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Rescuing exclusion from the poverty debate

de Haan, de Haan, A. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2011

poverty analyses in India. While the poverty debate highlights the severe inequalities that groups based on social identity … are applied in analysis and policy, the role of these categorisation in India’s targeted poverty programmes and recent BPL … (Below Poverty Line) Census, how these understate different manifestations of discrimination, and the risks that targeted …

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Enrolment in Ethiopia’s Community Based Health Insurance Scheme

Sparrow, Robert; Debebe, Zelalem Yilma; Bedi, Arjun Singh; … - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2013

In June 2011, the Government of Ethiopia rolled out a pilot Community Based Health Insurance (CBHI) scheme. This paper assesses scheme uptake. We examine whether the scheme is inclusive, the role of health status in inducing enrolment and the effect of the quality of health care on uptake. By...

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Demographic and social trends affecting intergenerational relations in the MENA region

Messkoub, Messkoub, M. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2013

This paper focuses on poverty in the MENA region and whether it can be alleviated by intergenerational support within …

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“Shifting in” migration control. Universalism and immigration in Costa Rica

Voorend, Voorend, K. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2013

When the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS), the flagship institution of Costa Rica’s ‘exceptional’ -solidary and universal- social policy regime, entered in financial crisis in 2011, the already difficult social integration of Nicaraguan immigrants in Costa Rica became even more...

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