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    A Political Economy of Slum Spaces: Mathare Valley

    Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, 2014
    This paper studies the spatial characteristics of slums, seeking to explain why rulers tend to neglect the welfare of their dwellers. While located close to the centers of power, their high population density implies that they cover small space and are easy to cordon off in case of danger.
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    How moving beyond GDP may help fight poverty in Africa

    Comparative Research Programme on Poverty, 2014
    This policy brief argues that the fixation with the use of the index of gross domestic product (GDP) has misled Africa’s policy makers. This approach has led to the replacement of informal economic structures with formal market systems, the exploitation of natural resources and the increase in income inequality as signs of economic progress.
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    Poverty and Vulnerability Assessment – a survey instrument for the Hindu Kush Himalayas

    International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2014
    This publication describes the development and application of ICIMOD’s Poverty and Vulnerability Assessment (PVA), a household survey tool designed to capture key elements of poverty, vulnerability, and adaptive capacity in mountain contexts for the Hindu Kush Himalayan region.
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    Social protection for older persons: Key policy trends and statistics

    International Labour Organization, 2014
    In recent years, many middle-and low-income countries have made great efforts to expand the coverage of contributory pension schemes and to establish non-contributory pensions to guarantee basic income security in old age to all.
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    Regional cooperation for infrastructure development: towards an institutional framework for investment in the IOR - ARC

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2013
    Infrastructure plays a key role in promoting economic growth and development. Infrastructure is considered as a priority sector for investment in the Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC). Due to low domestic savings most of the member states in the region are quite dependent on foreign investment for capital formation.
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    Urban poverty in Asia

    Asian Development Bank, 2014
    Urbanisation is a positive factor in growth and poverty reduction. Country experiences are generally consistent with the view that a rising share of the population living in urban areas plays a positive role in overall poverty reduction, by providing new opportunities to those migrating out of the rural areas and escaping poverty in the process.
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    Global AgeWatch Index 2014: insight report

    HelpAge International, 2014
    The Global AgeWatch Index has been created because of the overall lack of information on ageing combined with poor understanding of the effects of ageing on exclusion and marginalisation in services such as health care, education, training and pension provision.
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    Trading places: accessing land in African cities

    Urban LandMark, 2013
    The developing world is urbanising fast, and new systems of urban land ownership, transfer and governance are emerging. This book tries to explain how these systems work and how they interface with wider markets and with existing land governance regimes, focusing particularly on Africa. 
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    Research briefing: Antipoverty transfers and inclusive growth in Brazil

    International Research Initiative on Brazil and Africa, 2014
    The evolution of antipoverty policy in Brazil suggests a shift in focus over time from the extension of social insurance to incorporate excluded sectors, to conventional social assistance directed at vulnerable groups, to human development focused income transfers. This research briefing looks at the evolution of social assistance in Brazil and possble relevance for African countries.
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    Antipoverty transfers and inclusive growth in Brazil

    International Research Initiative on Brazil and Africa, 2014
    Brazil’s has attracted considerable attention among low and middle income countries for the way it has successfully combined economic and social policies to reduce poverty, inequality, and social exclusion. The emergence of large scale social assistance institutions addressing poverty and social exclusion is central to these achievements.

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