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Severe poverty and growth: a macro-micro analysis
Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2004This paper discusses the relationship between growth and poverty and argues that there is sufficient evidence to demonstrate policy and institutional changes that would enable an exit out of poverty.DocumentForging partnership for social protection in South and East Asia
Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester, 2005This paper represents a summary of the discussions from a workshop that sought to identify useful models, case studies and best practices that would be useful in building and maintaining viable systems for social protection. The results of the workshop are intended to feed into developing strategy to rebuild social protection systems after decades of neglect.DocumentWin-win or lose-lose?an examination of the use of public works as a social protection instrument in situations of chronic poverty.
Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester, 2005This paper examines the role of public works as a social protection instrument in the context of chronic poverty.DocumentA missing point in the livelihoods approach: the question of property rights
Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester, 2005This paper explores the relationship between property rights and livelihoods.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.DocumentRecent trends in the development agenda of Latin America: an analysis of conditional cash transfers
Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester, 2005This paper analyses the characteristics, design and implementation factors contributing to the popularity of conditional cash transfers (CCT) in Latin America. It is based on an analysis of the Mexican Program of Education, Health and Nutrition (Progresa) and the Brazilian Bolsa Escola.DocumentNon-contributory pensions and poverty reduction in Brazil and South Africa
Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester, 2005This paper considers the incidence of cash transfer programmes for the old in Brazil and South Africa on poverty among households with older people. Using comparable datasets the paper constructs conditional and unconditional estimates of the poverty reduction capacity of these programmes.DocumentRegional perspectives on 'Sustainable Livelihoods and Business'
World Business Council for Sustainable Development, 2004This report presents the features and findings obtained in a series of regional dialogues on sustainable livelihoods, which put special emphasis on taking into account different cultural and socio-economic contexts when doing business with the poor.DocumentDoing business with the poor: a field guide
World Business Council for Sustainable Development, 2004This guide presents a number of practical guidelines for businesses intending to engage in business with the poor. It primarily seeks to inform how to develop and engage in these new business opportunities and how to "do well by doing good".DocumentWidows, AIDS, health and human rights in Africa: case study from Tanzania
Social Science Research Network, 2004Widows, in Tanzania and many other parts of the world, face discrimination on a regular basis, which often condemns women to a life of poverty.Pages