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    Livelihoods, basic services and social protection in north-western Pakistan

    Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium, 2012
    Poverty, livelihoods, food insecurity, access to basic services, social protection and aid and governance in conflict-affected areas of Pakistan are issues that need to be closely addressed.
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    The extension of social security coverage in developing countries

    Department of Economics, Towson University, 2011
    Individuals in developing countries face a shortage of formal risk-sharing instruments and therefore rely largely on informal cash transfers from family members for insurance purposes. This paper studies the effects of introducing a social pension program to elderly informal sector workers in developing countries who lack formal risk-sharing mechanisms against income and longevity risk.
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    Swaziland old age grant impact assessment

    HelpAge International, 2010
    Cash transfers are increasingly seen as a popular form of social protection, representing a solution to reducing absolute poverty and food insecurity for vulnerable groups. The Swaziland Old Age Grant (OAG) was introduced in 2005 as a universal grant to all Swazi citizens over 60 years of age, many of whom are caring for orphaned children in their households.
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    From social safety net to social policy? The role of conditional Cash transfers in welfare state Development in Latin America

    International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2009
    Since the early 1990s, conditional cash transfers (CCTs) have been adopted by countries across Latin America as central elements of their poverty reduction strategies. CCTs share three components in common: a cash transfer, a targeting mechanism, and conditionality.
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    Social Protection and Children: A Synthesis of Evidence from Young Lives Longitudinal Research in Ethiopia, India and Peru

    Young Lives, 2010
    This paper sets out the key findings from Young Lives research into the ways that major social protection (SP) policies are impacting on children, their families and communities in Ethiopia, India and Peru. Most research and policy debate focuses on effects of SP schemes on households, with children assumed to be passive beneficiaries of programmes to reduce vulnerability.
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    The Impact of Social Protection on Children

    Young Lives, 2010
    Social protection policies in developing countries are an increasingly widespread method for tackling chronic poverty and vulnerability and helping families manage risk. Particular schemes often provide cash, paid work or food to poor people. Labour market protections and the linkages between cash transfers and other publicservices are also important.
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    Can Conditional Cash Transfers Improve Maternal Health and Birth Outcomes? Evidence from El Salvador’s Comunidades Solidarias Rurales

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2011
    Although conditional cash transfers (CCTs) are traditionally evaluated in relation to child schooling and nutrition outcomes, there is growing interest in examining maternal and reproductive health impacts.
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    Social Safety Net Programmes in Bangladesh: A Review

    Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, 2011
    The major social safety net programmes (SSNPs) in Bangladesh can be divided under four broad categories: (i) employment generation programmes; (ii) programmes to cope with natural disasters and other shocks; (iii) incentives provided to parents for their children’s education; and (iv) incentives provided to families to improve their health status.
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    Social Safety Net Programmes in Bangladesh: A Review

    Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, 2011
    The major social safety net programmes (SSNPs) in Bangladesh can be divided under four broad categories: (i) employment generation programmes; (ii) programmes to cope with natural disasters and other shocks; (iii) incentives provided to parents for their children’s education; and (iv) incentives provided to families to improve their health status.
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    Telling their stories: the direct impact of social cash transfers on the lives of ultra poor families in Malawi

    United Nations Children's Fund, 2007
    This story-telling publication raises awareness about the impact of cash transfers on the lives of the most vulnerable children in Malawi. It forms one part of an advocacy package on the Malawi's pilot social cash transfer scheme, together with a website, factsheet, Q&A and documentary.

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