Vulnerable groups
- Future trends in child poverty in Asia look bleak
- Plan, 2005
- This report discusses the future environment children in Asia will grow up in from 2005 - 2015. It also reports on what Plan can do to respond to these future trends, how it can be applied through Plan's Child Centred Community Develo...
- How can children be mainstreamed into national poverty strategies?: evidence from Ethiopia
- N. Jones; B. Gutema; B. Tefera; T. Woldehanna / Young Lives, 2005
- This paper assesses how the needs of children are incorporated into Ethiopia’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP), known as the Ethiopian Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction Programme 2002-2005 (SDRDP), and to deve...
- How effective is the South African School Nutrition Programme?
- R.A. Wildeman; N. Mbebetho / Institute for Democracy in South Africa, 2005
- The South African School Nutrition Programme was established in 1994 to address the food needs of impoverished school children. However, researchers are divided about the policy value of the school nutrition programme, with one group ...
- Swaziland's welfare policies on the elderly need reforming
- Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2005
- This study investigates the vulnerability of the elderly in Swaziland and highlights the extent to which selected programmes respond to the needs of the elderly. The findings of the research reveal that: in the a...
- How can cash transfers support vulnerable children in Eastern and Southern Africa?
- S. Devereux; J. Marshall; J. MacAskill; L. Pelham / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2005
- This study reviews unconditional cash transfers in 15 countries of east and southern Africa. It examines four programmes in more depth, in Ethiopia, Lesotho, Mozambique and Zambia, with an emphasis on design issues such as cost-effect...
- The unavoidable long-term trade-off of public expenditure versus state pension age in the UK
- Pensions Commission, 2005
- The Second Report of the UK Pensions Commission sets out the its conclusions on the likely evolution of the UK pension system if policy is unchanged, and its recommendations for a new policy direction. The Commission has conclu...
- Examining varying policy on pensionable age in OECD countries
- J. Turner / American Association of Retired Persons International Section, 2005
- This Issue Paper examines the pensionable or early retirement age policy of social security programs in 23 countries over the years 1949-2035. This paper considers as a group 23 high-income Organization for Economic Cooperation and De...
- Cost analysis of Child Support Grant in South Africa
- D. Budlender; S. Rosa; K. Hall / Children's Institute, University of Cape Town, 2005
- This paper estimates the cost of the means test for the Child Support Grant (CSG) in South Africa to Government and to applicants. The main findings include: the mean cost to the government (DSD and SAPS) of appl...
- Demographic changes threaten economic hardship in Mexico
- R. Jackson / Global Aging Initiative Program, 2005
- United Nations' figures project that in 2050 one in five Mexicans will be aged over 65 and there will be equal numbers of children and elderly. This report argues that therefore Mexico must improve the skills of its workforce, raise l...
- Dynamics of change and responses to childhood poverty in urban China
- C. Solomon / Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre, 2004
- This paper examines the problem of urban poverty in China, particularly in relation to its impact on disadvantaged children, including children of migrants and street children. It focuses on the causes and features of urban poverty, a...
- Future trends in child poverty in Asia look bleak
- Plan, 2005
- This report discusses the future environment children in Asia will grow up in from 2005 - 2015. It also reports on what Plan can do to respond to these future trends, how it can be applied through Plan's Child Centred Community Develo...
- How can children be mainstreamed into national poverty strategies?: evidence from Ethiopia
- N. Jones; B. Gutema; B. Tefera; T. Woldehanna / Young Lives, 2005
- This paper assesses how the needs of children are incorporated into Ethiopia’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP), known as the Ethiopian Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction Programme 2002-2005 (SDRDP), and to deve...
- How effective is the South African School Nutrition Programme?
- R.A. Wildeman; N. Mbebetho / Institute for Democracy in South Africa, 2005
- The South African School Nutrition Programme was established in 1994 to address the food needs of impoverished school children. However, researchers are divided about the policy value of the school nutrition programme, with one group ...
- Swaziland's welfare policies on the elderly need reforming
- Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2005
- This study investigates the vulnerability of the elderly in Swaziland and highlights the extent to which selected programmes respond to the needs of the elderly. The findings of the research reveal that: in the a...
- How can cash transfers support vulnerable children in Eastern and Southern Africa?
- S. Devereux; J. Marshall; J. MacAskill; L. Pelham / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2005
- This study reviews unconditional cash transfers in 15 countries of east and southern Africa. It examines four programmes in more depth, in Ethiopia, Lesotho, Mozambique and Zambia, with an emphasis on design issues such as cost-effect...
- The unavoidable long-term trade-off of public expenditure versus state pension age in the UK
- Pensions Commission, 2005
- The Second Report of the UK Pensions Commission sets out the its conclusions on the likely evolution of the UK pension system if policy is unchanged, and its recommendations for a new policy direction. The Commission has conclu...
- Examining varying policy on pensionable age in OECD countries
- J. Turner / American Association of Retired Persons International Section, 2005
- This Issue Paper examines the pensionable or early retirement age policy of social security programs in 23 countries over the years 1949-2035. This paper considers as a group 23 high-income Organization for Economic Cooperation and De...
- Cost analysis of Child Support Grant in South Africa
- D. Budlender; S. Rosa; K. Hall / Children's Institute, University of Cape Town, 2005
- This paper estimates the cost of the means test for the Child Support Grant (CSG) in South Africa to Government and to applicants. The main findings include: the mean cost to the government (DSD and SAPS) of appl...
- Demographic changes threaten economic hardship in Mexico
- R. Jackson / Global Aging Initiative Program, 2005
- United Nations' figures project that in 2050 one in five Mexicans will be aged over 65 and there will be equal numbers of children and elderly. This report argues that therefore Mexico must improve the skills of its workforce, raise l...
- Dynamics of change and responses to childhood poverty in urban China
- C. Solomon / Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre, 2004
- This paper examines the problem of urban poverty in China, particularly in relation to its impact on disadvantaged children, including children of migrants and street children. It focuses on the causes and features of urban poverty, a...
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