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  Buffering inequalities: the safety net of extended families in Cameroon

  Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program, Cornell University, 2004

  This paper investigates the role of extended family systems in buffering socioeconomic inequality in African societies, notably through fosterage of children across nuclear family units. Previous study has raised concerns that this support system would be likely to collapse under pressures of globalisation and economic crises.
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  Drivers of escape and descent: changing household fortunes in rural Bangladesh

  Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, 2004

  This paper gives an analysis of contrasting dynamics of poverty in rural Bangladesh. In using a livelihoods framework, the author contrasts the fortunes of households that ascend out of poverty, with those who have fallen into poverty.
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  Living on the boundary: institutional influences on the livelihoods of the extreme poor

  Proshika, 2003

  This study, from Proshika, seeks to understand the livelihood conditions of the many different extremely poor people living in Bangladesh by analyzing their livelihood constraints and opportunities.
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  Incidence analysis of public support to the private education sector in Côte d’Ivoire

  World Bank, 2004

  This paper analyses the poverty impact of public subsidisation of private schools in Côte d’Ivoire. It attempts to assess how efficiently public spending is targeted to the poor by looking at who benefits from public expenditure on education in different income groups.
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  Evaluating targeted cash transfer programs: a general equilibrium framework with an application to Mexico

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2004

  This report focuses on the indirect and direct effects of transfer programmes.
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  Microfinance institutions in Nigeria: policy, practice and potentials

  Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four, 2004

  This study examines the outreach performance of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Nigeria, based on a survey of ten major MFIs.
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  Equity in educational expenditures: can government subsidies help?

  World Bank, 2004

  This paper examines government education subsidy schemes in Zambia. It asks the following questions:do resources allocated by the central authority actually reach intended recipients?
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  World Employment Report 2004-2005: employment, productivity and poverty reduction

  International Labour Organization, 2004

  This year's ILO report finds that half the world's workers (some 1.4 billion people) are trapped in grinding poverty unable to earn enough to lift themselves and their families above the US$2 a day poverty line.
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  Identification of the poor: flaws in government surveys

  Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2004

  This article challenges the basis of poverty indicators being used to determine the levels "Below the Poverty Line" (BPL) in Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  Social security for children in the context of AIDS: questioning the state's response

  Medical Research Council, South Africa, 2004

  This paper argues that the existing state security provision is not a sufficient mechanism to support poor orphans and vulnerable children.

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