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    'We are all poor here’: economic difference, social divisiveness, and targeting cash transfers in Sub-Saharan Africa

    University of Sussex, UK, 2008
    Although most social transfer schemes tend to confront targeting difficulties, this poses a particular challenge in poor Sub-Saharan African countries where very little distinguishes the economic conditions of the bottom 50-60 percent of the population, more so in rural areas. While this has been the experience for several programmes, the evidence is as yet of an anecdotal nature.
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    The search for synergies between social protection and livelihood promotion: the agriculture case

    Overseas Development Institute, 2004
    How and how far can social protection measures also be livelihood promoting? And how far can livelihood promotion in agriculture contribute to social protection?  This ODI working paper reports on a DFID Natural Resources and Agriculture Team project reviewing the linkages between social protection and agricultural and rural growth.
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    The Centre for the Analysis of South African Social Policy (CASASP)

    The Centre for the Analysis of South African Social Policy (CASASP) in the Department of Social Policy and Social Work (DSPSW) at the University of Oxford aims to assist in the eradication of poverty
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    Social protection for the poor and poorest in developing countries: reflections on a quiet revolution

    Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2008
    The concept and practice of social protection in developing countries has advanced at an astonishing pace over the last decade or so. There is a growing consensus around the view that social protection constitutes an effective response to poverty and vulnerability in developing countries, and an essential component of economic and social development strategies.
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    Social protection and ageing in Malawi

    Economic and Social Department, FAO, 2008
    In the past, the elderly in Malawi used to depend on the economic and social support of their children and the community. With increased socio-economic difficulties and changing family ties, children fail to look after their ageing parents. Similarly, communities are failing to provide for the needs of the elderly.
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    An evaluation of the poverty reduction impact of the non-contributory old age pension scheme in Lesotho: The case of Manonyane

    University of Pretoria, 2007
    In November 2004, the government of the Kingdom of Lesotho introduced a non-contributory old age pension scheme for persons 70 years of age and older. The need to reduce poverty in this particularly vulnerable group was seen as an important objective.
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    The economic and social impacts of the old age pension on the protection of the Basotho elderly and their households

    University of Pretoria, 2008
    This paper presents the preliminary findings from survey research done between 2005 and 2007 of how the availability of a universal old age pension since November 2004 has affected the economic and social well-being of its elderly recipients in Lesotho.
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    REBA case study brief

    Wahenga, Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme, 2008
    Cash transfers are increasingly being used to address hunger and vulnerability in Sub Saharan Africa – often as an alternative to food aid. Such interventions have been informed by different models of social protection.
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    Social issues under economic transformation and integration in Vietnam, Volume 1

    Vietnam Development Forum, 2008
    Fast growth and integration has intensified social problems in Vietnam. New problems have also arisen. Rapidly urbanising areas are experiencing issues with street children, prostitution, and HIV/AIDS epidemic transmission. Nationally there are problems in the education system and social welfare, rising inequality, and in elderly populations.
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    Pension fund performance

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2008
    This study, by the OECD in collaboration with the World Bank and some private sector institutions, aims to compare investment performance of privately managed pension funds across several OECD, Latin American and Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries.

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