Targeting
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- World Bank and IMF must fully analyse impacts before embarking on action
- ( E. Stuart / European Network on Debt and Development , 2007)
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Do the World Bank and the IMF fully consider how their advice might affect the lives of the poor? This paper contends that both institutions should ensure that before they recommend a course of act...
- Who will be left behind by the MDGs?
- ( A., U. Ahmed;R., V. Hill;L., C. Smith / International Food Policy Research Institute , 2007)
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Despite considerable progress in poverty reduction in the past decade, millions of people around the world remain preoccupied solely with survival, and hunger is a reality in their everyday lives. ...
- Effective targeting of the poor and vulnerable: concrete recommendations
- ( J. Van Domelen / World Bank Research , 2007)
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Social fund and community-driven development programmes are gaining attention for their capacity to support scaling up efforts to end extreme poverty. This toolkit provides the concepts, empirical ...
- How politics can shape poverty reduction efforts
- ( S. Hickey;T. Braunholtz-Speight / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK , 2007)
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This policy brief looks at the role that politics plays in shaping efforts towards poverty reduction. While this has received growing recognition within international development over the past deca...
- Using the household economy approach in cash transfer programmes
- ( J. Seaman;J. Acidri;M. Kachale / Wahenga.net, Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme , 2007)
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Cash transfer programmes have been proposed as a means of providing benefits to targeted
individuals or households in poorer African countries. A large programme aimed at poverty relief would... - Reducing poverty in Sri-Lanka: could the government do better?
- ( A.G.W. Nanayakkara / Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka , 2007)
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This paper discusses the methodology that is being used by the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) in computing Official Poverty Line (OPL).. It also gives the definitions of various measures...
- The successes and constraints of South Africa's public health care system
- ( R. Burger; C. Swanepoel / Bureau for Economic Research, South Africa , 2006)
- Since the advent of the post-apartheid era in 1994, the South African health care system has undergone numerous radical policy changes. Free primary health care was introduced in 1996, and budget allo...
- Effective ultra-poor targeting of microfinance efforts in Bangladesh requires specifically tailored programmes
- ( P. Barua; M. Sulaiman / Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee , 2006)
- In 2001 the BDP microfinance ultra-poor programme was established in rural Bangladesh. To attract and sustain the participation of the ultra-poor, this experimental programme provides credit and enter...
- Effectiveness of targeting interventions in developing countries
- ( D. Coady; M. Grosh; J. Hoddinott / World Bank , 2004)
- This book provides a general review of experiences and lessons learned with methods used to target interventions in developing countries. The objective is to convey available targeting options, antici...
- Strategies to address chronic poverty in Uganda
- ( C. Lwanga-Ntale / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK , 2006)
- This policy brief describes the circumstances of the chronically poor in Uganda, and offers a range of suggestions on programmes and areas for attention to support the Ugandan government's social prot...
