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  Poverty and labour market markers of HIV+ households: an exploratory methodological analysis

  Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2004

  This study provides a tentative analysis of the relationship between HIV, poverty and labour markets. The author illustrates that the relationship between poverty, labour markets and HIV is not homogenous but multi-dimensional in character.
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  Export processing zone expansion in an African country: what are the labour market and gender impacts?

  Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program, Cornell University, 2004

  This study seeks to understand the labour market (employment and earnings) and gender impacts of the dramatic recent expansion of the export processing zone (the Zone Franche) in urban Madagascar.The authors found that, controlling for worker characteristics,earnings in the Zone Franche are comparable to the private formal employment, lower than in the public sector, but much higher than in in
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  The social and economic impact of South Africa’s social security system

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2004

  This study evaluates the social and economic impacts of South Africa's State Old Age Pensions (SOAP), Disability Grants (DG), Child Support Grants (CSG), Care Dependency Grants (CDG), Foster Care Grants (FCG) and Grants-in-Aid (GIA).
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  The public budget and maternal mortality in Mexico: an overview of the experience

  International Budget Partnership, 2004

  During 2002, Fundar, a center for analysis and research working on budget issues in Mexico, engaged in a project aimed at evaluating the extent to which public resources were being allocated to the reduction of maternal mortality.
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  Wage and labour regulation in Vietnam within the poverty reduction agenda

  Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, University of Singapore, 2004

  Since 1986, Vietnam officially began its transition from a centrally-planned economy towards a market-oriented economy. In parallel to drastic economic reforms, the regulatory environment was improved and enhanced, in order to facilitate this transition.
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  The benefits of rural roads: enhancing income opportunities for the rural poor

  Grupo de Analisis para el Desarrollo, Peru, 2002

  This paper examines the impacts of rehabilitating rural roads on key welfare indicators such as income and consumption. It aims to complement previous studies which have concentrated mainly on reductions in monetary or time costs needed to access product and factor markets or key public social services.
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  Global employment trends for women, 2004

  International Labour Organization, 2004

  This paper examines the increasing proportion of women in the labour force, and how this is enabling women in many regions to use their potential in the labour market and to achieve economic independence.The authors explore questions including:whether the fact that women are increasingly entering the labour market means that the gap between male and female participation is closingdo
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  Challenges in the social sector: confronting Caribbean SIDS

  United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2004

  This paper identifies those areas which ECLAC believes lead to the most pressing social problems in the Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
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  Sliding into poverty? cross-national patterns of income source change and income decay in old age

  Center for Retirement Research, Boston College, 2004

  This article examines the change in the mix of income and benefits that older adults receive as they age, with a focus on older women. The study is a cross-national comparison of five OECD countries (Australia, Canada, UK, USA, Sweden) using the Luxemburg Income Study database.Authors investigate the change of private income and social benefits following synthetic cohorts for two decades.
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  In search of work: international migration of women in Latin America and the Caribbean, selected bibliography

  United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2004

  This bibliography on the migration of women in Latin America and the Caribbean in search of work forms part of the activities of the ECLAC/GTZ project "Gender oriented labour market policy," whose main objective is to promote the implementation of measures in favour of equality in employment and labour market policies.

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