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  State transfers to the poor and back: the case of the food for work programme in Andhra Pradesh

  Overseas Development Institute, 2003

  This paper discusses the shortcomings of the Food for Work programme in Andhra Pradesh to provide employment to drought-affected poor people.
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  The informal economy: fact finding study

  Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2004

  This study provides an overview of the characteristics of the informal economy in developing countries, identifies reasons for the significance of the informal economy, and provides recommendations for SIDA on how to address the issues raised through its development programmes.The paper emphasises that the informal economy needs to be better understood, by both governments and donors, because i
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  Livelihoods and climate change: combining disaster risk reduction, natural resource management and climate change adaptation in a new approach to the reduction of vulnerability and poverty

  Climate Change, International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2003

  This paper discusses a variety of issues surrounding livelihoods and climate change. Highlights of the paper include:
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  Child poverty and cash transfers

  Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre, 2004

  This paper addresses the effectiveness of cash transfers in addressing childhood poverty in developing and transition economies.
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  Food aid and livelihoods in emergency situations: strategies for the World Food Programme

  United Nations [UN] World Food Programme, 2003

  This paper by the World Food Programme (WFP) was prepared to establish a policy statement on livelihoods-focussed response in emergency situations.The paper particularly highlights:that supporting livelihoods requires an understanding of the assets, capabilities and activities that men and women use to ensure their means of livingin emergencies, analysing the impact of the crisis on
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  Understanding the dynamics of socio-economic mobility: tales from two Indian villages

  Overseas Development Institute, 2004

  This paper examines the factors impacting on livelihoods in rural India.
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  Livelihoods approaches to information and communication in support of rural poverty elimination and food security

  Research and Policy in Development, ODI, 2003

  This report looks at the of information in livelihoods, and makes recommendations on how agencies can capitalise on and integrate the best elements of traditional communication methods and the ICT revolution technologies within the livelihoods approach. Seven key recommendations were identified :
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  Sustainable livelihoods: a case study of the evolution of DFID policy

  Research and Policy in Development, ODI, 2003

  This paper is a case study of the influence of research on a particular shift in policy for the UK Department of International Development (DFID). In the 1997 White Paper on international development, DFID made the 'sustainable livelihoods approach' (or SLA), a core principle of its strategy for pro-poor policy making.
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  Farmers' life school manual

  UNDP South East Asia HIV and Development, 2004

  Rural farming communities are particularly threatened by HIV/AIDS, leaving household security at stake. Recognising the warning signs in Asia, FAO and UNDP set up a joint initiative: The Farmers’ Life School. The project was originally field-tested in Cambodia and has generated considerable international interest.
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  Household coping strategies in response to the introduction of user charges of social services: a case study on health in Uganda

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 1999

  This Institute of Development Studies (IDS) working paper examines the approaches to health care seeking and financing by households. The study examines two poor districts in rural Uganda using a range of qualitative research techniques.

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