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    Effects of child care prices on women's labor force participation in Russia

    Gendernet, World Bank, 2000
    The paper models household demand for child care, mothers' labour force participation and working hours, in Russia.
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    Income risk, coping strategies and safety nets

    Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford, 2001
    This paper discusses the different strategies households use to cope with their livelihood risk. It focuses on income-based strategies, on assets as self-insurance and on informal insurance arrangements. It states that households are constrained in using these strategies.
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    Self-Targeted Subsidies: The Distributional Impact of the Egyptian Food Subsidy System

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2000
    Food subsidy programs are under increasing criticism in many developing countries because of their large contributions to government budget deficits.
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    The response of income diversification to macro and micro policy shocks in Côte d'Ivoire and Kenya

    Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000
    This paper presents evidence on the effects of two different sorts of policy shocks on observed income diversification patterns in rural Côte d'Ivoire and Kenya.Research results:In Côte d'Ivoire, massive currency devaluation reduced farmer income diversification by inducing a reallocation of effort toward the production of tradable agricultural commodities.
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    Rice market liberalization and poverty in Viet Nam

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2001
    The main objective of this report is to examine the new set of food policy issues facing Viet Nam as a result of its transformation into a major rice exporter and its transition toward a market economy. In particular, the report aims to shed some light on two key issues: What would be the effect on income and poverty of further liberalization of rice markets in Viet Nam?
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    Potential uses of food aid to support HIV/AIDS mitigation activities in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project, 2000
    This article looks at ways of using food aid as an intervention to mitigate the impacts of HIV/AIDS.
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    Social Pensions in Nambia and South Africa

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2001
    Non-contributory state pensions were introduced in South Africa in 1928.
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    Making less last longer: informal safety nets in Malawi

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 1999
    Examines role of informal safety nets in providing protection against livelihood shocks.Summarises state of knowledge on informal safety nets by reviewing available literature and also reporting on household survey carried out in Malawi in 1999.Key finding is that informal transfers, either between rich and poor or the poor themselves, appear to be declining over time, partly as a general co

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