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  Agricultural rehabilitation: mapping the linkages between humanitarian relief, social protection and development

  Overseas Development Institute, 2006

  This paper addresses the question of how to support the livelihoods of rural people who have been affected by conflict.
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  Politics and the feasibility of initiatives on hunger and vulnerability

  Wahenga, Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme, 2006

  This briefing suggests how key political factors for policy-making can be identified, and assesses their importance within the context of delivering social protection.
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  Cash benefits to disabled persons in Brazil: an analysis of the BPC continuous cash benefit programme

  International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2006

  This paper presents an analysis of the Continuous Cash Benefit Programme (BCP, reflecting its Portuguese translation). Introduced in Brazil in 1993, it is the second largest non-contributary cash benefits programme in the country. Targetted at elderly or very poor individuals with disabilities, the transfer is equivalent to a monthly minimum wage.
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  Social assistance in developing countries database

  Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2006

  This paper presents a searchable index of social assistance interventions in over 30 developing countries.
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  Private school vouchers in Colombia

  John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2005

  This paper seeks to review the Plan de Ampliación de Cobertura de la Educación Secundaria (PACES) – a public-private partnership providing secondary school vouchers through a lottery system for entry into private schools aimed at the poorest third of the population.
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  Fighting hunger and poverty in Ethiopia

  Reliefweb, 2005

  Drought, poverty, famine and war are not new to Ethiopia. Much of Ethiopia's overseas aid has come in the form of humanitarian assistance rather than direct efforts to reduce poverty and elimate widespread hunger.
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  Gender equality and the extension of social protection

  International Labour Organization, 2003

  This paper examines the composition of the labour market and gender specific vulnerabilities in relation to social protection. It argues that as women occupy a disadvantaged status in relation to work opportunities compared to men from equivalent social groups, they are also far more likely to be excluded from social protection strategies.
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  Making insurance work for the poor

  Global Development Research Center, 2006

  This briefing paper is an output from a conference held in 2005 on microfinance and microinsurance, attended by several international stakeholders, including DFID, the ILO and CGAP.For the purpose of the conference, microinsurance was defined as: "the protection of low income people against specific perils in exchange for regular premium payments proportionate to the likelihood and cost of the
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  The formation of risk sharing networks

  Développement, Institutions & Analyses de Long terme, 2005

  This paper examines the endogenous formation of risk sharing networks in the rural Philippines. The authors aim to show that geographic proximity is a major determinant of interpersonal relationships, and find little evidence that people form relationships to pool income risk.
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  Reviewing ten years of the School Nutrition Programme

  Institute for Democracy in South Africa, 2005

  The South African School Nutrition Programme was established in 1994 to address the food needs of impoverished school children. However, researchers are divided about the policy value of the school nutrition programme, with one group wishing to expand the programme whilst the other advocates limiting its scope.

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