Social protection
- Review of effectiveness of school feeding programs
- Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2002
- Evaluation of USDA's implemention of food for education programmes. It found that: In general, research and expert views on the effectiveness of school feeding programs indicate that the programs are more likely ...
- Extension of government programmes vital to maintain food security
- P. Bhargava / Institute of Development Studies Jaipur, India, 2002
- This paper studies two aspects of food security in Rajasthan availability and access to food for households. The government ensures food security at the household level in two ways: through the Public Distribution System (PDS) and thr...
- Livelihoods and security issues in Malawi
- M. Whiteside / Environment and Development Consultancy Ltd, 1999
- Ganyu is widely used in Malawi to describe a range of short term rural labour relationships, the most common of which is piecework weeding or ridging on the fields of other smallholders or on agricultural estates. Ganyu is a crucial p...
- Affordability of safety net programmes is a normative and political judgement
- S. Devereux / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2001
- This study examined the design and impacts of cash transfer programmes in three southern Africa countries. Design choices such as targeting, transfer levels and transfer mode (cash or food) require sensitivity by policy-makers and par...
- Lives of poor people are most affected by actions at the country level
- African Development Bank, 2000
- This report was prepared for the G8 Kyushu-Okinawa Summit Meeting 2000 by a consortium of multilateral finance organizations including African Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Inter-American Developm...
- Targeting assistance to the poor and food insecure: a literature review
- Mattias K.A. Lundberg; Patrick K. Diskin / The Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics - Michigan State University, 1995
- This report is a comprehensive review of the literature and summary of “targeting” programs that deliver food assistance to the poor and food insecure. It provides definitions, ra-tionales for targeting, analysis of benefits...
- Food-for Work policies and income diversification: comparing Cote d'Ivoire and Kenya
- C.B. Barrett; M. Bezuneh; A. Aboud / Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000
- This paper presents evidence on the effects of two different sorts of policy shocks on observed income diversification patterns in rural Côte d'Ivoire and Kenya. Research results: In Côte d'Ivoire, ma...
- Why do grandmothers prefer girls? The effects of pensions on child nutrition
- E. Duflo / National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2000
- This paper studies whether the impact of a cash transfer on child nutritional status is affected by the gender of its recipient. In the early 1990's, the benefits and coverage of the South African social pension program were expanded ...
- Appraising Workfare
- M. Ravallion / World Bank Research Observer, 1999
- Workfare programs aim to reduce poverty by providing low-wage work to those who need it. They are often turned to in a crisis. This article offers some simple analytical tools that can be used to rapidly appraise the cost-effectivenes...
- Employment Creation and Development Strategy
- D. Turnham / OECD Development Centre, 1993
- Developing countries will account for almost all the increase in the world's labour force over the next 25 years; most countries, especially in Africa, will experience very rapid labour force growth. Labour-intensive development ...
- Review of effectiveness of school feeding programs
- Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2002
- Evaluation of USDA's implemention of food for education programmes. It found that: In general, research and expert views on the effectiveness of school feeding programs indicate that the programs are more likely ...
- Extension of government programmes vital to maintain food security
- P. Bhargava / Institute of Development Studies Jaipur, India, 2002
- This paper studies two aspects of food security in Rajasthan availability and access to food for households. The government ensures food security at the household level in two ways: through the Public Distribution System (PDS) and thr...
- Livelihoods and security issues in Malawi
- M. Whiteside / Environment and Development Consultancy Ltd, 1999
- Ganyu is widely used in Malawi to describe a range of short term rural labour relationships, the most common of which is piecework weeding or ridging on the fields of other smallholders or on agricultural estates. Ganyu is a crucial p...
- Affordability of safety net programmes is a normative and political judgement
- S. Devereux / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2001
- This study examined the design and impacts of cash transfer programmes in three southern Africa countries. Design choices such as targeting, transfer levels and transfer mode (cash or food) require sensitivity by policy-makers and par...
- Lives of poor people are most affected by actions at the country level
- African Development Bank, 2000
- This report was prepared for the G8 Kyushu-Okinawa Summit Meeting 2000 by a consortium of multilateral finance organizations including African Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Inter-American Developm...
- Targeting assistance to the poor and food insecure: a literature review
- Mattias K.A. Lundberg; Patrick K. Diskin / The Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics - Michigan State University, 1995
- This report is a comprehensive review of the literature and summary of “targeting” programs that deliver food assistance to the poor and food insecure. It provides definitions, ra-tionales for targeting, analysis of benefits...
- Food-for Work policies and income diversification: comparing Cote d'Ivoire and Kenya
- C.B. Barrett; M. Bezuneh; A. Aboud / Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000
- This paper presents evidence on the effects of two different sorts of policy shocks on observed income diversification patterns in rural Côte d'Ivoire and Kenya. Research results: In Côte d'Ivoire, ma...
- Why do grandmothers prefer girls? The effects of pensions on child nutrition
- E. Duflo / National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2000
- This paper studies whether the impact of a cash transfer on child nutritional status is affected by the gender of its recipient. In the early 1990's, the benefits and coverage of the South African social pension program were expanded ...
- Appraising Workfare
- M. Ravallion / World Bank Research Observer, 1999
- Workfare programs aim to reduce poverty by providing low-wage work to those who need it. They are often turned to in a crisis. This article offers some simple analytical tools that can be used to rapidly appraise the cost-effectivenes...
- Employment Creation and Development Strategy
- D. Turnham / OECD Development Centre, 1993
- Developing countries will account for almost all the increase in the world's labour force over the next 25 years; most countries, especially in Africa, will experience very rapid labour force growth. Labour-intensive development ...
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