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Poverty reduction and policy regimes country overview paper
Kirby, Peader
Kirby, Peader
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"This paper is divided into three main sections. The first section (parts 1 and 2) offers an overview of the principal development strategies used by the Irish state, the social policies associated with them and their impact on poverty. The survey of policy regimes is divided into two periods: from independence in 1922 to 1987 and from 1987 to 2006. The first of these periods is further divided into subperiods: (i) 1922–1932, a period of fiscal conservatism and minimal developmental or welfare activity; (ii) 1932–1959, a period of very active economic and social developmentalism that, however, ended with serious fiscal and social problems; (iii) 1959–1973, a period of economic and social liberalization with a significant expansion of welfare effort; and (iv) 1973–1987, a period of major recession and growing national indebtedness but of large increases in welfare spending and of timid moves toward welfare reform. Box 1 shows how the state was actively involved in housing provision, especially since 1932, but that budgetary cutbacks in 1987 resulted in a steep decline in public housing and much greater reliance on the market for housing provision. The overall trends over this 65-year period show a stagnant labour force, shifts in employment from agriculture to industry and services, the constant safety valve of emigration, low female participation in the labour force and a modest rise in per capita income over much of the period. Fragmentary evidence on poverty and inequality shows Ireland to have high rates compared to neighbouring countries."(pg 4)
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2008-09
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