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  From social assistance to social development: targeted education subsidies in developing countries

  Center for Global Development, USA, 2003

  A joint project of the Center for Global Development and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), this book compiles published and unpublished material on existing conditioned transfer for education (CTE) programs and evaluates their ability to advance poverty reduction and education goals.
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  The maze of maize: improving input and output market access for poor smallholders in southern African region: the experience of Zambia and Malawi

  Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2003

  This study evaluates the causes of the 2001-3 food crisis in Zambia and Malawi, looks at existing policies and makes recommendations to avoid future crises.The study differentiates causes of the crisis (the maize harvest shortfall in 2001, as well as to why the shortfall caused a food emergency) between: immediate causes, such as reduced plantings due to low food prices the p
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  Impacts of agricultural research on poverty: findings of an integrated economic and social analysis

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003

  This paper examines how agricultural technologies influence and are influenced by the diverse livelihood strategies, vulnerability context, relations of gender and power, and other conditions of the poor. It reports findings of a CGIAR research project including seven case studies of different types of agricultural research:
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  Poverty and social impact analysis Indonesia rice tariff

  PRSP Monitoring and Synthesis Project, 2003

  This study explores the poverty impacts of an increase in rice tariffs in Indonesia.
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  Growth, distribution and poverty in Africa: messages from the 1990s

  World Bank, 2002

  This paper reviews recent evidence on the trends in household well-being in Africa during the 1990s.
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  Risk-sharing networks among households in rural Ethiopia

  Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford, 2003

  This paper tests the role of informal risk-sharing networks by setting up a limited commitment model and using panel data on informal credit transactions from Ethiopia.Findings:enforcement problems limit the direct role of credit transactions in risk sharing arrangements between rural households, whether the villages are ethnically homogenous or nothouseholds with more land have bet
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  The role of natural resources in the livelihoods of the urban poor

  Natural Resources Institute, UK, 2000

  This paper examines the role played by agriculture and natural resources in the livelihoods of the urban poor.
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  Safety nets in transition economies: a primer

  World Bank, 2003

  This paper focuses on the experience of the transition countries of Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia in providing adequate safety nets for the poor during the last 10 years.The paper discusses the problem of poverty and vulnerability: who were the poor? How did the answer to this question change over the decade?
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  Targeted transfers in poor countries: revisiting the trade-offs and policy options

  World Bank, 2003

  This paper revisits the role of targeted transfers in poor countries in light of theories on the social costs of uninsured risks and unmitigated inequalities. It offers a perspective on social protection policies in poor countries, suggesting that there is scope for using these policies to compensate for the market failures that help perpetuate poverty, particularly in high-inequality settings.
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  Assisting the poor with cash: design and implementation of social transfer programs

  World Bank, 2002

  This paper explores the role of cash transfers in a social safety net. It explores key factors that affect the choice between a cash-based program and an in-kind transfer program, and presents a number of design considerations that influence the efficiency and effectiveness of cash transfers as a social safety net.

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