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  The Malawi social cash transfer scheme: preliminary lessons learned

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2006

  Evidence from a pilot social cash transfer programme in Malawi indicates that it is a cost-effective, quick way to meet the basic needs of ultra-poor households whose members are unable to work.
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  Expanding decent employment in Kenya: the role of monetary policy, inflation control, and the exchange rate

  International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2007

  This paper examines the current Kenyan monetary regime and evaluates the extent to which it is able to promote sustainable economic development that significantly expands decent employment opportunities.
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  Informal economy in the conflict region of Sri Lanka: an exploration

  Point Pedro Institute of Development, Sri Lanka, 2006

  The objective of this paper is to study the nature, extent, and causes of the informal economy in the conflict-affected region of Sri Lanka and propose policy measures to combat or reduce such informal economic activities.
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  Budget 2007: poverty amidst plenty

  Institute for Democracy in South Africa, 2007

  This latest report from the Budget Information Service at the Institute for Democracy in South Africa examines the government budget for 2007 and proposes future policy options.
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  Does debt relief increase fiscal space in Zambia? The MDG implications

  International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2006

  This country study from the UNDP's International Poverty Centre examines fiscal policy in Zambia, particularly how expenditure and taxation could be used to accelerate growth and reduce poverty.Drawing on results from a national study, the paper finds that:The Zambian government has little opportunity to choose its own fiscal policies, and is restricted by an array of external condition
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  The structural determinants of external vulnerability

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2006

  This study investigates how the impact of terms-of-trade shocks on GDP is influenced by countries' openness to trade and the flexibility of their labour markets and markets for goods and services.
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  HiFi news at the World Urban Forum

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2006

  This newsletter from the IIED brings together the experience of groups working with savings and loans for shelter investments in the developing world. This edition focuses on issues raised at the World Urban Forum 2006.The focus of the newsletter is the changes that have taken place within microfinance agencies, and their increasing support for shelter projects.
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  Measuring the impact of price changes on poverty

  International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2006

  Most poverty line calculations do not consider the impact that changes in relative prices can have on the poor. This paper offers a methodology that determines whether price changes benefit the poor proportionally more, or less, than the non-poor.
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  The macro content of PRSPs: assessing the need for a more flexible macroeconomic policy framework

  Development Policy Review, 2006

  This article analyses the content of 15 Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers from a growth and poverty reduction perspective. It argues that, contrary to new trends in developed and middle-income countries, their policy frameworks lack the necessary flexibility to deal with external shocks and address macroeconomic volatility appropriately.
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  Beyond microfinance: building inclusive rural financial markets in Central Asia

  Asian Development Bank Institute, 2006

  This online book is based on a two-year research project with the aim of countering the perception that microfinance development alone could provide an answer to the problems of rural financial market development.

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