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  Policy paper on social protection

  Department for International Development, UK, 2004

  This paper, produced by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) for DFID, examines mechanisms for social protection in low income countries, clarifying the meaning of social protection and its role within poverty reduction.
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  On assessing pro-poorness of government programmes: international comparisons

  International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2005

  This paper proposes a new "Pro-Poor Policy (PPP)" index, which measures the pro-poorness of government programmes, as well as basic service delivery in education, health and infrastructure.
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  Education choices in Mexico: using a structural model and a randomised experiment to evaluate Progresa

  Institute for Fiscal Studies, London, 2005

  This paper evaluates a large welfare programme in rural Mexico called Progresa, whose main aim is to improve the process of human capital accumulation in the poorest communities by providing cash transfers conditional on specific types of behaviour in three key areas targeted by the programme: nutrition, health and education.The aim of this paper is to analyse the impact of monetary incentives
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  Breaking poverty cycles: the importance of action in childhood

  Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre, 2004

  This briefing paper examines the ways in which extreme childhood poverty can have irreversible lifetime effects. These include poor health, missed education, and poor early childcare and social protection.
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  Economic policies - how can they contribute to child wellbeing?

  Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre, 2004

  This briefing reviews the impacts of economic policies on child wellbeing.
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  The impact of conditional cash transfers on human development outcomes: a review of evidence from PROGRESA in Mexico and some implications for policy debates in South and Southern Africa

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2005

  This paper reflects on assessments of Mexico's Conditional Cash Transfer scheme (called PROGRESA) and draws comparisons with South Africa's Child Support Grant (CSG).
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  Social security policy reform in post-apartheid South Africa: a focus on the basic income grant

  Centre for Civil Society, South Africa, 2004

  In 2000 a South African government committee recommended the introduction of a basic income grant (BIG), consisting of a grant of R100 per month for every South African citizen, regardless of age or income level.
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  Conditional cash transfers, schooling and child labor: micro-simulating Bolsa Escola

  Departamento de Economia, Pontificía Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2003

  Brazil's Bolsa Escola scheme was established in 2001 and provides a means-tested cash transfer to poor households, on the condition that children in the household attend school.
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  Child poverty and cash transfers

  Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre, 2004

  This paper addresses the effectiveness of cash transfers in addressing childhood poverty in developing and transition economies.
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  Non-contributory pensions – costly luxury or weapon against poverty?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Although the incidence of old age poverty in developing countries is high and set to increase further there is considerable resistance to establishing non-contributory pension programmes. It is often argued that they are unaffordable, that households can provide adequate support to older people and that there are many more pressing development challenges.

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