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What can sustainable livelihoods approaches and pro-poor market approaches learn from each other?: ( S. Johnson (ed) / Knowledge Services, IDS , 2009); The third Sustainable Livelihoods (SL) seminar was held at the University of Bath, in the UK, in July 2009. Hosted by the Livelihoods Network, the seminar series discusses the continued relevance o...
How research brokers and intermediaries support evidence-based pro-poor policy and practice: ( Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa , 2010); The 'Locating the Power of In-between conference' in Pretoria, South Africa in July 2008 shone a spotlight on the role research brokers and intermediaries play in evidence-based pro-poor policy and...
Improving security and justice through security sector reform: ( N. Bagayoko-Penone / Eldis Gateway to Development and Environment Information , 2010); Since the late 1990s, security sector reform (SSR) has emerged as a principal activity for promoting peace and stability, and a priority for donors in post-conflict countries. This issue of insight...
Which is better - conditional or unconditional cash transfers?: ( S. Devereux (ed) / Eldis Gateway to Development and Environment Information , 2009); In response to the recent food crisis and global financial crisis, the G-20 countries and the World Bank announced increased spending on social protection programmes, including cash-based systems. ...
Response to "Targeting Social Cash Transfers" comment: ( C. Gorical / Wahenga, Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme , 2009); Responding to the paper Targeting Social Cash Transfers comment, (on the process of defining target groups and designing the targeting mechanism for the Malawi Social Cash Transfer Scheme), the author...
Is reallocation of labour from agriculture to non-agriculture sector the key source of China’s growth?: ( L. Brandt;X. Zhu / Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn , 2010); There has been continued debate over the sources of China’s remarkable growth over the last three decades. This paper tries to determine and quantify the sources of China’s impressive e...
Ageing might not have much effect on economic growth if private and public sectors adjust to newly emerging societal structures: ( D.E. Bloom;D. Canning;G. Fink / Harvard School of Public Health , 2010); This article examines the nature and magnitude of population forecasts and reviews evidence on the effects of population ageing on national economic performance. Although population ageing is certa...
How eligibility rules affect access to pensions In Latin America: ( A. Forteza;I. Apella;E. Fajnzylber / Social Protection and Labour, World Bank , 2010); This paper proposes alternative methods to project pension rights and implement these methods in Chile, Uruguay and Argentina. The paper indicates that the histories of contribution required to access...
Do cash transfers reduce gender conflicts within households?: ( R Slater;M Mphale / Overseas Development Institute, London , 2008); This paper reviews the World Vision's 'Cash and Food Transfers Pilot Project' in Lesotho, focusing on the impact of cash transfers on gender relations. The paper highlights the concerns that cash tran...
Do cash transfers continue poor women’s second-class citizenship status?: ( M. Molyneux / Pathways of Women's Empowerment RPC , 2008); Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) provide mothers of school-age children in extreme poverty with a cash subsidy conditional on their children's attendance at school and health clinics. This paper a...

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