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Assessing long-term impacts of conditional cash transfers on children and young adults in rural Nicaragua
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2014Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programmes, which offer families cash grants conditional on attendance at school or preventive health visits, have expanded rapidly over the past decade.DocumentAccess to socio-economic rights for non-nationals in the Southern African Development Community
Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2012While many countries in Africa are contemplating ways in which to extend access to social protection for their citizens, the enjoyment of socio-economic rights by non-nationals receives scarce commentary.DocumentPantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program and school attendance: early indications of success
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2011Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (the 4Ps) is a conditional cash transfer programme that aims to improve the living conditions of poor households while at the same time encouraging them to increase their investments on the education and health of their children.DocumentThe employment situation in Latin America and the Caribbean: conditional transfer programmes and the labour market
United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2014Labour markets in Latin America and the Caribbean lost momentum in 2013 compared with the sustained improvements seen over the past 10 years. Weaker formal and wage employment creation did not provoke broad expansion of the informal sector, as has occurred in the past, thanks to the number of jobs created over the past 10 years, which have pushed up incomes and reduced poverty.DocumentMy rights, my voice annual progress report 2012
Oxfam, 2013My Rights, My Voice (MRMV) is an innovative three-year global programme, engaging marginalised children and youth in their rights to health and education services in eight countries.DocumentImpacts of social protection programmes in Ethiopia on child work and education
Young Lives, 2008Social protection measures are becoming an increasingly important policy tool for African governments. These measures have important potential for reducing poverty and positive impacts on child well-being.DocumentYoung lives, international study of childhood poverty - policy papers
Young Lives, 2011Policy papers from the Young Lives study:DocumentThe disconnect between education, job growth and employment in Jordan
Jordan Center for Public Policy Research and Dialogue, 2009The economic volatility evident in Jordan has been driven largely by Jordan’s dependence on workers’ remittances and foreign aid. Furthermore, conflict in the region has fundamentally changed the economy and demography of Jordan.DocumentSocial inclusion or poverty alleviation? Lessons from recent Brazillian experiences
Center for International Development, Harvard University, 2009Brazil’s recent economic growth has occurred in spite of the country’s persistent illiteracy: in 1999, approximately 15% of the total adult population was unable to read and write. In 1995, the government started the Bolsa-Escola programme as a first attempt at providing poor children with educational support.OrganisationThe Centre for the Analysis of South African Social Policy (CASASP)
The Centre for the Analysis of South African Social Policy (CASASP) in the Department of Social Policy and Social Work (DSPSW) at the University of Oxford aims to assist in the eradication of povertyPages