Social protection
- Mobile technology for delivering cash transfers
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While there is growing evidence of cash transfers reducing hunger and vulnerability, less is known about effective delivery mechanisms for such transfers, particularly in remote areas. The Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme piloted a project using cell phones to deliver cash transfers to women in Lesotho with success and lessons learnt.
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Ill health in households
- ( H. Lucas;G. Bloom / Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee , 2006)
- Ill-health is one of the most serious challenges that many households have to face. This short paper from the Institute of Development Studies provides a background to catastrophic illness, health per...
- The impact of demographic transformation on the health of the urban poor
- ( M. R. Montgomery / Population Reference Bureau , 2009)
- This bulletin, published by the Population Reference Bureau, provides a sketch of urban health in developing countries, documenting the intra-urban differences in health for a number of countries and ...
- Persuading those who have little today to save for tomorrow
- ( D. Uthira;H.L. Manohar / International Research Journal of Finance and Economics , 2009)
- The new pension system (NPS) introduced by the government of India is South Asia’s first DC (defined contribution) pension scheme. It provides individual retirement accounts, product choic...
- Drought and vulnerability in Malawi
- ( D. Makoka / Munich Personal RePEc Archive , 2008)
- Vulnerability to poverty in Malawi is highly associated with risk. Households face multiple shocks, most of which threaten their livelihoods and impact negatively on their welfare. Among the important...
- Taking a multi pronged approach to tackling food insecurity in Arab countries
- ( J. Lampietti;N. Magnan;S. Michaels;et al. / World Bank Publications , 2009)
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Arab countries are more exposed than other countries to severe swings in agricultural commodity prices due to the high level of food imports, especially cereals, and continued population growth and...
- Promoting inclusive growth: Development lessons from English history
- ( S. Szreter / History and Policy , 2007)
- What can developing countries learn from England’s development path? This article examines the role of The Poor Laws (1540 to 1780) in setting the foundation for Britain’s growth from a sm...
- Wake-up call for employer-sponsored defined contribution pension schemes
- ( Watson Wyatt , 2009)
- The current financial crisis has been a wake-up call for employer-sponsored defined contribution (DC) pension schemes....
- Methods to reduce the debt of pensions in Colombia
- ( S. Clavijo / International Monetary Fund , 2009)
- Colombia established pension benefits in 1967, through the creation of the public Pay-as-You-Go System (PAYGO). However, this system quickly dissolved into a crisis as a result of low participation ra...
- Policy recommendations to improve the design of private pensions
- ( P. Antolín;F. Stewart / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , 2009)
- The current financial crisis has had a major impact on global pension assets, with the OECD estimating declines of over 20% at the end of 2008. This is putting pressure on funding levels for defined b...
- Improving social safety nets and labour market policies for an aging Asia
- ( K.W. Lee / Korea Institute for International Economic Policy , 2009)
- Countries in East and Southeast Asia are currently undergoing unprecedented double shocks: globalisation and demographic transition. This paper attempts to highlight the nature and magnitude of the im...
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