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Impact of children on household savings in the Philippines
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2005This paper examines the relationship between household savings and family size.DocumentSocial insurance in the Philippines: responding to the global financial crisis and beyond
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2009This paper aims to review and assess protection afforded by the Social Security System and the Government Service Insurance System, two out of the three agencies tasked with administering social insurance in the country.DocumentFilipino elderly living arrangements, work activity, and labor income as old-age support
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2012Results from the 2007 National Transfer Accounts (NTA) for the PhilippinesDocumentAfter five years of Pantawid, what next?
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2013When the Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program was designed the government publicly promised to limit to five years the giving of the education and health grants. This five year limit is almost over for the first set of beneficiaries by 2013. The natural policy question then is would it be wise to keep the promise or would an extension be better?DocumentConditional cash transfer program in the Philippines: is it reaching the extremely poor?
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2012The Philippine government shows its serious effort to combat poverty through the continuing expansion of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), the Philippines` version of the conditional cash transfer (CCT) program modeled by Latin American countries.DocumentThe economics and psychology of long term savings and pensions: a randomised experiment among low-income entrepreneurs in Maharashtra, India
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2015It is widely accepted that access to banking can provide both growth and security to vulnerable households. It is also well understood that poor households, especially in developing countries, tend to be underserved by credit markets. In recent decades, the question of credit has emerged as a major focus in development economics.DocumentA just retirement future for Chilean workers: social insurance or private savings?
Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2015The debate between exponents of public and private pensions is as old as social security itself, but the question remains. Which model is most likely to augment the financial well-being of Chilean workers in retirement, social insurance or private savings?DocumentThe political economy of pension reform: public opinion in Latin America and the Caribbean
Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo / Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), 2015Countries around the world are facing important challenges to the sustainability of their pension systems. Changing policies, especially those of large scope and financial magnitude, is a political challenge. It takes a combination of willingness, capacity and enough political support to change the status quo and avoid costly subsequent reversals.DocumentAge and gender effects on time discounting in a large scale cash transfer programme
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2015Inter-temporal choice represents one of the most fascinating topics in economics. Understanding its determinants can provide vital in sight into decisions ranging from savings and financial investment to smoking, obesity and human capital accumulation.DocumentThe (missing) social protection for older people in Tanzania: a comparative study in rural and urban areas
2009The United Republic of Tanzania (2003) responded to the given challenges by creating a National Policy on Ageing to set a base for promoting health care, participation and income security for its older population. After Mauritius it is the second country in Africa to have set such a concrete policy on ageing.Pages