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  Innocenti Social Monitor 2004: the MONEE Project CEE/CIS/Baltic states

  UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2004

  This paper reviews four areas of child poverty and well-being in CEE, CIS and Baltic States, exploring links with issues such as economic growth, labour markets, migration and drugs use. It argues that a rights based approach must be taken to ensure inclusion, participation and redistribution of the benefits of economic progress.
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  Policy expectations and programme reality: the poverty reduction and labour market impact of two public works programmes in South Africa

  Overseas Development Institute, 2004

  This paper explores the contribution of public works to social protection in South Africa, drawing evidence from two case studies, the Gundo Lashu programme in Limpopo and the Zibambele programme in KwaZulu Natal.
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  Seasonal migration for livelihoods in India: coping, accumulation and exclusion

  Overseas Development Institute, 2003

  Seasonal and circular migration of labour for employment has become one of the most durable components of the livelihood strategies of people living in rural areas on India .This paper looks at why some groups within India have succeeded in entering accumulative migration pathways while others have been excluded. The author adopts a social exclusion and livelihoods approach in analysing the liv
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  The reach of the South African child support grant: evidence from KwaZulu-Natal

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2003

  This article examines changes in social welfare policies in South Africa after Apartheid. The authors examine the government’s new Child Support Grant programme using data collected at a demographic surveillance site in KwaZulu-Natal to examine the effects of such policy changes.
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  Globalisation and social security in low-income countries: the case of Côte d’Ivoire

  Council for the Development of Economic and Social Research in Africa, 2003

  This paper argues that the impacts of globalisation have created new challenges for social security systems in developing countries, and looks at ways in which these systems could be redesigned in order to alleviate poverty and guarantee economic security.
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  Sustaining rural livelihoods in fragile environments: resource endowments or policy interventions?

  Centre For Economic And Social Studies, India, 2004

  It is argued that resource endowments determine the level and dynamics of livelihoods at the household level rather than policy interventions per se. On the other hand, policy interventions, given the status and structure of the economy, only act as catalysts. Policies for strengthening the resource base are necessary but not sufficient to address the livelihood issues.
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  Inequities in health and health care in India: can the poor hope for a respite?

  Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2003

  The poor are both more likely to be affected by poor health, and more adversely affected by it, since they are less likely to have insurance against the loss of income that results from illness. This paper examines the problem of limited access of the poor to healthcare in India.
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  Stories of targeting: process documentation of selecting the ultra poor for CFPR/TUP programme: process documentation

  Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, 2004

  This paper documents the targeting process used in selecting individuals by bringing together diverse strands of knowledge on poverty (indigenous, local, programmatic, and academic) in identifying and selecting beneficiaries.
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  Combining methodologies for better targeting of the extreme poor: lessons from BRAC’s CFPR/TUP programme

  Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, 2004

  This paper aims to assess the effectiveness and draw lessons from a targeting strategy used in identifying the ultra poor.
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  Breaking new ground: livelihood choices, opportunities and tradeoffs for women and girls in rural Bangladesh

  IDL Group, 2004

  This report discusses the type and nature of changes that Bangladeshi rural women and girls perceive as the most important. The report, based on field analysis, finds that women and girls are participating in and in many cases driving changes in rural areas of Bangladesh.The report highlights the fact that significant changes are taking place in rural life throughout Bangladesh.

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