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Area-based initiatives
— the rationale and options for area targeting | | Author(s) | Gillian R Smith |
| Corporate Author | ESRC Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion - CASE, Suntory-Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines - STICERD, London School of Economics and Political Science |
| Publisher | STICERD, London, 1999 |
| Pages | 75 pp (CASEpaper 25) |
| Source | Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE. |
| Keywords | Poverty ; Neighbourhoods, communities etc ; Indicators ; Social policy ; Regional ; Local. |
| Annotation | The rationale for area targeting and the growth of new area-based initiatives is explored. The author examines the geographical concentration and extent of deprivation, and whether there is a polarisation between areas. The evidence confirms that there is a clear rationale for area-based approaches; but it should not be assumed that these will be the most effective means to improve conditions in all cases. The evidence suggests that there should be a closer link between area-based approaches and national level main programmes, given the time-limited nature of the former, and the fact that they only reach a minority of all deprived people. The issues involved in identifying target areas are also reviewed, including the question of who decides and on what basis. Understanding the spatial distribution of deprivation is crucial, and there is an urgent need for better, more up-to-date statistical and other data relating to small geographical areas. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990616212 B |
| Classmark | W6: RH: 3RI: TM2: 5CP: 5CT |
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