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  Baseline survey of the 21 ISRDP and URP nodes

  Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2006

  This report is the third in a sequence that gives qualitative and quantitative data from socio-economic and demographic baseline studies in 21 South African areas (nodes) making up the Integrated Sustainable Rural Development Programme (ISRDP) and Urban Renewal Programme (URP).
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  Public investment and poverty reduction: lessons from China and India

  Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2007

  This article argues that public investments in rural areas have contributed significantly to agricultural growth and rural poverty reduction in China and India.
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  Reducing child poverty with cash transfers: a sure thing?

  Consortium for Street Children, 2006

  Can cash transfer programmes targeted at children be effective in reducing childhood poverty? This article examines the effectiveness of three types of cash transfer programmes.
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  Courts under construction in Angola: what can they do for the poor?

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2006

  This paper examines the role that may be envisioned for the courts in Angola with respect to the poor.
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  Lessons from a direct welfare transfer intervention: a pilot project by Concern Universal in Malawi

  Concern Universal International, Malawi, 2006

  This briefing paper documents the lessons learnt from the Dedza Safety Nets Pilot Project (DSNPP) in Malawi. The DSNPP compared the impact of all three DWT systems, i.e. cash, voucher and in-kind transfers on chronic poverty and vulnerability within a non-emergency context. The project aimed to compare the impact of all three DWT systems, i.e.
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  Asset-based approaches to poverty reduction in a globalized context: an introduction to asset accumulation policy and summary of workshop findings

  Brookings Institution, 2006

  This working paper provides a brief introduction to asset-based approaches to poverty reduction in a globalised context.
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  Extending social assistance in China: lessons from the Minimum Living Standard Scheme

  Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2006

  This report details China's urban Minimum Living Standard Scheme (MLSS). This is a social assistance programme initially focused on the chronically poor, but later extended to the long-term unemployed.
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  Where is education in the conditional cash transfers of education?

  UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2006

  This paper examines the educational effects of conditional cash transfers (CCT) for education. The study finds that based on the evidence reviewed in this paper, there is very limited support for the conclusion that CCTs are effective educational instruments, in particular with regards to their ability to increase learning.
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  Viet Nam: toward universal social protection: private mechanisms to reach the poor

  Making markets work better for the poor, 2005

  In Vietnam, migration and other pressures of economic development threaten traditional systems of social protection. Private mechanisms have the infrastructure, access to information and knowledge to provide effective social protection, however they tend not to reach the most vulnerable groups.
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  Multiple dimensions of social assistance: the case of Peru's 'Glass of Milk' programme

  ESRC Research Group on Wellbeing in Developing Countries . University of Bath, 2006

  Research into the material effects of social assistance programmes is important but it can be misleading if it fails to capture the true value of such programmes to intended beneficiaries and other stakeholders. This paper considers contemporary policy debates about social protection from a wellbeing perspective through a case study of the 'Glass of Milk' food distribution programme in Peru.

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