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Recovery from the tsunami disaster: poverty reduction and sustainable development through microfinance
Grameen Foundation USA, 2005This paper reports the findings of a team of specialists from the Grameen Foundation USA, deployed in the aftermath of the Boxing Day tsunami to assess conditions facing the poor and the effects of the disaster on the provision of microfinance.DocumentPoverty targeting in Asia: country experience of India
ADB Institute, 2004This paper addresses two broad questions related to poverty alleviation in India: (1) how much in aggregate does the government spend on poverty targeted programmes? and, (2) how effective have these programs been in targeting the poor and in alleviating poverty?DocumentInsurance products provided by insurance companies to the disadvantaged groups in India
International Labour Organization, 2005This study identifies and documents the various insurance products provided by insurance companies to the disadvantaged groups in India. It is designed to help development professional to play a more efficient role in the promotion of new insurance services and thus contributing to the extension of social protection to the excluded groups.DocumentStrategic gender interventions and poverty reduction: principles and practice
Gender Mainstreaming Programme in Asia, 2004This manual has been developed to support the formulation and implementation of poverty reduction projects in Asia. It focuses on identifying strategic gender initiatives to help enhance women’s agency in the household and community.DocumentMicrofinance and the state: exploring areas and structures of collaboration
Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2005This paper reviews the performance of formal institutional channels of microfinance and discusses the emergence of new forms of collaboration in the delivery of microfinance services. Some pertinent issues in regulatory policies and institutional arrangements that can help the state effectively and in a sustainable manner leverage the available resources for the poor are also dealt with.DocumentOption values, switches and wages: an analysis of the employment guarantee scheme in India
School of Economic Studies, University of Manchester, 2004This paper argues that the value of the Employment Guarantee Scheme (EGS) in the Indian state of Maharashtra and its impact on workers’ behaviour do not depend so much on income supplementation as on enlargement of opportunities in an uncertain environment of the local labour market.DocumentDo children act as old age security in rural India?: evidence from an analysis of elderly living arrangements
Cardiff Business School, Economics Section, 2004This paper examines the pattern of living arrangements among male and female elderly family members in India, using National Sample Survey data and derives implications for children as old age security in rural India. The burden of caring for the elderly is traditionally borne by the immediate family, and most often by the sons.DocumentAn overview of migration in India, its impacts and key issues
Eldis Document Store, 2003This paper reviews both internal migration in India and emigration of Indians to other countries, drawing on secondary sources to profile migrant workers, and to identify the causes and impacts of migration. Its findings include:DocumentIdentification of the poor: flaws in government surveys
Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2004This article challenges the basis of poverty indicators being used to determine the levels "Below the Poverty Line" (BPL) in Madhya Pradesh, India.DocumentTamil Nadu’s midday meal scheme where assumed benefits score over hard data
Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2004This paper examines Tamil Nadu's noon nutritious meal scheme, India's largest in terms of the number of beneficiaries covered.Pages