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Universal Pensions in Mauritius: Lessons for the Rest of Us
Willmore, Larry - EconWPA - 2004
That the Government of Mauritius provides nearly every resident over the age of 60 with a non-contributory, basic pension is one of the best-kept secrets in the world. The scheme dates from 1950 and became universal in 1958, following abolition of a means test. Remarkably, introduction of a...
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Poverty Targeting Classifications and Distributional Effects
Londero, Elio H - EconWPA - 2004
This paper reviews two common definitions of poverty targeted projects, discusses the limitations of poverty targeting …
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Creating and Enforcing Norms, With Special Reference to Sanctions
Posner, Richard; Rasmusen, Eric - EconWPA - 1999
Two central puzzles about social norms are how they are enforced and how they are created or modified. The sanctions …-costly. Problems in creating and enforcing norms are related to which sanctions are employed. We use our analysis of enforcement and … creation of norms to analyze the scope of feasible government action either to promote desirable norms or to repress …
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Knowledge Management in Non-Governmental Organisations: A Partnership for the Future
Vasconcelos, José; Seixas, Paulo Castro; Lemos, Paulo Gens - EconWPA - 2005
This paper explores Knowledge Management (KM) practices for use with portal technologies in Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). The aim is to help NGOs become true Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). In order to deal with more donors (at the top) and more beneficiaries (at the bottom), NGOs...
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