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Searching with a thematic focus on Social protection, Poverty, Livelihoods

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  How does working as a child affect wage, income and poverty as an adult?

  World Bank, 2005

  This study assesses the future poverty impact of child labour. Drawing on empircal evidence from Brazil, the report examines the trends and tradeoffs between education and child labour.
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  Why is mobility in India so low?: social insurance, inequality, and growth

  Center for International Development, Harvard University, 2005

  This paper examines the hypothesis that the persistence of low spatial and marital mobility in rural India, despite increased growth rates and rising inequality in recent years, is due to the existence of sub-caste networks that provide mutual insurance to their members.
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  Street vendors in Asia: a review

  Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2005

  This study reviews research on street vendors in Asia in order to assess the extent of street vending across x Asian countries. It also collates information on the unionisation of the vendors as well as other organisations, comprising CBOs, NGOs & self help groups, that work for their welfare.
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  Gendered implications of tax reform in Latin America: Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, and Jamaica

  United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2005

  In the context of Latin American and Caribbean countries, this paper proposes that the most effective means for reducing class- and gender-based poverty and inequality is citizenship-based entitlements to basic (i.e.
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  HIV Aids and gender impact report

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2003

  This report summarizes the findings of a household livelihood survey in Zambia. The aim was to gain a clear understanding of the dynamics of assets and livelihood strategies that are induced by the presence of HIV/AIDS in communities and households in Northern Province.The report is divided into two sections.
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  Process deficits or political constraints? bottom-up evaluation of non-contributory social protection policy for rural labourers in India

  Center for Demography of Health and Aging, University of Wisconsin, 2005

  Often, the implementation of anti-poverty programmes has been evaluated on the basis of their outcomes rather than the process of implementation. Such methods of evaluation assume that good outcome indicators are the result of good implementation.
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  Inventory of micro-insurance schemes in the Philippines

  International Labour Organization, 2005

  This working paper has been launched as part of the Global Campaign on Social Security and Coverage for All, which was initiated in June 2003. The paper makes the point that the majority of poor people, particularly women working in the informal sector, are often not protected against shocks through social security.
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  Tsunami victims’ perceptions of the proposed buffer zone and its implications in eastern Sri Lanka

  South Asia Citizens Web, 2005

  This paper examines local perceptions of the proposed 200 meter buffer zone along Sri Lanka's coast, following the devastation of the Indian Ocean tsunami. The government’s decision was taken under a state of Emergency and without any consultation with the victims, their representatives, or professionals in this area.
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  Recovery from the tsunami disaster: poverty reduction and sustainable development through microfinance

  Grameen Foundation USA, 2005

  This paper reports the findings of a team of specialists from the Grameen Foundation USA, deployed in the aftermath of the Boxing Day tsunami to assess conditions facing the poor and the effects of the disaster on the provision of microfinance.
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  A quantitative assessment of social exclusion in Pakistan

  Oxford Policy Management, 2005

  This briefing note aims to quantify the relationship between social exclusion and poverty in Pakistan. It offers a quantitative description and analysis of social exclusion in Pakistan through a literature review of all forms of exclusion and the analysis of datasets with information on socially excluded groups.

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