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    Exploring the determinants of welfare distribution in Tunisia and Egypt using a welfare generation model

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2016
    The Tunisian revolution quickly sparked a wave of major uprisings in the region, starting from Egypt and spreading to other countries, such as Libya and Syria among others. Not surprisingly, the fuel of uprisings in these countries finds its main sources in inequality, in its various dimensions.
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    Conditional cash transfer program in the Philippines: is it reaching the extremely poor?

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2012
    The Philippine government shows its serious effort to combat poverty through the continuing expansion of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), the Philippines` version of the conditional cash transfer (CCT) program modeled by Latin American countries.
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    Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) of workers welfare fund

    Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 2012
    Government of Pakistan (GoP) has been facing challenges in ensuring workers’ welfare across the industrial entities of the country. While it has not been able to fully implement the macro-level labour reforms (e.g. the implementation of minimum wage – revised annually) however it is striving to put in place social safety nets such as Benazir Income Support Programmes.
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    Why ‘the poor’ don’t exist (and what this means for social protection policy)

    Development Pathways, 2014
    The last few years have seen growing calls for countires to expand basic "floors" of social protection that guarantee income security and access to basic services throughout the life cycle.
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    Wellbeing pathways report: Zambia round 2

    Wellbeing and Poverty Pathways, University of Bath, 2014
    Based on fieldwork questions which gathered both objective and subjective data across key areas of life, this report presents the preliminary findings from the second round of fieldwork carried out in Chiawa, Zambia from August to October 2012 as part of the Wellbeing and Poverty Pathways research project.
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    Household registration and targeting in the Hunger Safety Net Programme 2

    Evidence on Demand, 2013
    The four counties of Turkana, Marsabit, Mandera and Wajir were chosen for the Hunger Safety Net Program (HSNP) because they had the highest poverty and extreme poverty rates measured in Kenya Integrated Household Budget Survey (KIHBS) 2005-06. This report outlines the rationale behind the targeting approach for the Kenya Hunger Safety Net Programme.
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    How best to target the poor: an operational targeting of the poor using indicator-based proxy means tests

    AgEcon Search, 2010
    Households whose incomes are below the poverty line are considered eligible for targeted benefits. The current paper seeks to find out how best to target the poor, using household survey data from Uganda. The study compares the performances of four alternative models and analyse the sensitivity of the models to the chosen poverty line.
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    Reaching the poor and vulnerable: targeting strategies for social funds and other community-driven programs

    World Bank Research, 2007
    Social fund and community-driven development programmes are gaining attention for their capacity to support scaling up efforts to end extreme poverty. This toolkit provides the concepts, empirical evidence, noteworthy case studies and the operational elements necessary to develop comprehensive poverty and vulnerability targeting mechanisms.
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    Targeting of transfers in developing countries: review of lessons and experience

    World Bank, 2004
    This book provides a general review of experiences and lessons learned with methods used to target interventions in developing countries.
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    Does Chronic Poverty Matter in Uganda?

    Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2006
    This policy brief describes the circumstances of the chronically poor in Uganda, and offers a range of suggestions on programmes and areas for attention to support the Ugandan government's social protection agenda.The paper specifically notes the need for efforts to target very poor households.

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