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IDS In Focus Issue 1: Social Protection
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006Social protection has come a long way in a short time. Ten years ago, it was a new phrase for social safety nets, and was limited to interventions that provided short-term support to people lacking the capacity to cope on their own.DocumentRecent trends in resource sharing among the poor
National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2005This paper provides a conceptual discussion of private transfers drawing on several related literatures and provides new empirical evidence regarding the significance of private transfers as a source of income. It summarises the theoretical literature drawing on several well-developed models of resource sharing between and within households that provide important insights into possible motives.DocumentChild support grants increase school enrolment in South Africa
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006Cash benefits for children are reducing the impact of poverty on school enrolment in South Africa. In KwaZulu-Natal, child support grants are helping children, particularly from the poorest families, to be educated. Families receiving such grants are more likely to send their children to school at earlier ages than other equally poor households.DocumentSocial assistance in developing countries database
Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2006This paper presents a searchable index of social assistance interventions in over 30 developing countries.DocumentTargeting services towards the poor: a review of targeting mechanisms and their effectiveness
Health Systems Resource Guide, 2006This chapter analyses the alternative approaches to targeting the poor that have been used in healthcare delivery and draws together evidence from a range of countries about their effectiveness.DocumentBeing prepared for unexpected events can help prevent poverty
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006Economic shocks and other unexpected events, such as family illness or crop failure, can cause poor households to fall deeper into poverty. To cope with such crises, households may cut down on non-food consumption in order to maintain their usual levels of food intake.DocumentLessons from an integrated approach to poverty reduction in Mexico
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006The Programa de Educación, Salud y Alimentación (PROGRESA) was launched in the 1990s to improve the well-being of Mexico’s poorest people. It targets 2.6 million families – one in nine Mexican families – and combines health, education and nutrition projects. As similar programmes are being implemented elsewhere, lessons can be learned from evaluation of Mexico’s programme.DocumentPublic spending, pro-poor growth and poverty reduction in Tunisia: a multilevel analysis
Social Science Research Network, 2005This paper aims to assess to what extent public spending contributes to enhanced economic growth and poverty reduction in Tunisia. The authors use a multilevel analysis approach to capture the likely effects of some public expenditure on pro-poor growth.DocumentEnding child poverty and securing child rights: the role of social protection
Plan, 2005This paper examines social protection interventions and how these relate to child rights. It specifically looks at social protection and child rights in relation to cash transfers, in-kind transfers, and microfinance.The author argues that social protection instruments, and in particular, cash transfers, have enormous potential to reduce child poverty.DocumentMaking cash count: lessons from cash transfer schemes in east and southern Africa for supporting the most vulnerable children and households
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2005This study reviews unconditional cash transfers in 15 countries of east and southern Africa. It examines four programmes in more depth, in Ethiopia, Lesotho, Mozambique and Zambia, with an emphasis on design issues such as cost-effectiveness, accuracy of targeting, delivery modalities, institutionalisation and potential for scaling up.Pages