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In the field of the fight against social exclusion, STEP has conducted various studies and research works aiming the promotion of local initiatives worldwide, as well as the enhancement of experiences in Portuguese-speaking countries. Several working papers have been published about this topic.
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Social exclusion in Central-Eastern Europe. Concept, measurement and policy interventions.
Fighting Social Exclusion Working Paper.
BIT/STEP, ISBN 978-92-2-118537-6, 2006 (50 pages)
Provides an analytical basis for the formulation of future strategies and policy interventions in Central-Eastern Europe. It describes (1) the conceptual issues related to social exclusion, (2) its measurement, and (3) the scope of the problem.
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Minimum income and social integration: Institutional arrangements in Europe.
Fighting Social Exclusion series, Working Paper.
BIT/STEP, ISBN 978-92-2-119198-8, 2006 (31 pages)
This document deals with the different institutional arrangements of minimum income and social integration policies in Europe. It stems from the synthesis report the authors prepared for the EU peer review process, which aimed at placing the Belgian DIS policy in a comparative European context.
- A organização dos trabalhadores do sector informal dos mercados de Maputo e sua acção na promoção de melhores condições de vida e de trabalho. O papel da Associação dos Operadores e Trabalhadores do Sector Informal - ASSOTSI.
Exclusão social.
BIT/STEP, ISBN: 92-2-817380-7, 2005 (47 pages)
Based on the arguments that guide present policies in the region, and on poor population’s opinion, this study wants to increase the knowledge of social protection’s potential to reduce poverty and promote economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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O envolvimento da população na redução e na extensão da protecção social. Desenvolvimento Comunitário de Lajedos, Cabo Verde.
Exclusão Social.
BIT/STEP, ISBN: 92-2-817214-2, 2005 (34 pages)
This case study carried out in Lajedos, a rural community of the Island of Santo Antão, the most mountainous and farthest north island of the Archipelago of Cape Verde, shows the involvement of its population in the reduction of exclusion and the extension of the social protection.
- Institutional change and its impact on the poor and excluded: The Indian decentralisation experience.
BIT/STEP, ISBN: 92-2-117206-6, 2005 (64 pages)
This study analyses the impact of democratic decentralisation on the chances of social excluded groups to participate in newly created local governance institutions in three Indian states. This institutional reform included a quota for disadvantaged groups like women, lower casts and the poor to ensure their effective participation.
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The fight against poverty and social exclusion in Portugal. Experiences from the National Programme of Fight against Poverty.
ILO/STEP, ISBN: 92-2-113584-5, 2003 (217 pages)
This study aims to describe and analyse the Portuguese experience in the fight against poverty and social exclusion. It provides the theoretical and historical background to the creation of the National Programme for the Fight against Poverty (NPFAP) in Portugal.
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O movimento associativo local e o papel desempenhado pela comunidade residente na melhoria das condições gerais de vida: O bairro de Quelele em Bissau - Guiné-Bissau. Estudo de Caso.
Exclusão Social.
BIT/STEP, ISBN: 92-2-814148-4, 2003 (46 pages)
The suburban quarter of Quelele, situated about six km of the center of Bissau surrounded by Cuntum, Belém, Penha and Bôs quarters, is one of the numerous outlying areas of the city that has emerged in a disordered way and without any consideration of town-planning criteria. This has lead of inherent problems to the fast and uncontrolled growth.
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