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Impacts of the sustainable livelihood program's microenterprise development assistance with seed capital fund on poor households in the Philippines
Orbeta, Aniceto C.; Magno-Ballesteros, Marife; Corpus, … - 2020
household used as startup capital or as additional capital for microenterprise. The microenterprise may be run individually or … impacts on labor supply, but imprecisely estimated null impacts on household income, expenditure, savings, and capital … household welfare. These include a substantial business closure rate, lack of participation among group members in business …
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Official development assistance financing for social protection : lessons from the Covid-19 response
McCord, Anna; Cherrier, Cécile; Both, Nathalie; … - 2021
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Aid's impact on social protection in low- and middle-income countries
Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel; Santillán Hernández, Alma S. - 2023
This study conducts an international comparative analysis of the recent evolution of social protection systems in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), and Asia-Pacific (APAC) regions, paying particular attention to the role of foreign aid in these dynamics. It asks:...
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Have Natural Disasters Become Deadlier?
Gaiha, Raghav - 2013
The present study seeks to build on earlier work by identifying the factors associated with the frequency of natural disasters and the resulting mortality. Drawing together the main findings, some observations are made from a policy perspective to focus on key elements of a disaster reduction...
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Government emergency aid and perceived financial security in COVID-19 : evidence from a sample of vulnerable women in Brazil
Rabelo Dutra, Vanessa; Flores, Silvia Amélia Mendonça; … - In: International journal of bank marketing 41 (2023) 5, pp. 1059-1082
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Investing more in universal social protection : filling the financing gap through domestic resource mobilization and international support and coordination
Bierbaum, Mira; Schmitt, Valérie - 2022
Large and persistent gaps in social protection coverage, comprehensiveness and adequacy are linked to many barriers, including high levels of informality, institutional fragmentation of the social protection system and significant financing gaps for social protection in a context of limited...
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Social policy advice to countries from the International Monetary Fund during the COVID-19 crisis : continuity and change
Razavi, Shahrashoub; Schwarzer, Helmut; Durán … - 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused massive disruptions to the global economy and forced policymakers to respond to the newly created challenges. Many policy institutions have therefore had to rethink their established approaches and their usual policy responses.
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Emerging from war : public policy and patterns of foreign direct investment recovery in postwar environments
Moore, Robert J. - In: Journal of International Business Policy : JIBP 4 (2021) 4, pp. 455-475
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