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  Poverty and employability effects of workfare programs in Argentina

  Poverty and Economic Policy Network, 2006

  Argentina's economic downturn of 11 percent in 2002 saw poverty and unemployment hit record numbers, with more than 50 percent of Argentine households living below the poverty line and a 20 percent unemployment rate. The government has responded by upgrading the existing workfare programmes by extended their benefits from 100,000 to 2 million people.
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  Community based targeting mechanisms for social safety nets

  World Bank, 2001

  This paper reviews case studies and theory on community involvement in beneficiary selection and benefit delivery for social safety nets. It highlights four key issues: communities vary in their ability to mobilize information and implement effective monitoring systems, and this will influence whether community based targeting leads to cost saving advantages or just opens up more opport
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  A lecture on the political economy of targeted safety nets

  World Bank, 2005

  This paper sheds light on the importance of political support towards designing safety net policies. In drawing on the crisis safety net programs in Indonesia from 1998 to 2000, the author reviews 5 major issues namely, models of electoral politics, safety ropes vs.
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  The role of fairness concerns in social protection and poverty reduction (Draft)

  Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester, 2004

  This article studies differing notions of fairness between external and local actors and how they affect social protection systems and poverty reduction initiatives. Within social protection systems, the authors define effectiveness as being related to targeting, while within poverty reduction initiatives, effectiveness relates to the extent to which relations are maintainted with poor people.
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  Evaluating targeted cash transfer programs: a general equilibrium framework with an application to Mexico

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2004

  This report focuses on the indirect and direct effects of transfer programmes.
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  The social impact of social funds in Jamaica: a participatory econometric” analysis of targeting, collective action, and participation in community-driven development

  Conference: Q-Squared in Practice: Experiences of Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Poverty Appraisal, May 2004, 2005

  Qualitative data from a case study of the Jamaica social investment fund (JSIF) reveal that the social fund process is elite-driven and decision making tends to be dominated by a small group of motivated individuals.
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  Targeted transfers in poor countries: revisiting the trade-offs and policy options

  World Bank, 2003

  This paper revisits the role of targeted transfers in poor countries in light of theories on the social costs of uninsured risks and unmitigated inequalities. It offers a perspective on social protection policies in poor countries, suggesting that there is scope for using these policies to compensate for the market failures that help perpetuate poverty, particularly in high-inequality settings.

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