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A review of social insurance in the Philipppines
Philippine Journal of Development, 2009This paper aims to review and assess the protection afforded by the Social Security System (SSS) and the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), two of the three agencies tasked with administering social insurance in the country.DocumentManaging urbanization under decentralized governance framework: volume 1
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2002Managing Urbanization Under a Decentralized Governance Framework (Volume 1) is the first of two volumes on urban management. It documents the urbanization process in selected Philippine cities in the context of a decentralized environment for governance resulting from the passage of the Local Government Code of 1991.DocumentManaging urbanization under a decentralized governance framework (Volume 2)
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2002Managing Urbanization Under a Decentralized Governance Framework (Volume 2) is a companion piece to Volume 1, which offers the institutional details of managing and delivering urban services.DocumentClosing the urban fiscal gap: some considerations
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 1999While urbanization has several advantages, there are also certain problems associated with it. This issue takes a brief look at the urban fiscal gap problem. It also investigates the factors and the interventions that could help overcome the barriers brought about by the fiscal gap.DocumentConditional cash transfer programmes: a magic bullet to improve people's health and education?
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2010Conditional Cash Transfer (CCTs) programmes provide cash to poor households who meet certain health and education conditions such as regular school attendance and health check - ups for children at theclinic. This model of intervention is spreading rapidly throughout the developing world.DocumentTargeting the poor: evidence from a field experiment in Indonesia
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2014Governments of developing countries often lack verifiable income information for poor people and communities. This makes targeting for social programmes a challenge.DocumentImpact Evaluation of the Non-contributory Social Pension Program 70 y más
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2014Implemented throughout Mexico, the 70 y más (70 and above) programme was aimed at improving the living conditions of adults aged 70 and older. The programme was centred on two components:DocumentProtocol for a systematic review: interventions to improve the labour market situation of adults with physical and/or sensory disabilities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
The Campbell Collaboration, 2013Efforts to promote development and poverty reduction have not always adequately included disability; for example, disabled people are not included explicitly in any of the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets and indicators.DocumentInterventions to improve labour market outcomes of youth: a systematic review of training, entrepreneurship promotion, employment services, mentoring, and subsidized employment interventions
The Campbell Collaboration, 2014The ratio of youth-to-adult unemployment rates illustrates the extent to which the economic crisis impacted regional and country-wide youth labour markets. Unemployment among youth is higher than among adults. Without exposure to a working environment, youth lack the job and soft skills that develop over time with experience.DocumentRural development & energy policy: lessons from agricultural mechanisation in South Asia
Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2011In terms of agricultural and rural mechanisation, a great deal has happened on the ground since the debates of the 1970s. The diversity of South Asia's mechanisation experiences can be used to help policy debates, concerning rural and agricultural development.Pages