Poverty and social impact analysis
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- Using poverty and social impact analysis to examine urban development initiatives in Brazil
- ( J.L. Baker / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank , 2006)
- An integrated urban upgrading initiative was implemented the low-income neighbourhood of Ribeira Azul in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil in 1999. The program combines infrastructure and social interventions a...
- How effective is poverty and social impact analysis?
- ( L. Hayes / European Network on Debt and Development , 2005)
- Following the disastrous impact of the structural adjustment years, the World Bank and IMF have acknowledged that policy should be based on evidence rather than ideology, and have stated that they are...
- How to set priorities for pro-poor policy reform
- ( World Bank , 2004)
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This note aims to promote the use of Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) in integrating it within the World Bank's development policy support operations.
The report broadly covers three topic...
- Improving policy for poverty monitoring and assessment
- ( Regional Conference on Poverty Monitoring in Asia , 2004)
- This paper presents a summary of key discussions and findings from a Regional Conference on Poverty Measurement in Asia. The conference was held in March 2004 and sought to contribute to three broad p...
- Qualitative methods often more effective for social research
- ( H. Fuenfgeld; S.T. Hettige; M. Mayer; S. Senaratna-Sellamuttu / Poverty and Economic Policy Network , 2004)
- This paper critically examines qualitative research methodologies used for community based poverty monitoring (CBPM), as employed in two case studies in rural Sri Lanka: Hambantota district, located o...
- Best practice guidelines for undertaking impact assessment on small enterprise development
- ( B. Späth / Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation , 2004)
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This guide, published by SDC, aims at providing some best practice guidelines for those undertaking impact assessment with particular reference to the field of small enterprise development (SED).
Th...
- Poor performance? An assessment of post-crisis targeted poverty alleviation programs in Indonesia
- ( A.A. Perdana; J. Maxwell / Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia , 2004)
- The significant rise in poverty levels in Indonesia following the economic crisis in 1997 led to the implementation of several targeted poverty alleviation programs. How effective were these programs...
- New approach to survey analysis shows extent of rich-poor gap in maternal mortality
- ( W. Graham / Initiative for Maternal Mortality Programme Assessment , 2004)
- Recommended reading
- This paper from the Initiative for Maternal Mortality Impact Assessment (Immpact) presents a new approach – the Familial Technique – for linking maternal mortality and poverty. Traditionally, survey a...
- Use of PSIAs in PRSP process
- ( A. Evans; K. Nicholson; C. Porter / PRSP Monitoring and Synthesis Project , 2003)
- Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) aims to improve policy formation in low-income countries and is hailed as a key element both of national PRS processes, and in the design of IMF and World Ban...
- Social funds and community driven development in Jamaica
- ( V. Rao; A.M. Ibáñez / Conference: Q-Squared in Practice: Experiences of Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Poverty Appraisal, May 2004 , 2005)
- Qualitative data from a case study of the Jamaica social investment fund (JSIF) reveal that the social fund process is elite-driven and decision making tends to be dominated by a small group of motiva...
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