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Social protection programs for women in developing countries : how to design social protection programs that poor women can benefit from

Cameron, Lisa Ann - 2014

Women are more likely than men to work in the informal sector and to drop out of the labor force for a time, such as after childbirth, and to be impeded by social norms from working in the formal sector. This work pattern undermines productivity, increases women's vulnerability to income shocks,...

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Poverty As Social Deprivation : A Survey

Nyiwul, Linus - 2019

The concept of poverty is discussed using qualitative and quantitative measures as an indicator for social deprivation …. Poverty can be absolute, relative, income-based, consumption-based, or entitlement-based. The variation in the concept of … poverty reveals its dimensionality. However, when closely examined, these dimensions are seen to be conceptually interrelated …

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Including Homeless Families and Children in the Social Protection System : A Brief Review of International Experience and Data on a Philippine Pilot Program

Mendoza, Ronald U.; Pablo, Chrys; Yap II, David Barua - 2013

of the MCCT-HSF beneficiaries, reviewed country experiences (in Chile, South Africa, India, and Brazil) support and …

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Re-thinking social protection : from poverty alleviation to building resilience in middle-income households

Vera Cossío, Diego Alejandro; Hoffmann, Bridget; … - 2023

We exploit an expansion in social protection to middle-income households to provide evidence on how middle-income households cope with economic shocks and how to build their resilience. We use a regression discontinuity design around the eligibility cutoff for a program that delivered monthly...

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