The Influence of Russian Housing Policy on Human Capacity of Orphans

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My presentation to the Public Policy and Governance 2012 (Bangalore, India)

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The Influence of Russian The Influence of Russian Housing Policy on Human Housing Policy on Human

Capacity of OrphansCapacity of Orphans

MAIN QUESTION

What limitations the modern housing policy imposes on human capacity of orphans?

Sen’s capability approach

Amartya Sen, Harvard University, Jadavpur University and etc.

Statistics1999 year 2009 year

Population, thousand people 146, 328 141, 904Annually get the official status of an orphan, thousand children 114 115

Total housing fund, mln square meters

2, 761 3, 177Total new housing built, mln square meters

32,0 59,9Obsolete and critical housing total, mln square meters

49.6 99.5Number of apartments, thousand 390 702Total floor space of housing per capita, square meters

19.1 22.4

Source: http://www.gks.ru/

Russian Housing Policy Background

Orphans and Their Housing Problems

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Education

Labour Market

Social Security System

Sergey VINKOVNational Research University Higher School of Economics svinkov@hse.ru

Refrences Sen, A. (1992). Inequality Reexamined. Oxford, UK: Oxford

University Press.Nazarova, I. B. (2000). Adaptation and possible patterns of

orphans' mobility Moscow: Moscow Social Scientific Fund (Vol. 120). [URL: http://www.ecsocman.edu.ru/text/19160640/ ,]. (In Russian)

Robeyns, I. (2003) SEN’S CAPABILITY APPROACH AND GENDER INEQUALITY: SELECTING RELEVANT CAPABILITIES Feminist Economics 9(2 – 3), 61 – 92 [URL: http://csde.washington.edu/~scurran/files/readings/April28/recommended/SelectingRelevantCapabilities.pdf ]

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