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    Age and gender effects on time discounting in a large scale cash transfer programme

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2015
    Inter-temporal choice represents one of the most fascinating topics in economics. Understanding its determinants can provide vital in sight into decisions ranging from savings and financial investment to smoking, obesity and human capital accumulation.
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    Pensions and other social protection benefits for older persons: insights from the ILO World Social Protection Report 2014/15

    2014
    Public social security pensions are essential tools for ensuring income security for women and men as they grow older. This income, along with access to quality health services, is necessary for the dignity and well-being of older persons, and imperative to realise their rights.
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    Where next for social protection?

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2015
    The rapid ascendancy of social protection up the development policy agenda in the past ten to 15 years raises questions about whether its current prominence will be sustained, or whether it will turn out to be just another development fad that declines and ultimately disappears.
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    A review of social insurance in the Philipppines

    Philippine Journal of Development, 2009
    This 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.
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    Conditional cash transfer programmes: a magic bullet to improve people's health and education?

    International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2010
    Conditional 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.
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    Impact Evaluation of the Non-contributory Social Pension Program 70 y más

    International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2014
    Implemented 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:
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    Public works: an effective safety net for the poor?

    International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2009
    Rigorous evaluations of the impacts of public works programmes in low and middle income countries are limited. Programmes can be successful in terms of targeting poor people, as well as generating short-term employment and income gains for participants. However, there is less evidence in terms of sustainable income gains and the benefits to poor people from the assets created.
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    Impact of conditional cash transfers on maternal and newborn health

    Center for Global Development, USA, 2013
    Conditional cash transfers (CCTs) have been shown to increase health service utilisation among the poorest, but little is written on the effects of such programs on maternal and newborn health.
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    Creating youth employment in Asia

    Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, India, 2014
    Several countries in the Asia-Pacific region are experiencing demographic changes. Over 60 per cent of the world's youth live in Asia and the Pacific, which translates into more than 750 million young women and men aged 15 to 24 years. They represent a key asset for the countries of this region.
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    Interventions for promoting reintegration and reducing harmful behaviour and lifestyles in street-connected children and young people

    International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2014
    This systematic review summarises the evidence on effectiveness of interventions for street-connected children and young people that promote inclusion and reintegration and reduce harms. It explores the processes of successful intervention and models of change in this area, and aims to understand how intervention effectiveness may vary in different contexts.

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