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Effective targeting of poverty-focussed programmes – how to reach the poorest households
Oxford Policy Management, 2009Many poverty-focussed programmes aim to target assistance or services at the poorest households. In such cases it is important, in terms of both poverty reduction and financial efficiency, that programmes are able to target these households effectively. But how exactly is this done?OrganisationLuxembourg Income Study (LIS)
The Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) is a cross-national data archive located in Luxembourg. The LIS archive contains two primary databases.DocumentThe practitioners' guide to the Household Economy Approach
International Save the Children Alliance, 2008The Household Economy Approach (HEA) is a livelihoods-based framework for analysing the way people obtain access to the things they need to survive and prosper. It helps determine people’s food and non-food needs and identify appropriate means of assistance, whether short-term emergency assistance or longer term development programmes or policy changes.DocumentElder poverty in an ageing world: conditions of social vulnerability and low income for women in rich and middle‐income nations
Luxembourg Income Study, 2008In most rich countries, poverty among younger pensioners (under age 70) is no longer a major policy problem, but women typically constitute two-thirds to three-quarters or more of the elderly poor in rich countries. Poverty in rich nations is especially a problem among women aged 75 and older who live alone.DocumentSocial protection and ageing in Malawi
Economic and Social Department, FAO, 2008In the past, the elderly in Malawi used to depend on the economic and social support of their children and the community. With increased socio-economic difficulties and changing family ties, children fail to look after their ageing parents. Similarly, communities are failing to provide for the needs of the elderly.DocumentPoverty in Kagera, Tanzania: characteristics, causes and constraints
University of Sussex, UK, 2008Although Tanzania has made some progress it remains one of the poorest countries in Sub Saharan Africa. The predominantly rural, agricultural-dependant Kagera region in Northwest Tanzania is marked by the stark inequalities that characterise the rest of the country.DocumentOld, single and poor: using microsimulation and microdata to analyse poverty and the impact of policy change among older Australians
National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling, University of Canberra, 2008In recent months in Australia there has been extended debate about the adequacy of the old age pension to provide an acceptable standard of living. Projected increases in the number of age pension recipients in the future, as well as concerns about the current wellbeing of age pensioners, particularly in light of increasing costs of living, has prompted debate about the current level of payments.DocumentThe informal economy in South Africa: issues, debates and policies. Reflections after an exposure dialogue programme with informal workers in Durban, South Africa
School of Development Studies, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, 2007This paper offers reflections after the Durban Cornell-SEWA-WIEGO Exposure Dialogue Programme (EDP). The programme's objective is to continue and develop further dialogue between labour economists, SEWA activists, and WIEGO researchers.OrganisationThe Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI)
The Rights and Resources Initiative is a coalition of international, regional and community organisations engaged in conservation, research and development.DocumentThe Aged Family Uganda (TAFU) 2008 case study of the older persons of Uganda
The Aged Family Uganda, 2008There are over a million older persons in Uganda, many of whom lack food, money, clean water and medical support and have lost their children to war and HIV and AIDS.Pages
