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The effects of cash transfers on adult labor market outcomes

Baird, Sarah; McKenzie, David J.; Özler, Berk - 2018

The basic economic model of labor supply has a very clear prediction of what should be expected when an adult receives an unexpected cash windfall: they should work less and earn less. This intuition underlies concerns that many types of cash transfers, ranging from government benefits to...

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Estimating the Welfare Costs of Reforming the Iraq Public Distribution System : A Mixed Demand Approach

Krishnan, Nandini - 2017

The Iraqi Public Distribution System is the largest universal, in-kind subsidy system in the world. In 2012, the Public Distribution System transfers accounted for as much as 30 percent of incomes of the poorest 10 percent of the Iraqi population and provided 70 percent of the calories of the...

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The Impact of Private Sector Internship and Training on Urban Youth in Kenya

Honorati, Maddalena - 2015

This study uses a randomized experiment to evaluate the impacts of the training and internship program piloted in Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu counties by the Kenya Private Sector Alliance and the Government of Kenya with support from the World Bank's Kenya Youth Empowerment Project. The program...

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How Effective Are Active Labor Market Policies in Developing Countries? A Critical Review of Recent Evidence

McKenzie, David - 2017

Jobs are the number one policy concern of policy makers in many countries. The global financial crisis, rising demographic pressures, high unemployment rates, and concerns over automation all make it seem imperative that policy makers employ increasingly more active labor market policies. This...

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Does workfare work well? : the case of the employment generation program for the poorest in Bangladesh

Cho, Yoonyoung; Ruthbah, Ummul - 2018

Evidence on the effectiveness of workfare as an anti-poverty program in developing countries is weak compared with the … evidence building by examining the impact of a large-scale workfare program in Bangladesh, the Employment Generation Program …'s efficiency. Moreover, further evidence is required on the impacts of work experience through workfare on subsequent labor market …

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Exploring universal basic income : a guide to navigating concepts, evidence, and practices

Gentilini, Ugo (ed.); Grosh, Margaret (ed.); … - 2020

"Universal Basic Income (UBI) is one of the most hotly-debated ideas in development and social protection. Drawing from global evidence and experiences, this volume provides a compass to help navigate key issues and trade-offs, as well as offering new data and insights to better inform choices...

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Income Support for Persons with Disabilities in Middle East and North Africa : Social Insurance and Beyond

World Bank - 2016

This report proposes a toolkit which can be used to produce national assessments in MENA countries. The toolkit consists of a series of four questionnaires to be completed by institutions delivering specific programs in the areas of Social Assistance, Social Insurance, Health and Education. A...

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Towards a Comprehensive, Integrated, and Effective Social Assistance System in Indonesia

World Bank Group - 2017

Since 2010, the Government of Indonesia (GoI) has set official poverty reduction targets and emphasized the importance of a well-functioning social assistance system in continued poverty reduction. However, despite the efforts in expanding coverage of the social protection system, the pace of...

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

Acosta, Pablo - 2018

Around the globe, there is an unending cycle of producing innovative policies that are relevantand responsive to today's complex problems of disaster risk reduction and mitigation. A lot ofevidence is pointing to the shifting paradigm in responding to emergencies. Foremost amongthem is the...

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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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