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Addressing the employment-poverty nexus in Kenya: comparing cash-transfer and job-creation programmes
International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2007What is the link between employment and poverty reduction in Kenya? This paper examines unemployment, underemployment, employment and labour earnings, and the relationship of all these with poverty. Based on an analysis of a Labour Force Survey, the author finds that:DocumentReforming cash-based social assistance in Serbia
Oxford Policy Management, 2007The Government of Serbia intends to increase the number of poor who are covered by social assistance and to better target cash transfers to the poor. This briefing note summarises key findings on the opportunities of reform of two main cash benefits; child allowances and material support for low income households (MOP). Key points that emerge from programme evaluations include:DocumentSocial protection in the Arab region: the challenging concept and the hard reality
Social Watch, 2007According to current trends, future prospects in the Arab region appear to point towards less protection and further marginalisation of the unemployed, the abject poor, and workers in the informal sector. Such negative projections stem from the persistence of existing budgetary constraints on social security systems and inefficient public expenditure.DocumentSocial protection for home-based women workers in South Asia : learning from action and research
Institute of Social Studies Trust, India, 2007Home-based work is an increasingly important source of employment in South Asia, where it is estimated that there are over 50 million home-based workers.DocumentSocial protection and cash transfers in Uganda: frequently asked questions on cash transfers
Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2007This brief attempts to answer some of the most frequently asked questions about the cash transfer scheme piloted by Uganda’s Ministry of Gender Labor and Social Development (MGLSD), with funding support from UK’s Department for International Development (DFID). These include:DocumentThe impact of unconditional cash transfers on nutrition: the South African Child Support Grant
International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2007This paper estimates the impact of South Africa’s Child Support Grant (CSG) on child nutrition as measured by child height-for-age. It finds that large dosages of CSG treatment early in life significantly boosts child height.OrganisationOxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI)
The Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) is a new economic research centre within the Department of International Development at Oxford University.DocumentThe Americas social security report 2007
Conferencia Interamericana de Seguridad Social / Inter-American Conference on Social Security, Mexico, 2006Processes associated with globalisation have lead to a range of new challenges relating to social protection throughout the Americas.DocumentLinking social protection and the productive sectors
Overseas Development Institute, 2007Agricultural growth can be socially protecting, but is also vulnerable to shocks and stresses, particularly for small farmers and farm workers. This paper sets out current practice and future prospects in respect of how social protection and agriculture relate to each other.DocumentRethinking economic reform in Jordan: confronting socioeconomic realities
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2007This paper explores the extent of and limits to the economic reform process in Jordan since 1989. It argues that the general public is sceptical about reforms because previous efforts failed to address the major social and economic problems affecting the majority of its citizens. Likewise, reform efforts face severe resistance from elites who benefit from the status quo.Pages