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  Gendered analysis of the working for water programme: a case study of the Tsitsikama Working for Water project

  Institute for Democracy in South Africa, 2005

  Governments have attempted to mitigate the effects of high unemployment in various ways, particularly through targeted interventions such as public works programmes. The Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) of the South African government aims to address unemployment by creating labour intensive jobs through government expenditure.
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  Organisation change and sustainable livelihoods

  Eldis Document Store, 2000

  How do organisations need to change in order to support a sustainable livelihoods approach? How can this change be implemented? This paper by Mary Hobley draws on both business management approaches and experience within development organisations. It explores the internal change process necessary to put livelihoods at the forefront of service providers’ and donors’ organisations.
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  Darfur: livelihoods under siege

  Feinstein International Center, USA, 2005

  This draft report presents findings of a study to investigate the effects of the current conflict and humanitarian crisis on the livelihoods of selected communities in Darfur, in order to refine strategic humanitarian interventions.The study focused on labour migration, livestock production and trade, and on communities’ links with central and eastern Sudan and with Libya.It traces the sourc
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  Breaking poverty cycles: the importance of action in childhood

  Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre, 2004

  This briefing paper examines the ways in which extreme childhood poverty can have irreversible lifetime effects. These include poor health, missed education, and poor early childcare and social protection.
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  Building social capital for the ultra poor: challenges and achievements

  Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, 2005

  BRAC introduced a programme designed to meet the special needs of the extreme poor called, "Challenging the frontier of poverty reduction: targeting ultra poor (TUP)" programme in 2002. The programme consists of economic and health inputs designed to create sustainable livelihoods. However, it was felt that the assets they received might be vulnerable to theft and damage.
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  Cash and vouchers in emergencies

  Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2005

  This discussion paper examines the use of cash and vouchers to provide people with assistance in emergency situations. The literature reviewed by the paper highlights that cash and voucher approaches remain largely under-utilised in the humanitarian sector.
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  Online database of World Bank Impact evaluations

  World Bank, 2005

  The Poverty Analysis, Monitoring and Impact Evaluation Thematic Group in the World Bank has launched a new online-searchable database of impact evaluations. This database provides access to impact evaluations of World Bank-supported interventions and impact evaluations undertaken by World Bank staff over the past few years.
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  The Voice-responsiveness framework: creating political space for the extreme poor

  Eldis Document Store, 2004

  This paper from the Chars Livelihoods Programme (CLP) in Bangladesh argues that the very poor must be empowered to actively participate in political processes if they are to get the reforms and services they need.
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  Health and social protection: meeting the needs of the very poor

  Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester, 2005

  This paper from the DFID Health Systems Resource Centre explores the policy implications of bringing together work on the burden of disease and on social protection.It argues that the analysis of responses to health-related risks must take into account the existence of major structural inequalities and highly segmented health and social protection systems.Better-off people tend to benefit from wel
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  Intersections of human rights and customs: a livelihood perspective on water laws

  Natural Resources Institute, UK, 2005

  Does a human rights approach to water actually support to the multiple ways in which men and women actually share and manage water in rural contexts?

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