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  Microfinance and the state: exploring areas and structures of collaboration

  Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2005

  This paper reviews the performance of formal institutional channels of microfinance and discusses the emergence of new forms of collaboration in the delivery of microfinance services. Some pertinent issues in regulatory policies and institutional arrangements that can help the state effectively and in a sustainable manner leverage the available resources for the poor are also dealt with.
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  Politics and the PRS approach in Southern Africa

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2005

  This presentation reviews the political dimensions of the PRSP approach in the Southern Africa sub-region.
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  Education choices in Mexico: using a structural model and a randomised experiment to evaluate Progresa

  Institute for Fiscal Studies, London, 2005

  This paper evaluates a large welfare programme in rural Mexico called Progresa, whose main aim is to improve the process of human capital accumulation in the poorest communities by providing cash transfers conditional on specific types of behaviour in three key areas targeted by the programme: nutrition, health and education.The aim of this paper is to analyse the impact of monetary incentives
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  Thinking about the politics of social protection in Africa: towards a conceptual and theoretical approach

  Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester, 2005

  This paper examines how particular forms and types of politics shape policy responses on social protection in Africa, and also the political impacts and implications of adopting social protection policies.
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  Gendered analysis of the working for water programme: a case study of the Tsitsikama Working for Water project

  Institute for Democracy in South Africa, 2005

  Governments have attempted to mitigate the effects of high unemployment in various ways, particularly through targeted interventions such as public works programmes. The Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) of the South African government aims to address unemployment by creating labour intensive jobs through government expenditure.
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  Building social capital for the ultra poor: challenges and achievements

  Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, 2005

  BRAC introduced a programme designed to meet the special needs of the extreme poor called, "Challenging the frontier of poverty reduction: targeting ultra poor (TUP)" programme in 2002. The programme consists of economic and health inputs designed to create sustainable livelihoods. However, it was felt that the assets they received might be vulnerable to theft and damage.
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  The impact of conditional cash transfers on human development outcomes: a review of evidence from PROGRESA in Mexico and some implications for policy debates in South and Southern Africa

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2005

  This paper reflects on assessments of Mexico's Conditional Cash Transfer scheme (called PROGRESA) and draws comparisons with South Africa's Child Support Grant (CSG).
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  Community based targeting mechanisms for social safety nets

  World Bank, 2001

  This paper reviews case studies and theory on community involvement in beneficiary selection and benefit delivery for social safety nets. It highlights four key issues: communities vary in their ability to mobilize information and implement effective monitoring systems, and this will influence whether community based targeting leads to cost saving advantages or just opens up more opport
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  Sense in sociability? Social exclustion and persistent poverty in South Africa

  BASIS Collaborative Research Support Program, 2004

  This paper queries the ability of the South African poor to use social mechanisms of accessing capital as an exit route out of poverty.
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  A lecture on the political economy of targeted safety nets

  World Bank, 2005

  This paper sheds light on the importance of political support towards designing safety net policies. In drawing on the crisis safety net programs in Indonesia from 1998 to 2000, the author reviews 5 major issues namely, models of electoral politics, safety ropes vs.

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