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Fate and fear: risk and its consequences in Africa
ESRC Global Poverty Research Group, 2007Africa is vulnerable to numerous risks and shocks, including drought, natural disasters, conflict and political instability, and high levels of child and adult mortality and morbidity. This paper reviews micro-level evidence on risk and its implications for growth and poverty in Africa. The following key points are emphasised:DocumentDo workers in Chile choose informal employment? A dynamic analysis of sector choice
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2007To asses the coverage of Chile’s social insurance and pensions plan, this paper examines shifts in the country's labour market during a period of economic contraction. Employment in the formal sector requires workers to save for social insurance, while the self-employed can choose whether and how to save and the informal workers are responsible for their own pension.DocumentThe Malawi social cash transfer scheme: preliminary lessons learned
United Nations Children's Fund, 2006Evidence from a pilot social cash transfer programme in Malawi indicates that it is a cost-effective, quick way to meet the basic needs of ultra-poor households whose members are unable to work.DocumentBaseline survey of the 21 ISRDP and URP nodes
Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2006This report is the third in a sequence that gives qualitative and quantitative data from socio-economic and demographic baseline studies in 21 South African areas (nodes) making up the Integrated Sustainable Rural Development Programme (ISRDP) and Urban Renewal Programme (URP).DocumentPublic investment and poverty reduction: lessons from China and India
Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2007This article argues that public investments in rural areas have contributed significantly to agricultural growth and rural poverty reduction in China and India.DocumentReducing child poverty with cash transfers: a sure thing?
Consortium for Street Children, 2006Can cash transfer programmes targeted at children be effective in reducing childhood poverty? This article examines the effectiveness of three types of cash transfer programmes.DocumentCourts under construction in Angola: what can they do for the poor?
Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2006This paper examines the role that may be envisioned for the courts in Angola with respect to the poor.DocumentLessons from a direct welfare transfer intervention: a pilot project by Concern Universal in Malawi
Concern Universal International, Malawi, 2006This briefing paper documents the lessons learnt from the Dedza Safety Nets Pilot Project (DSNPP) in Malawi. The DSNPP compared the impact of all three DWT systems, i.e. cash, voucher and in-kind transfers on chronic poverty and vulnerability within a non-emergency context. The project aimed to compare the impact of all three DWT systems, i.e.DocumentAsset-based approaches to poverty reduction in a globalized context: an introduction to asset accumulation policy and summary of workshop findings
Brookings Institution, 2006This working paper provides a brief introduction to asset-based approaches to poverty reduction in a globalised context.DocumentExtending social assistance in China: lessons from the Minimum Living Standard Scheme
Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2006This report details China's urban Minimum Living Standard Scheme (MLSS). This is a social assistance programme initially focused on the chronically poor, but later extended to the long-term unemployed.Pages
