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    Evaluation study on appropriate models of livelihood strategies for social protection in Zambia

    Wahenga, Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme, 2007
    Due to serious deterioration of socio-economic conditions in Zambia, the government is considering the adoption of a national Social Protection Strategy. This report examines Zambian and international livelihood approaches that target low capacity and incapacitated households. It provides the following:
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    Addressing the employment-poverty nexus in Kenya: comparing cash-transfer and job-creation programmes

    International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2007
    What is the link between employment and poverty reduction in Kenya? This paper examines unemployment, underemployment, employment and labour earnings, and the relationship of all these with poverty. Based on an analysis of a Labour Force Survey, the author finds that:
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    Reforming cash-based social assistance in Serbia

    Oxford Policy Management, 2007
    The Government of Serbia intends to increase the number of poor who are covered by social assistance and to better target cash transfers to the poor. This briefing note summarises key findings on the opportunities of reform of two main cash benefits; child allowances and material support for low income households (MOP). Key points that emerge from programme evaluations include:
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    Social protection in the Arab region: the challenging concept and the hard reality

    Social Watch, 2007
    According to current trends, future prospects in the Arab region appear to point towards less protection and further marginalisation of the unemployed, the abject poor, and workers in the informal sector. Such negative projections stem from the persistence of existing budgetary constraints on social security systems and inefficient public expenditure.
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    Social protection for home-based women workers in South Asia : learning from action and research

    Institute of Social Studies Trust, India, 2007
    Home-based work is an increasingly important source of employment in South Asia, where it is estimated that there are over 50 million home-based workers.
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    Social protection and cash transfers in Uganda: frequently asked questions on cash transfers

    Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2007
    This brief attempts to answer some of the most frequently asked questions about the cash transfer scheme piloted by Uganda’s Ministry of Gender Labor and Social Development (MGLSD), with funding support from UK’s Department for International Development (DFID). These include:
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    The impact of unconditional cash transfers on nutrition: the South African Child Support Grant

    International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2007
    This paper estimates the impact of South Africa’s Child Support Grant (CSG) on child nutrition as measured by child height-for-age. It finds that large dosages of CSG treatment early in life significantly boosts child height.
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    The Americas social security report 2007

    Conferencia Interamericana de Seguridad Social / Inter-American Conference on Social Security, Mexico, 2006
    Processes associated with globalisation have lead to a range of new challenges relating to social protection throughout the Americas.
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    Linking social protection and the productive sectors

    Overseas Development Institute, 2007
    Agricultural growth can be socially protecting, but is also vulnerable to shocks and stresses, particularly for small farmers and farm workers. This paper sets out current practice and future prospects in respect of how social protection and agriculture relate to each other.
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    Rethinking economic reform in Jordan: confronting socioeconomic realities

    Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2007
    This paper explores the extent of and limits to the economic reform process in Jordan since 1989. It argues that the general public is sceptical about reforms because previous efforts failed to address the major social and economic problems affecting the majority of its citizens. Likewise, reform efforts face severe resistance from elites who benefit from the status quo.

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