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    Guidelines for cash transfer programming

    International Committee of the Red Cross, 2006
    This document presents a guide to cash transfer programming. It looks to ascertain whether a cash programme is an appropriate response – and if appropriate a practical, step-by-step guide how to design and implement a cash programme is illustrated. The three sections in the paper discuss the following areas:
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    A regional multiplier approach to estimating the impact of cash transfers: the case of cash aid in rural Malawi

    Munich Re, 2007
    This paper analyses the impact of the Dowa Emergency Cash Transfer (DECT) programme in Dowa, Malawi, on the local economy. The programme consisted of cash transfers to households over a duration of five months. Transfers were adjusted to household size and changes in staple food prices. According to the authors, the programme was a success as:
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    Conditional cash transfers: why targeting and conditionalities could fail

    International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2007
    This International Poverty Centre paper advocates a universal income grant as a foundation for basic economic security. Its approach views targeting and conditionalities as both unnecessary and counter-productive.
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    Using mixed methods to assess social capital in low income countries: a practical guide

    Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2007
    Social capital enables information-sharing, mitigates opportunistic behaviour and facilitates collective decision-making. It is therefore necessary to understand the dynamic nature of interpersonal and group relations.
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    The social protection policy in Malawi: processes, politics and challenges

    Wahenga, Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme, 2007
    This paper analyses the evolution of Malawi's social protection policy which is nearing its completion. It is critical of the fact that  there has been no accompanying nationwide debate and dialogue and puts forward the following possible explanations:
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    Living in the background: home-based women workers and poverty persistence

    Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2007
    This paper examines the relationship between home-based work and persistent poverty in certain parts of South and South East Asia. The author argues that an expanded conception of social protection is needed if poverty prevention initiatives are to be effective in the case of home-based women workers.
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    The process of social exclusion: the dynamics of an evolving concept

    Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2007
    What is the difference between social exclusion and chronic poverty? This paper examines some of the mechanisms of individuals’ downward spiral towards social disaffiliation. With a focus on Europe, it provides an analysis of social exclusion beyond that of monetary or material resource distribution, and compares it to chronic poverty.
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    Reaching the poor and vulnerable: targeting strategies for social funds and other community-driven programs

    World Bank Research, 2007
    Social fund and community-driven development programmes are gaining attention for their capacity to support scaling up efforts to end extreme poverty. This toolkit provides the concepts, empirical evidence, noteworthy case studies and the operational elements necessary to develop comprehensive poverty and vulnerability targeting mechanisms.
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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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