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Disability and international cooperation and development : a review of policies and practices
Lord, Janet; Posarac, Aleksandra; Nicoli, Marco; … - World Bank Group - 2010
bilateral development agencies, aimed at including disability in development. Development that includes disability, as … beneficiaries. It can be achieved by disability specific initiatives, by adding disability-specific components to development … programs, by fully inclusive programming, designed to include disability concerns into all development processes, or by a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008670404
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Portability of pension, health, and other social benefits : facts, concepts, issues
Holzmann, Robert; Koettl, Johannes - World Bank Group - 2011
Portability of social benefits across professions and countries is an increasing concern for individuals and policy makers. Lacking or incomplete transfers of acquired social rights are feared to negatively impact individual labor market decisions as well as capacity to address social risks with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009143737
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Slavery and human trafficking international law and the role of the World Bank
Solla, Perez; Fernanda, Maria - World Bank Group - 2009
This paper reviews the international legal framework applicable to the World Bank and member states on contemporary forms of slavery, in particular, trafficking. The Palermo trafficking protocol is specially analyzed. Moreover, the paper refers to the preventive framework constituted by human...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008676624
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Rethinking survivor benefits
James, Estelle - World Bank Group - 2009
This paper provides a framework for analyzing the efficiency and equity of survivor benefit programs. These programs were originally designed to support families when the main wage-earner died, in an era where women rarely worked, fertility rates were high, and widows were unable to support...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008676656
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Social protection for refugees and asylum seekers in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC)
Makhema, Mpho - World Bank Group - 2009
This report provides an overview of the provision of social protection to refugees and asylum seekers from Sub-Saharan Africa in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). This includes analyzing the legal framework and levels of implementation, as well as proposing policy directions on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008676675
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Disability, poverty and schooling in developing countries : results from eleven household surveys
Filmer, Deon - World Bank Group - 2005
This paper analyzes the relationship between whether a young person has a disability, the poverty status of their … the population is identified as having a disability. Youth with disabilities sometimes live in poorer households, but the … schooling attainment. The order of magnitude of the school participation disability deficit is often larger than those …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008676632
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Burkina Faso social safety nets
Cherrier, Cecile; Ninno, Carlo del; Razmara, Setareh - World Bank Group - 2011
This report provides an inventory of safety net programs in Burkina Faso and suggests policy measures that could increase their coverage, efficiency, and sustainability. It shows that the scope and coverage of the existing safety nets is too limited. Most interventions are small and temporary....
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Swaziland : using public transfers to reduce extreme poverty
Blank, Lorraine; Mistiaen, Emma; Braithwaite, Jeanine - World Bank Group - 2012
Swaziland has a number of social transfer programs, but these are not well coordinated and there is a need to better define the overall priorities of the overall safety net. Swaziland spends a significant amount on safety nets but there is room to increase the efficiency of spending by: (i)...
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Madagascar - three years into crisis
Auffret, Philippe - World Bank Group - 2014
Madagascar is one of the poorest countries in the world and a very high proportion of the population experiences frequent shocks, whether from natural disasters, economic shocks or internal crises of governance. As a consequence, about half the country’s population is undernourished. Children...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010796092
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Mozambique social protection assessment
Silverio Marques, Jose - World Bank Group - 2012
This assessment shows that Mozambique social protection system is developing. While programs to address most of the risks identified exist, there are still major gaps. Poor families with children are not adequately supported, there is no significant youth program, and subsistence farmers and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010828431