

Languages: English

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There are roughly 12,500 refugees and asylum seekers in Wales. Life can be extremely tough for sanctuary seeking women. Many are forced to flee their homes because they have been subjected to serious human rights abuses related to their gender, such as rape, threats of honour killing and domestic violence. This suffering is compounded, once […]

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Case study

Social Enterprise: A route out of poverty for women?

01/11/2011

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4 pages long

Languages: English

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Social enterprise is increasingly promoted by government and local authorities as a means of generating income and providing employment, particularly for women, in areas where there are few jobs. However, while social enterprise can have a role to play in helping women in disadvantaged neighbourhoods into work – and so out of poverty – it […]

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Research report

Community Assets First: The implications of the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach for the Coalition agenda

10/10/2011

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40 pages long

Languages: English

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The Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (SLA) is an analytical model that seeks to build on the existing assets and strategies that people living in poverty use to support themselves, and then to identify what needs to change in order for their livelihoods to become more secure and sustainable. The SLA takes as its starting point not […]

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Case study

Improving Support for Families Living in Poverty: Applying the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach

01/09/2011

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4 pages long

Languages: English

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People experiencing poverty are often categorised in terms of what they are lacking, their failures and their problems. This research project demonstrates that taking a holistic approach which looks at what people have, and what they already do to cope with poverty, can help practitioners to support individuals and families more effectively.

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Discussion paper

Stigmatising Poverty? The ‘Broken Society’ and reflections on anti-welfarism in the UK today

01/06/2011

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11 pages long

Languages: English

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This paper explores the stigma of the most disadvantaged sections of society in the UK today. In the context of economic and financial crisis, there is a strong anti-welfarism based on the idea that welfare provision is to blame for the social and moral crisis in the UK. This idea is also perpetuated by the […]

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Discussion paper

Can Public Services ‘Protect the Vulnerable’ in the Age of Austerity? Considering the evidence on street-cleaning services in the age of growth

01/06/2011

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11 pages long

Languages: English

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This paper focuses on whether public service provision serves the needs of disadvantaged neighbourhoods in the UK. It summarises evidence from a study of street-cleaning services in the UK, which shows that resource allocation does not always follow needs – even at a time when there was public spending growth and the needs of deprived […]

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Discussion paper

Social Discrimination in India: A case for economic citizenship

04/10/2010

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37 pages long

Languages: English

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This working paper considers how different returns, both tangible and less tangible, are reflected in social discrimination involving individuals with the same entitlements but from different social groups. This paper suggests strategies to tackle India’s State-specific social classifications and manifestations, and the discrimination which has stemmed from people’s position in the class system, in caste/religious […]

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Discussion paper

Regional Inequality and ‘Inclusive Growth’ in India under Globalization: Identification of lagging states for strategic intervention

30/09/2010

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45 pages long

Languages: English

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Finance

Overview

India has experienced a positive growth in development. With rates of employment, poverty reduction, positive demographic shifts and economic growth all high, India’s natural growth rate in population and fertility varies between the Northern and Southern States. Through statistical data represented in charts and graphs, this working paper analyses the trends and patterns of economic […]

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