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  Chronic poverty in India: policy responses

  Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2007

  It is estimated that up to 130 million Indians live in chronic poverty. This briefing paper summarises the characteristics of and explanations for this phenomenon, discusses the context for policy today, and proposes a series of recommendations for policy changes that would move India towards eradicating poverty.
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  The Macedonia community development project: empowerment through targeting and institution building

  Social Protection and Labor, World Bank, 2007

  According to the Voices of the Poor study, poor people demand a development process driven by their communities. They want NGOs and governments to be accountable to them. Community-driven development (CDD) is one approach to sustainable local development that empowers the poor.
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  Conceptualizing social exclusion in the context of India’s poorest regions: a contribution to the Qual-Quant debate

  Q-Squared: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches in Poverty Analysis, 2007

  This paper presents an analysis of poverty in Orissa, India. The author proposes a problem-oriented approach that spells out the issues that need to be incorporated to understand the nature of poverty. A description of measurable indicators of deprivation by itself is not sufficient, and approaches to poverty analysis need to be broadened to include an examination of the causes of poverty.
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  Marginalised migrant workers and social protection

  Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2007

  This paper reports on a two-day workshop on marginalised migrant workers and social protection issues held in Dhaka, Bangladesh in October 2006. The workshop was organised by the Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit in Bangladesh and its partner, the Development Research Centre (DRC) on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, based at the University of Sussex, Brighton.
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  Tackling obstacles to social protection for chronically poor people

  Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2007

  This briefing paper examines some of the negative perceptions of social protection transfers. It focuses specifically on cash transfers since these tend to receive most criticism. Some of the findings and recommendations include:
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  South Asia economic report: social sectors in transition

  Asian Development Bank, 2006

  This second issue of the South Asia Economic Report (SAER) discusses social sectors in transition, with a particular focus on education and health. It looks at transformational trends and their impact on the education and health sectors and proposes measures to manage these social sectors through this transition.
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  Developing social protection in Tanzania within a context of generalised insecurity

  Research on Poverty Alleviation, Tanzania, 2006

  Research on Poverty Alleviation’s (REPOA) is a leading development research centre in Tanzania. This paper outlines REPOA’s programme for social protection. It provides a conceptual framework and sets out the overall agenda for the programme. Research themes put forward include:• protecting income against impoverishment: transfers and consumption smoothing
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  Empirical forecasting of slow-onset disasters for improved emergency response: an application to Kenya’s arid north

  Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program, Cornell University, 2006

  This paper sets out to develop an empirical forecasting model that can predict, with reasonable accuracy, the expected welfare impact of impending drought. This work is based on a set of regularly measured variables from communities in Kenya’s Arid North.
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  Unjust waters: climate change, flooding and the protection of poor urban communities: experiences from six African cities

  ActionAid International, 2007

  Six years ago, at the UN Millennium Summit, world leaders set a specific target for realising the right to adequate housing and ‘continuous improvement of living conditions’. However, in Africa climate change is already threatening that goal, causing massive rural-urban migration and bringing chronic flooding to the cities.
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  Participatory Vulnerability Analysis: a step–by–step guide for field staff

  ActionAid International, 2004

  This guide is developed to assist field workers and communities to analyse people’s vulnerability, draw action plans, mobilise resources and enact appropriate policies, laws and strategies to reduce their vulnerability to disaster. This guide is specifically developed consistent with the PVA approach to: 

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