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  Fate and fear: risk and its consequences in Africa

  ESRC Global Poverty Research Group, 2007

  Africa 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: 
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  Do workers in Chile choose informal employment? A dynamic analysis of sector choice

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2007

  To 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.
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  The Malawi social cash transfer scheme: preliminary lessons learned

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2006

  Evidence 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.
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  Baseline survey of the 21 ISRDP and URP nodes

  Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2006

  This 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).
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  Public investment and poverty reduction: lessons from China and India

  Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2007

  This article argues that public investments in rural areas have contributed significantly to agricultural growth and rural poverty reduction in China and India.
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  Reducing child poverty with cash transfers: a sure thing?

  Consortium for Street Children, 2006

  Can cash transfer programmes targeted at children be effective in reducing childhood poverty? This article examines the effectiveness of three types of cash transfer programmes.
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  Courts under construction in Angola: what can they do for the poor?

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2006

  This paper examines the role that may be envisioned for the courts in Angola with respect to the poor.
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  Lessons from a direct welfare transfer intervention: a pilot project by Concern Universal in Malawi

  Concern Universal International, Malawi, 2006

  This 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.
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  Asset-based approaches to poverty reduction in a globalized context: an introduction to asset accumulation policy and summary of workshop findings

  Brookings Institution, 2006

  This working paper provides a brief introduction to asset-based approaches to poverty reduction in a globalised context.
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  Extending social assistance in China: lessons from the Minimum Living Standard Scheme

  Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2006

  This 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.

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