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Schade, Klaus; La, Justina; Pick, Alexander - 2019

Namibia is an upper middle-income country with one of the most comprehensive social protection systems in Africa. It provides cash transfers and complementary social assistance to a range of vulnerable groups including children, the elderly and people with disabilities, at a cost equivalent to...

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Needs vs expediency : poverty reduction and social development in post-conflict countries

Addison, Tony; Gisselquist, Rachel M.; Niño-Zarazúa, … - 2015

Conflict depletes all forms of human and social capital, as well as supporting institutions. The scale of the human damage can overwhelm public action, as there are many competing priorities and resources are often insufficient. What then should be the priorities for 'post-conflict' policy?...

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Supporting Women's Livelihoods at Scale : Evidence from a Nationwide Multi-Faceted Program

Botea, Ioana; Brudevold-Newman, Andrew; Goldstein, Markus P. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

The success of multi-faceted "graduation" programs at reducing poverty raises three questions: can the impacts of these programs be maintained when implemented by governments at scale, will positive effects be offset by negative spillovers, and can bundled programs be streamlined without losing...

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Do government transfers reduce poverty in China? : micro evidence from five regions

Westmore, Ben - 2017

This paper estimates urban and rural poverty rates across five Chinese administrative regions (Shanghai, Liaoning, Guangdong, Henan and Gansu) in 2014 using representative household level data from the China Family Panel Studies survey. The types of government transfer payments that households...

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Microfinancing for Poverty Reduction and Economic Development : A Case for Nigeria

Awojobi, Omotola - 2011

The main focus of this research is to juxtapose the features of microfinancing and the institutional forbearance of economic development in Nigeria. Based on empirical study, it has been observed that poverty is multifaceted and its persistence is due to lack of productive resources. The...

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Social Protection in Kenya : A Catalyst for Economic Growth and Development

Obare, Alice - 2021

Social protection has been a beneficial tool used by the government and other stakeholders to address challenges faced by the most vulnerable members of society. It has been a valuable strategy to include the poor as participants in our neo-liberal economy that disregards the weak. It gives the...

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Political decentralisation and local economic development : findings on the pro-poor responsiveness in 5 Cambodian communes

Westphal, Nico - 2011

Decentralisation and local economic development (LED) are two major development strategies that both have an explicit … or inexplicit focus on poverty reduction. Political decentralisation offers principally two channels that allow to better … citizen participation in a governance-setting rooted in the context of a decentralisation reform. Analysing the Cambodian …

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An initial verdict on our fight against poverty

Reyes, Celia M. (contributor) - 2004

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Political decentralisation and local economic development : findings on the pro-poor responsiveness in 5 Cambodian communes

Westphal, Nico - 2011

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The role of incentives and evaluations in enhancing development effectiveness

Wiesner Durán, Eduardo - In: Colombian economic journal : CEJ 2 (2004) 1, pp. 13-31

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