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  India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Act: women’s participation and impacts in Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Rajasthan

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2011

  This research examines women's participation in NREGS (National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme) in selected areas in three states: Kerala, Himachal and Rajasthan. The Indian government's NREGS has succeeded in bringing large numbers of women into paid work, many of them for the first time. 
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  Issues in labour market inequality and women’s participation in India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme

  International Labour Organization, 2011

  The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (MGNREGP or NREGP), functions as an income supplement for poor households by providing 100 days of work to a rural household, with 33 per cent of all workdays reserved for women workers.
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  Occupational health and safety and the poorest

  Women in Informal Employment Globalizing and Organizing, 2011

  This report addresses the role of employment in efforts to reduce poverty in the context of increased globalisation and its impacts on labour markets. Worldwide, countries are experiencing a decline of jobs with secure and lasting contracts and work-related social benefits.
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  The informal economy and decent work: a policy resource guide supporting transitions to formality

  International Labour Organization, 2013

  This is a policy resource guide developed to build the capacities of ILO constituents in approaches that facilitate transitions to formality. Previous work has shown that the move out of informality requires approaches that are targeted, comprehensive and inter-disciplinary.
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  Social protection programmes contribute to HIV prevention

  UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2015

  This brief describes the pathways through which social protection contributes to HIV prevention, particularly in addressing the social, economic and structural drivers of HIV in adolescents.
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  Cash transfers for HIV prevention: considering their potential

  Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2013

  Cash transfers programmes are increasingly being recognised for their potential to reduce poverty and achieve other social goals, such as improved health and education. Evidence from Malawi and Tanzania suggests that cash transfers can impact HIV-related behaviours and outcomes and, therefore, could serve as an important component of HIV prevention efforts. 
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  Measuring health and well-being of young people in the Transfer Project

  UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2015

  This policy brief addresses the knowledge gap that exists about the effectiveness of cash transfer programmes to impact young people’s health, development and well-being.
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  How does a national poverty programme influence sexual debut among Kenyan adolescents?

  Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, 2016

  Cash transfer programmes have recently emerged as promising interventions for HIV prevention among adolescents in Africa. However, the precise mechanisms through which risk reduction occurs are not well understood.
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  Ghana LEAP programme increases schooling outcomes

  UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2015

  There is a growing body of literature analysing the impacts of social cash transfer programmes (SCT) on schooling. This brief summarizes findings from the impact evaluation of the Ghana Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme on schooling outcomes overall and for various subgroups: by sex, age group and cognitive ability. 
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  Social protection programs and early childhood development: unexplored potential

  Plan International, 2013

  The rapid growth in social protection programs has been fuelled in part by the promise of its ability to reduce poverty, including emerging findings on improved child health and education outcomes.

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