Poverty analysis
- Poverty transitions among older households in Brazil and South Africa
- A. Barrientos;J. Mase / Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2011
- The knowledge gap relating to the dynamics of wellbeing and poverty among older householdsin developing countries has direct implications for policy. In general, South Africa and Brazil lack ...
- Social assistance in developing countries database
- A. Barrientos;M. Niño-Zarazúa;M. Maitrot / Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2011
- This database in print form aims to:...
- Beyond the BICs: identifying the ‘emerging middle powers’ and understanding their role in global poverty reduction
- J. Scott;M. vom Hau;D. Hulme / Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2010
- Much attention has been focused on the BICs (Brazil, India and China) and how they are changing global politics and economics. However, there is also a further tier of emerging middle powers &lsquo...
- Fertility impact of social transfers in Sub-Saharan Africa – what about pensions?
- G. Holmqvist / Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2010
- Whilst the impact on fertility of child-related cash transfer in developing countries is fiercely debated, the author of this paper argues that little attention is paid to the fertility impact of old-...
- The political economy of the MDGs: retrospect and prospect for the world’s biggest promise
- D. Hulme;J. Scott / Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2010
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This paper reviews the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) process, drawing some recommendations to feed into the debate concerning what will take their place in 2015 when it comes to an end.
- Social protection in sub-Saharan Africa: will the green shoots blossom?
- M. Niño-Zarazúa;A. Barrientos;D. Hulme / Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2010
- Interest in social protection has grown rapidly in sub-Saharan Africa over the last decade. This paper provides an overview of the recent extension of social protection in sub-Saharan Africa. The pape...
- EU-MERCOSUR trade agreement: potential impacts on rural livelihoods and gender (with focus on bio-fuels feedstock expansion)
- L. Hinojosa / Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2008
- The trade-sustainable impact assessments of the European Union-Mercosur trade agreement find that the social and environmental impacts of the trade liberalisation scenario would be mixed and potential...
- Global poverty and inequality: a brief retrospective and prospective analysis
- M. Woolock / Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2009
- Over the past ten years, poverty reduction has risen up the international policy agenda as never before. This has been the outcome of a growing awareness among OECD countries of the need to ad...
- Social business enterprises - maximising social benefits or maximising profits? The case of Grameen-Danone Foods Limited
- A.K. Ghalib;F. Hossain / Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2008
- In a deeply unequal and increasingly fragile world, some people are calling for a more socially responsive form of capitalism. Others are already exploring ways of operatationalising such a concept...
- International financial regulation, access to finance, systemic stability, and development
- E. Avgouleas / Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2008
- The paper discusses the dynamics of the global financial markets and its regulatory bodies. The paper suggests that these markets have grown exponentially in the past two decades. These financial mark...
