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  Household's vulnerability to shocks in Zambia

  PovertyNet, World Bank, 2005

  Zambia is a country characterized by a high incidence of poverty and exposure to several types of shocks like HIV/AIDS, macroeconomic instability and periodic droughts.
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  Informal sector versus informal contracts in Nairobi, Kenya

  Développement, Institutions & Analyses de Long terme, 2005

  From official records, it would appear that the labour market significantly shifted from the formal to the informal sector in Kenya.
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  Three models of social protection

  International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2005

  This one-pager outlines three examples of social protecion programmes in India, South Africa, Colombia and Brazil.
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  Evaluation of NPA's support to Mutuelle, a voluntary health insurance scheme in Rwanda

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2005

  Following the withdrawl of donor support for health services after the emergency period, the government of Rwanda introduced user fees. This led to a decrease in the demand for health services, and it is from this background that Mutuelle emerged. Introduced in 1999, Mutuelle is a community based health insurance scheme.
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  Building on gender, agrobiodiversity and local knowledge: a training manual

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2006

  This training manual focuses specifically on the linkages between local knowledge systems, gender roles and relationships, the conservation and management of agrobiodiversity, plant and animal genetic resources, and food security. Its aim is to promote a holistic understanding of these components.
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  Land reform and its impact on livelihoods: evidence from eight land reform groups in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa

  Farm Africa, 2005

  One of the key objectives of the South African land reform programme is to provide poor people with an additional asset that they could use to develop strategies to escape from poverty.
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  Unemployment insurance in Chile

  Conferencia Interamericana de Seguridad Social / Inter-American Conference on Social Security, Mexico, 2005

  Unemployment compensations are widely accepted within the framework of social security, but are not always desirable from an economic perspective because their existence somehow modifies labor market equilibrium and determines incentives that could lead to increasing unemployment rates.
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  Institutional issues in chronic poverty reduction, rural livelihoods and people's participation: a study of Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India

  Eldis Document Store, 2005

  The paper reports on a field study into the effectiveness of institutional processes to address anti-chronic poverty interventions in Paschim Medinipur district in the State of West Bengal in India.
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  Climate vulnerability in Cuba: the role of social networks

  Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo, 2005

  This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of climate change adaptation in the context of social networks, and asks why some people are better able to cope than others. It examines recent economic and social developments in Cuba, and how these impact on vulnerability.
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  Challenges and experiences in extending social protection

  Conferencia Interamericana de Seguridad Social / Inter-American Conference on Social Security, Mexico, 2005

  Extending social protection to groups that are economically weak or groups that have been excluded from social protection is a topic of permanent concern for governments of almost every developing country.

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