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  Starter Packs and hunger crises: a briefing for policymakers on food security in Malawi

  Statistical Services Centre, University of Reading, 2003

  This briefing presents some key findings of the Malawi Starter Pack/Targeted Inputs Programme (TIP). This programme provides provided free packs containing fertiliser, improved maize seed and legume seed for rural households. At present, rural Malawi is caught in a trap. Poverty is so extreme and widespread and food security so precarious that any shock is enough to cause a crisis.
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  Longevity in Russia’s regions: do poverty and low public health spending kill?

  World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2004

  This paper examines the impact of changes in poverty and public health spending on inter-temporal variations in longevity using a unique regional-level dataset that covers 77 regions of Russia over the period 1994-2000. The dynamic panel data model is used as a tool for the empirical analysis. The model is estimated using the Arellano-Bond dynamic panel data estimator.
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  A project framework for a development strategy targeting the ultra poor

  Eldis Document Store, 2004

  This paper aims to provide a project framework based on features of poverty described by the 'ultra poor' themselves.
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  Towards feasible social security systems in sub-Saharan Africa

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2004

  The prospects for workable social security systems in sub-Saharan Africa do not appear encouraging.
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  Millennium Project task force on education and gender equality: interim report on achieving the Millennium Development Goal of universal primary education

  Millennium Project, 2004

  This report is designed to facilitate consultation with civil society, experts and the international community on the priorities and strategies of the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on education for girls, in preparation of the final report to be completed in December 2004.It first discusses the MDGs on education and gender equality, and international data and trends in gen
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  Social security for the disabled in India

  Eldis Document Store, 2003

  This document argues that the current Indian Social Security programmes do not sufficiently address disability and associated problems of unemployment and poverty at the onset. Since most programmes are linked to formal employment, without factoring in the needs of disabled people.
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  Poverty targeting in Indonesia: programs, problems and lessons learned

  Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia, 2004

  The significant rise in poverty levels in Indonesia following the economic crisis in 1997 led to the implementation of several targeted poverty alleviation programs. How effective were these programs at mitigating the impact of the crisis on the poor? This paper assesses some key poverty alleviation programs, specifically targeted to the poor.
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  Interim report of Task Force 3 on Education and Gender Equality: executive summary

  Millennium Project, 2004

  This paper summarises the main issues raised by the United Nation's Taskforce on Gender and Equality report.
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  Childhood poverty in Rajasthan: a review of literature

  Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre, 2004

  This paper reviews the literature on childhood poverty in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Designed to inform future primary research in the state, it examines the effects of poverty on children, analyses the relationship between livelihoods and childhood poverty and wellbeing, and identifies some of the mechanisms by which poverty is transferred across generations.
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  Creating livelihoods under stress: some examples from India

  Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2002

  This report details the process of creating and managing livelihoods under stress in India, through three case studies.

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