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    Expanding Social Protection Programme, Uganda (ESP)

    The Expanding Social Protection (ESP) Programme is a Government of Uganda Programme implemented under the Ministry of Gender, Labour & Social Development.
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    Income security for all Ugandans in old age

    Expanding Social Protection Programme, Uganda, 2016
    Uganda has a rich tradition of care and respect for the elderly. But, as in all societies, this informal system of support – while still functioning for some – is, for many others, beginning to weaken as a result of poverty, migration, urbanisation and the impact of HIV and AIDs.
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    Avoiding the resource curse in Lebanon

    Lebanese Center for Policy Studies, 2016
    The discovery and extraction of oil and gas off the shores of Lebanon could ultimately translate into a boom in revenues for the government, which in light of current poor fiscal planning could lead to an uncontrolled expansionary budget policy and eventually a ‘resource curse’.
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    Gender at work: a companion to the World Deveopment Report on jobs

    World Bank, 2013
    Globally, fewer than half of women have jobs, compared with almost four-fifths of men. Girls and women still learn less, earn less, and have far fewer assets and opportunities.
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    Call Center: a Sunrise Industry?

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2006
    The call center industry is one of the country’s bright prospects in the area of business process outsourcing (BPO). It started in year 2000 and became a significant activity in the services sector. In 2004, the country captured 20 percent of the total world market share in contact center services and is estimated to capture 50 percent of the total English- speaking world market by 2008.
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    Credit unions as channels of micro-credit lines: the Philippine case

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 1998
    A subset of the informal financial institutions that has been recently used as lending conduits of special credit programs is the credit union system. However, they often face some resource constraints which prevent them from satisfying the credit demands of their members on time. Access to external sources of funds, such as those of special credit programs, could relax such constraint.
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    Oil price increase: can something be done to minimize its effects?

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2000
    Using a computable general equilibrium model of the Philippine economy, it is observed that the impact of an oil price change is negative. It is negative not only in terms of economic growth, but also in terms of income inequality and welfare.
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    Minimum wage and informality in Ecuador

    United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research, 2014
    This paper investigates if changes in the minimum wage have influenced changes on the formality and informality rates, and the level of wages in Ecuador. A 12-year panel was built. It allows to overcome the short time span of household data and so to characterize changes over time. Results suggest that the minimum wage has virtually no effect on employment and wages.
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    An exegesis of mediocrity: institutions and inclusion in the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015
    The lack of inclusivity of economic growth characterizes Philippine development. This is evident in the perennially inadequate, poor-quality, and non-inclusive public goods and services despite a growing economy. This Policy Note, contributed by a National Scientist of the Philippines, explains this phenomenon through the concept of collective action.
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    Spotlight on publications: citizen oversight of conditional cash transfer programmes

    Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2012
    Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) – a Latin American innovation – have now gained fame around the world for their effectiveness in promoting human development, fighting poverty and reducing inequality.

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