Embora os programas de transferência de renda já venham sendo implementados e avaliados há quase uma década, muito pouco se sabe sobre como eles afetam as famílias localizadas em comunidades onde o programa foi implementado, mas que não são oficialmente registradas no programa (porque...

Um número cada vez maior das políticas adotadas nos países em desenvolvimento busca o empoderamento das mulheres através do empreendedorismo feminino. Muitas instituições microfinanceiras (IMFs), por exemplo, concedem empréstimos exclusivamente às mulheres. Tais empréstimos são...

An increasing number of policies in developing countries seek to empower women through female entrepreneurship. Many microfinance institutions (MFIs), for example, lend exclusively to women. Loans are usually combined with capacity building workshops on entrepreneurial activities such as the...

Achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) remains a daunting challenge for many countries in the face of small state budgets and limited donor support. This Policy Research Brief highlights the contribution of a low-cost water supply strategy to a number of MDGs. It also discusses...

In many countries, efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of universal primary education have led to a rise in the number of schools built. The fact that more children may have the opportunity to attend school is a necessary but not sufficient condition to guarantee proper...

Conditional Cash Transfer programmes (CCTs), such as Progresa in Mexico or Bolsa Família in Brazil, have been compared to a ?magic golden bullet in development?. A plethora of rigorous evaluations of such programmes points to a significant increase in food consumption among cash-recipient...

Although cash transfer programmes have been implemented and evaluated for more almost a decade, very little is known about how they affect households that are located in communities where the programme is implemented but that are not officially registered for the programme (either because they...