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  In development it is money that matters

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  The prospects of achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 seem distant. Changing trends in development focus on a new issue every time – better governance, less corruption, more community involvement, a greater role for the private sector and so on. Perhaps donors should offer more money, instead.
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  Recent trends in resource sharing among the poor

  National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2005

  This paper provides a conceptual discussion of private transfers drawing on several related literatures and provides new empirical evidence regarding the significance of private transfers as a source of income. It summarises the theoretical literature drawing on several well-developed models of resource sharing between and within households that provide important insights into possible motives.
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  Using social transfers to improve human development

  Department for International Development, UK, 2006

  Scaling up investment in service provision and quality is necessary, but is not sufficient to achieve universal access to health and education services. Specific policies to boost demand and expand equitable access to quality health and education services are also required.
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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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  Millennium Project task force on education and gender equality: interim report on achieving the Millennium Development Goal of universal primary education

  Millennium Project, 2004

  This report is designed to facilitate consultation with civil society, experts and the international community on the priorities and strategies of the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on education for girls, in preparation of the final report to be completed in December 2004.It first discusses the MDGs on education and gender equality, and international data and trends in gen
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  Interim report of Task Force 3 on Education and Gender Equality: executive summary

  Millennium Project, 2004

  This paper summarises the main issues raised by the United Nation's Taskforce on Gender and Equality report.
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  Can Food-for-Work Programmes reduce vulnerability?

  Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2003

  This paper looks at how, when and why Food for Work (FFW) programmes can reduce vulnerability. Is it most effective as short-term insurance, a longer-term rehabilitation and development intervention, or both? The paper argues for the subjecting FFW transfers to an initial geographic targeting based on the three criteria of food and labour market performance and general morbidity status.
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  In-kind transfers and household food consumption: implications for targeted food programs in Bangladesh

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002

  This paper examines the impact of wheat transfers and cash incomes on wheat consumption and wheat markets. It uses data from a 1998/99 survey of rural households in Bangladesh to econometrically estimate marginal propensities to consume (MPCs) out of wheat transfers in several distribution programs.
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  Assisting the poor with cash: design and implementation of social transfer programs

  World Bank, 2002

  This paper explores the role of cash transfers in a social safety net. It explores key factors that affect the choice between a cash-based program and an in-kind transfer program, and presents a number of design considerations that influence the efficiency and effectiveness of cash transfers as a social safety net.
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  Does subsidized childcare help poor working women in urban areas?: evaluation of a government-sponsored program in Guatemala City

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002

  This paper presents an evaluation and impact assessment (1998) of the urban Hogares Comunitarios Program (HCP), Guatemala, a government-sponsored pilot programme designed to alleviate poverty by providing working parents with low-cost, quality childcare within their community.

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