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Sustainable livelihoods approaches: past, present and...future?
Knowledge Services, IDS, 2011How are Sustainable Livelihoods Approaches (SLAs) relevant to current and future development challenges? What has been learnt from the experience of using SLAs to date?DocumentOff the grid: exploring the expanding informal economy and threats to old-age social protection in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
HelpAge International, 2011Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan face the simultaneous challenges of a ballooning informal labour force and an ageing population. Pension systems will have difficulty providing adequate social protection to future generations of older people, especially those without formal labour records.DocumentChallenges of formal social security systems in Sudan
Munich Personal RePEc Archive, 2011‘Social Protection Floor’ means an access to essential services and social transfers for the poor and vulnerable. Sudan, the author of this report argues, embodies the necessity for such schemes. The paper shows that poverty in Sudan is deeply entrenched and that is largely rural. The author notes that poverty particularly affects farmers who practice rainfed agriculture.DocumentThe price of income security in older age: cost of a universal pension in 50 low- and middle-income countries
HelpAge International, 2011Social pensions are a vehicle for reducing the poverty of the population as a whole. This paper reviews the cost of universal pensions, suggesting that the cost of universal pensions in developing countries today is affordable.DocumentGood practice in the development of management information systems for social protection
HelpAge International, 2011Management information systems (MISs) are core to the design of social protection schemes. This working paper examines good practice in the design of MISs for social protection. The paper argues that discussions on the design and implementation of social protection MISs should move away from the narrow view that they consist only of software and hardware.DocumentSocial assistance in developing countries database
Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2011This database in print form aims to:DocumentHuman rights of older persons in india - a national study
Agewell Foundation, 2011The population of India has approximately tripled during the last 50 years, but the number of elderly Indians has increased more than fourfold. Better medical facilities, care and liberal family planning policies made the elderly the fastest growing section of the society in India - average life expectancy has also gone up to over 70 years today.DocumentAn analysis of the national budget: allocation for the ultra poor
Bangladesh Online Research Network, 2011This dialogue report provides a view of poverty in Bangladesh. The country has been performing well from the growth perspective in the recent past as GDP growth rate has been on average of 5.8% per year during 2000-2010.DocumentHow best to target the poor: an operational targeting of the poor using indicator-based proxy means tests
AgEcon Search, 2010Households whose incomes are below the poverty line are considered eligible for targeted benefits. The current paper seeks to find out how best to target the poor, using household survey data from Uganda. The study compares the performances of four alternative models and analyse the sensitivity of the models to the chosen poverty line.DocumentDeveloping a social assistance strategy for the SADC region based on the success of Brazil’s Bolsa Familia programme
Wahenga, Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme, 2007Given the recent interest in South Africa for developing a basic income grant, it is useful to study successful examples of social grant implementation to ascertain the challenges and opportunities associated with such a system.Pages