Social Policy
Social policy is policy usually within a governmental or political setting, such as the welfare state and study of social services.Social policy consists of guidelines, principles, legislation and activities that affect the living conditions conducive to human welfare, such as a person's quality of life. The Department of Social Policy at the London School of Economics defines social policy as "an interdisciplinary and applied subject concerned with the analysis of societies' responses to social need", which seeks to foster in its students a capacity to understand theory and evidence drawn from a wide range of social science disciplines, including economics, …
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PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 18 March 2024 English
The working paper highlights how inequality in India declined in the period after independence until the 1980s, after which it started rising again. The paper compares the wealth and income …
Program in Wealth Distribution, Inequality, and Social Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. Emails: Bharti: …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 April 2023
The State of the World’s Children is an annual report published by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) since the year 1980. Each edition aims to promote awareness on key …
Health (ai); Natalia Winder-Rossi, Director – Social Policy; Surangani Abeyesekera, Jennifer Asman, Sanjay …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 15 January 2023 English
The Delhi-based Oxfam India published this India supplement of the Survival of the Richest report on January 15, 2023. It was written by Apoorva Mahendru, Kanishk Gomes, Mayurakshi Dutta, Noopur, …
necessarily the case. The Centre on Poverty and Social Policy (Columbia University) reports that inflation … Columbia University Center on Poverty and Social Policy. Retrieved January 5, 2023, from https://www …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 2 November 2022 English
The Chilling: A global study of online violence against women journalists was published by the International Center for Journalists, United States on November 2, 2022. The report studies gender-based online …
elections (44% n=314), and human rights and social policy (31%; n=221). This was also borne out through …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 June 2022 English
This report was published in June 2022 by Pratichi Institute, a Kolkata-based research institute working on themes related to human development such as education and health. It evaluates the implementation …
between the usual “leaders and laggards” of social policy highlights the fact that decline in health services …
LC: Library of Congress · 2022 English
Cover title. Includes bibliographical references (page 44). System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Technology, Government …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 October 2021 English
The Institute for Human Development, New Delhi, and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) India, released this report in October 2021. It analyses the socio-economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic …
and valuable comments, of Ms. Antara Lahiri, Social Policy Specialist, Dr. Robert Johnstone, Nutrition … appear in this short note. HYUN HEE BAN Chief, Social Policy, M&E Background T he outbreak of the COVID-19 …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 August 2021 English
The Covid-19 outbreak put massive stress on the global healthcare infrastructure, causing majority of countries to enforce lockdowns and social distancing regulations. In India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement of …
conceptual framework of labour, migration and social-policy making should address gender and category concerns …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 13 April 2021 English
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), a USA-based organisation, published this report on April 13, 2021. This is the tenth edition of IFPRI’s annual Global Food Policy series. This …
of the interplay of health, eco- nomic, and social policy actions, gather more data, and review experience …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 11 March 2021 English
This report was published by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) in May 2021. It is the second edition of the World Social Report series …
affect peoples’ lives and livelihoods, such as social policy, poverty eradication, employment, social inclusion …
