Social protection
- Local engagement needed for successful social protection policy
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This paper analyses the evolution of Malawi's social protection policy which is nearing its completion. It is critical of the fact that there has been no accompanying nationwide debate and dialogue. Any formal safety net and risk reduction policy essentially needs commitment and credibility. There is an urgent need to invest in institutional strengthening and capacity building of government agencies.
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- Tax-financed social assistance in low-income countries for development
- ( A. Barrientos / Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester , 2007)
- This paper reviews tax-financed social assistance through transfers in kind or cash in low-income countries. Such assistance is often constrained by path dependence at a micro level due to fragmentati...
- Review of social protection strategies in Malawi
- ( S. Devereux;B. Baulch;I. Macauslan;A. Phiri;R. Sabates-Wheeler / Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK , 2006)
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Vulnerability appears to be rising for many Malawians, whose exposure to livelihood shocks is increasing while their ability to cope is decreasing.
... - Social protection key to mitigating famine
- ( R. Menon / Human Development Report Office, UNDP , 2007)
- Reports of a devastating famine in Malawi first surfaced as rumors whispered in rural areas in the country around October 2001. However, little was done by way of action, despite warnings from expert ...
- Designing cash transfer programmes to protect the vulnerable non-poor
- ( A. de Janvry;E. Sadoulet;P. Solomon;R. Vakis / Social Development, World Bank , 2006)
- Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programmes have proved to be effective in inducing chronic poor households to invest in the human capital of their children while helping reduce poverty. They have also...
- Conditional cash transfer programmes: excellent targeting, significant reduction of inequality
- ( S. Soares;E. Zepeda / UNDP International Poverty Centre , 2007)
- This one-page document examines the impact of three Latin American Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programmes providing cash transfers to poor families, conditioned on children’s school attendan...
- Adapting affirmative action to each disadvantaged group
- ( R. Gaiha;G. Thapa;K. Imai / Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester , 2007)
- Despite the good performance of India's economy in recent years, disadvantaged groups such as the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) face both higher incidence and intensity of poverty th...
- No extension of social protection without a sustainable social contract
- ( A. Barrientos / Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester , 2007)
- Social protection helps communities, households and individuals to protect themselves against contingencies threatening their living standard. Financing has emerged as a key constraint on the extensio...
- Cash transfers reduce inequality but not enough to break poverty cycle
- ( F.V. Soares;R.P. Ribas;R.G. Osório / UNDP International Poverty Centre , 2007)
- Created in 2004, Brazil's Bolsa Familia programme consists of monthly cash transfers to poor households with children or pregnant women and unconditional transfers to extremely poor households. This p...
- Unified social protection improving life in Vietnam
- ( G. Sabharwal / Department for International Development, UK , 2007)
- The paper examines Vietnam's move from a targeted to a unified social insurance programme which has been approved by the National Assembly in 2006. To promote inclusion the social insurance programme ...
How to effect successful cash transfer programming
- ( International Committee of the Red Cross , 2006)
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This document presents a guide to cash transfer programming. It looks to ascertain whether a cash programme is an appropriate response – and if appropriate a practical, step-by-step guid...
