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    From poverty to empowerment: India’s imperative for jobs, growth, and effective basic services

    McKinsey Global Institute, 2014
    More than two decades have passed since India embarked on major economic reforms—and although official poverty rates have declined sharply since then, millions of Indians continue to face significant deprivation in terms of quality of life and access to basic services.
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    The 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, 2014
    Labour 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.
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    Towards universal pension coverage in Mexico

    HelpAge International, 2014
    Until recently, there was no social pension provision in Mexico; all pensions were earnings-related, financed with government subsidies and payroll taxes. Mexico introduced social pensions long after other Latin American countries, and for that reason had pension coverage of only 22 per cent as late as 2000. Just 13 years later, 88 per cent of older people had pensions.
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    The state of social safety nets 2014

    World Bank, 2014
    ocial safety nets are non-contributory transfers designed to provide regular and predictable support to targeted poor and vulnerable people.
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    Why ‘the poor’ don’t exist (and what this means for social protection policy)

    Development Pathways, 2014
    The last few years have seen growing calls for countires to expand basic "floors" of social protection that guarantee income security and access to basic services throughout the life cycle.
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    Youth vulnerabilities in life course transitions

    United Nations Development Programme, 2014
    Approximately 85 percent of all youth aged 15 to 24 live in the developing world, and in general young people experience a greater burden of risk in developing rather than in high-income countries.
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    Advocating for social pensions: lessons learnt from the Philippines

    HelpAge International, 2014
    Social pensions provide secure income for older people and are critical to reducing extreme poverty for older people. The Coalition of Services for the Elderly (COSE) has been enabling older people to form community-led groups in the Philippines for over 20 years.
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    Social protection and wellbeing: food security in Adivasi communities, Chhattisgarh, India

    Wellbeing and Poverty Pathways, University of Bath, 2014
    Despite economic growth, persistent levels of absolute poverty remain across the world. Social protection is an important response to this, guaranteeing a basic level of income support. The state of Chhattisgarh, India, provides an interesting model, as government commitment and people?s action combine to buttress food security in communities with historically high levels of disadvantage.
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    Wellbeing pathways report: Zambia round 2

    Wellbeing and Poverty Pathways, University of Bath, 2014
    Based on fieldwork questions which gathered both objective and subjective data across key areas of life, this report presents the preliminary findings from the second round of fieldwork carried out in Chiawa, Zambia from August to October 2012 as part of the Wellbeing and Poverty Pathways research project.
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    Household registration and targeting in the Hunger Safety Net Programme 2

    Evidence on Demand, 2013
    The four counties of Turkana, Marsabit, Mandera and Wajir were chosen for the Hunger Safety Net Program (HSNP) because they had the highest poverty and extreme poverty rates measured in Kenya Integrated Household Budget Survey (KIHBS) 2005-06. This report outlines the rationale behind the targeting approach for the Kenya Hunger Safety Net Programme.

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