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    Is Ethiopia’s productive safety net program enhancing dependency?

    Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2017
    Although development intervention programs can have far-reaching impacts beyond their stated objective, there have been few careful studies of unintended outcomes of such programs. This study assesses the impact of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) on household size and dependency ratio using the difference in differences method based on a panel data of four rounds over 12 years.
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    Work, family and public policy changes in Latin America: equity, maternalism and co-responsibility

    United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2014
    Taking account of the substantial increase in female labour market participation that has occurred throughout the Latin American region, this article describes policies adopted with the aim of reconciling work and family responsibilities between 2003 and 2013, and the implications of their design for socioeconomic and gender equity.
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    Are we winning the fight against poverty? An assessment of the poverty situation in the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2010
    In 2006, poverty incidence in the Philippines went up by 3 percentage points from 2003, marking a reversal against the downward trend in previous poverty estimates. This upward trend went against expectations after the Philippine economy exhibited a relatively robust performance during this period. The reasons as to why this has happened are explored in this paper.
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    Poverty and agriculture in the Philippines: trends in income poverty and distribution

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2012
    Poverty incidence in the Philippines is rising based on the national official data released by the National Statistical Coordination Board. Poverty incidence among population rose from 24.9 percent in 2003 to 26.4 percent in 2006 and then inched up further to 26.5 percent in 2009.
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    From deprivation to distribution: is global poverty becoming a matter of national inequality

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2012
    The majority of the world’s poor, by income and multi-dimensional poverty measures, live in countries classified by the World Bank as middle-income countries. Such patterns matter beyond the
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    Access to finance: mind the gender gap

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015
    Studies on financial inclusion have so far focused on assessing determinants to overall access to finance, but limited attention has been given to financial inclusion from a gender point of view, and on the gaps that separate females and males with regards to their access to the opportunities and services provided by the financial sector.
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    Is there feminization of poverty in Egypt?

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015
    Poverty in Egypt has been rising steadily over the last 15 years, from 16.7% in 1999/2000 to 26.2%in 2012/2013. An important question is how female headed households have fared over this period of deteriorating social welfare.
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    Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program: why "deepening" matters in achieving its human capital objectives

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2013
    The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino (4Ps) is by far the largest poverty reduction and social development program the Philippine government has ever conceived. It is also one of the most controversial because its budget is huge and it is mainly financed by loans.
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    The impact of oportunidades on human capital and income distribution: a top-down/bottom-up approach

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2013
    In an effort to inform social policy in Mexico, this paper analyses the effects of a major social program on school attendance and household income distribution, accounting for its partial and general equilibrium effects.
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    Human development and public policy in India: inception report

    Knowledge Partnership Programme, 2013
    The India Human Development Survey I (2004‐5) and II (2011‐12) form part of a collaborative research program between researchers from the National Council of Applied Economic Research and University of Maryland. The goal of this program is to document changes in daily lives of Indian households in a society undergoing rapid transition.

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