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    Trends in poverty and inequality in seven African countries

    Poverty and Economic Policy Network, 2007
    Conventional approaches to measuring poverty and inequality that use money-metric data overlook social aspects of poverty. This paper uses the multidimensional, asset index, approach to analyse trends in poverty and inequality in seven African countries including Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Senegal, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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    Education access and retention for educationally marginalised children: innovations in social protection

    Mobile Task Team on the Impact of HIV/AIDS on Education, 2005
    This report looks at the effectiveness of social protection programmes for educationally marginalised children (EMC) in Eastern and Southern Africa.
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    Can low income countries afford basic social protection?: first results of a modelling exercise

    International Labour Organization, 2005
    This report presents the methodology and the results of a modelling exercise that demonstrates that basic social protection benefits are not out of reach for low-income countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, even though some international assistance would be necessary for a transitory period.
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    Is cash the best way to assist poor and vulnerable people?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    In the face of chronic poverty, food insecurity and increasing HIV and AIDS in eastern and southern Africa, there is growing recognition of the importance of cash transfers for reaching vulnerable children and households. A variety of cash transfer schemes are being piloted. Should they be scaled-up?
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    id21 classic: Redistribution with growth

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    'Redistribution with growth' explores ways in which macroeconomic growth can be combined over time with measures of redistribution to improve employment, reduce poverty and achieve more equitable income distribution.
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    Aid does raise economic growth in Africa – indirectly

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Despite receiving large amounts of aid, sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has a poor economic growth record. This has led some observers to conclude that aid to Africa has been ineffective. But this is not the case. Aid has contributed to growth in Africa, mainly by financing investment, which in turn contributes to growth.
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    Indigenous and tribal peoples: an ethnic audit of selected poverty reduction strategy papers

    International Labour Organization, 2005
    Indigenous and tribal peoples represent about 5 per cent of the world's population, but over 15 per cent of the world's poor. The incidence of extreme poverty is higher among them than among other social groups and they generally benefit much less than others from overall declines in poverty.
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    Infrastructure is the key to poverty reduction in Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005
    African infrastructure development lags behind other regions. The lack of rural roads, telecommunications, electrification and water services is weakening poverty reduction efforts. Poor infrastructure directly affects poverty and requires urgent attention.
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    Differences in diversification for Maasai pastoralists

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005
    Increasing pressure on land from conservation, agriculture and tourism is pushing Maasai pastoralists to the margins of land. This is forcing many away from traditional livelihood activities. Once they lose their foothold in pastoralism, opportunities to re-enter are rare and alternative livelihoods are hard to access, especially for poorer pastoralists.
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    Migration and pro-poor policy in East Africa

    Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex, 2004
    This paper reports on the findings of a survey conducted on migration and pro-poor policy in East Africa. It identifies the importance of migration to the poor, discusses migration policies, key issues and policy gaps in each country, as well as the region as a whole.

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