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Revenue collection and social policies : their underestimated contribution to social cohesion

Burchi, Francesco; Strupat, Christoph; Schiller, Armin von - Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik - 2020

order to shed light on these interlinkages, it is useful to have a closer look at the concept of the "fiscal contract … proactively support, the fiscal contract, and (ii) level of involvement, that is, the share of the population that is involved as … revenue collection and social policies can have on the fiscal contract and beyond, and we call on donors and policy …

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Can integrated social protection programmes affect social cohesion? : mixed-methods evidence from Malawi

Burchi, Francesco; Roscioli, Federico - Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik - 2021

The primary objective of social protection is to fight poverty and food insecurity. However, there are good theoretical arguments to support the idea that it can also contribute to more complex outcomes, such as social cohesion. This paper investigates the effects of the Tingathe Economic...

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Subsidy reforms in the Middle East and North Africa : strategic options and their consequences for the social contract

Auktor, Georgeta Vidican; Loewe, Markus - Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik - 2021

After independence, energy and food subsidies became a cornerstone of the social contracts in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries. Governments spent heavily to reduce poverty and strengthen their own legitimacy. However, as government rents faded, subsidy spending became...

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The state of welfare

Steiner, Gilbert Yale - 1971

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Work over welfare : the inside story of the 1996 welfare reform law

Haskins, Ron - 2006

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Reducing global poverty : the case for asset accumulation ; [this volume grew out of the Brookings Institution-Ford Foundation Workshop on Asset-Based Approaches to Poverty Reducti...

Moser, Caroline O. N. (contributor); Moser, Caroline O. (ed.) - 2007

Introduction / Caroline Moser -- Intergenerational asset accumulation and poverty reduction in Guayaquil, Ecuador, 1978-2004 / Caroline Moser and Andrew Felton -- Learning from asset-based approaches to poverty / Michael R. Carter -- The stages-of-progress methodology and results from five...

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The new world of welfare

Blank, Rebecca M. (ed.); Haskins, Ron (contributor) - 2001

Machine generated contents note: 1 Welfare Reform: An Agenda for Reauthorization -- Ron Haskins and Rebecca M. Blank -- Part II: The Biggest Issues -- 2 Implementation of the Personal Responsibility -- Act of 1996 -- Thomas L. Gais, Richard P? Nathan, Irene Lurie, -- and Thomas Kaplan --...

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Coping with austerity : poverty and inequality in Latin America

Lustig, Nora (ed.) - 1995

"Series of well-written articles examines regional poverty and income distribution. Includes separate articles on Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela, as well as over 150 tables. Valuable contribution"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57

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The relevance of social policies for democracy : preventing autocratisation through synergies between SDG 10 and SDG 16

Leininger, Julia; Lührmann, Anna; Sigman, Rachel - 2019

Global threats to democracy – one of the world’s most important forms of inclusive governance – have been rising recently. This paper assesses the effects of social and economic inequalities on autocratisation, meaning a decline in the democratic qualities of a political regime. The key...

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Safety nets, politics, and the poor : transitions to market economies

Graham, Carol - 1994

Market transitions and the poor: new coalitions for economic reform? -- From emergency employment to social investment: politics, adjustment, and poverty in Chile -- The politics of protecting the poor during adjustment: Bolivia's emergency social fund -- The politics of reform without a safety...

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