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Implementing Emergency Cash Transfers : The Philippine Experience in Response to the 2016/17 Disasters

Acosta, Pablo - 2018

.The Philippines is not oblivious to this developing paradigm. The Philippines is considered tohave one of the most advanced social …

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Pantawid Pamilya 2017 Assessment : An Update of the Philippine Conditional Cash Transfer's Implementation Performance

Acosta, Pablo - 2019

This is the fourth benefit incidence analysis of the Philippines' conditional cash transfer program that uses standard …

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Making Payments More Efficient for the Philippines Conditional Cash Transfer Program

Acosta, Pablo - 2019

and human development program in the Philippines. Over the last decade, the evolution of the Pantawid Pamilya was not only …, the 4Ps has not taken full advantage of the existing payment system in the Philippines yet. The Pantawid Pamilya has great …, this note recommends the Government of the Philippines to develop a strategic payment reform agenda, under which 4Ps should …

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General equilibrium effects of targeted cash transfers : nutrition impacts on non-beneficiary children

Filmer, Deon; Friedman, Jed; Kandpal, Eeshani; Onishi, Junko - 2018

Cash transfer programs may generate significant general equilibrium effects that can detract from the anti-poverty goals of the program. Data from a randomized evaluation of a Philippine cash transfer program targeted to poor households show that a 9 percent increase in village income...

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Guaranteed minimum income schemes in Europe : landscape and design

Coady, David P.; Jahan, Samir; Matsumoto, Riki; Shang, … - 2021

This paper provides an overview of the design of means-tested Guaranteed Minimum Income schemes, which constitute an important component of social protection systems in European countries. It discusses how key design features differ across countries, including how countries balance the primary...

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Child Schooling and Child Work in the Presence of a Partial Education Subsidy

de Hoop, Jacobus - 2017

Philippines, the analysis finds that some children, who were in neither school nor work before the program, increased …

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From containment to rationalization : increasing public expenditure efficiency in France

Hallaert, Jean-Jacques; Queyranne, Maximilien - 2016

Achieving France's medium-term fiscal targets will require significant expenditure efforts. This paper identifies areas where there is scope for increasing expenditure efficiency, with a view to achieving higher quality and more sustainable fiscal consolidation. The methodology is based on a...

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Is there a one-size-fits-all approach to inclusive growth? : a case study analysis

Balasubramanian, Sriram; Bounader, Lahcen; Bricco, Jana; … - 2021

Is there a one-size-fits-all approach to inclusive growth? We look at four key case studies across advanced and emerging markets-the Nordics, India, Brazil, and Egypt-to try to answer this question. We highlight qualitatively in these countries the key components of inclusive growth models,...

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Winning the war? : new evidence on the measurement and the determinants of poverty in the United States

Bergant, Katharina; Medici, Andrea; Weber, Anke - 2022

Using micro-data from household expenditure surveys, we document the evolution of consumption poverty in the United States over the last four decades. Employing a price index that appears appropriate for low income households, we show that poverty has not declined materially since the 1980s and...

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Swaziland : Using Public Transfers to Reduce Extreme Poverty

World Bank Group - 2012

The report focuses on the social safety net, particularly cash and in-kind transfers. The safety net can play an important role in addressing poverty and vulnerability; however, the process by which the safety nets have been developed in Swaziland has produced a fragmented system that leaves...

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