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    The economics and psychology of long term savings and pensions: a randomised experiment among low-income entrepreneurs in Maharashtra, India

    International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2015
    It is widely accepted that access to banking can provide both growth and security to vulnerable households. It is also well understood that poor households, especially in developing countries, tend to be underserved by credit markets. In recent decades, the question of credit has emerged as a major focus in development economics.
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    What happens once the intervention ends? The medium-term impacts of a cash transfer programme in Malawi

    International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2015
    Adolescent girls in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) face a multitude of hazards during their transition from childhood to adulthood.
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    Expanding lessons from a randomised impact evaluation of cash and food transfers in Ecuador and Uganda

    International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2015
    There is now substantial evidence that periodic cash transfers to poor households as a form of social protection, particularly when conditional on complementary investments in child schooling and health, can lead to substantial and sustained improvements in household welfare, household food security and child schooling.
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    The impact of earned and windfall transfers on livelihoods and conservation in Sierra Leone

    International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2015
    Using a randomised controlled trial in Sierra Leone, this report measures the impact of a transfer program aimed at alleviating poverty and reducing pressure on the natural environment. The research finds that the way in which aid is distributed—communal versus individual, and windfall versus earned—has a significant effect on how the aid will be used.
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    Education in urban contexts

    Health and Education Advice and Resource Team, 2015
    This Helpdesk Report responds to the following query: Produce a report looking at the following aspects of education in urban areas:
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    Health and nutrition drivers in urban areas

    Health and Education Advice and Resource Team, 2015
    This Helpdesk Report responds to the following query: What are the main drivers of health and nutritional status for poor people in urban areas (the ‘urban poor’) in low and lower middle income countries?
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    Environmental and social safeguards (EoD)

    Evidence on Demand, 2014
    This report reviews existing environmental, social and climate safeguard systems developed and adopted by multilateral and bilateral development agencies. The aim of the report is to assess the potential for the UK Department for International Development (DFID) to adopt or rely on these systems.
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    Political Economy Constraints for Urban Development

    Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, 2015
    This Helpdesk Report responds to the following query: Political economy constraints for urban development: What are the principal political economy constraints to promoting more functional, inclusive and economically viable urban areas? What are the main gaps in evidence and knowledge on the extent of these constraints and how they should be best tackled?
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    Pro-poor National Budgets

    Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, 2015
    This Helpdesk Report responds to the following query: Pro-poor national budgets: What national budget expenditure (especially in Africa and specifically Nigeria) has the most impact on poverty reduction and pro poor growth?
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    Topic Guide: Stepping out of Agriculture

    Evidence on Demand, 2015
    This Topic Guide from Evidence on Demand provides expert information on how members of smallholder households leave agriculture for better-paying businesses and jobs.

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