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Social protection, electoral competition, and political branding in Malawi

Hamer, Sam; Seekings, Jeremy - 2017

extent political parties) to brand themselves in ways that transcend regional or ethnic loyalties. In Malawi, Joyce Banda …'s adoption of a social protection brand were specific to the political context in Malawi. Elsewhere in East and Southern Africa … in the 2014 Malawi election, although caused partly by other factors, suggests that there are limits to the efficacy of …

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Malawi shock-responsive social protection (SRSP) case study

Longhurst, Daniel; Sabates-Wheeler, Rachel - 2019

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Social protection, food security and nutrition in six African countries

Devereux, Stephen; Nzabamwita, Jonas - 2018

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Social protection in APEC : in pursuit of inclusive growth

Cuenca, Janet S. - 2016

The paper seeks to take stock of some of the key APEC documents/reports relevant to social protection and safety net programs, and also of the experience of APEC member-economies, with special focus on the Philippines, in implementing social protection measures. In particular, it attempts to...

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Social protection beyond the bottom billion

Murphy, Susan; Walsh, Patrick Paul - 2014

Most conceptualisations of the bottom billion assume that "the poor" are a minority group in a state of continuous dependency, identifiable by region and demographic. Using a flow analysis (inflow and outflow) of poverty, rather than a stock analysis, we explain why poverty is more appropriately...

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A time of need : exploring the changing poverty risk facing larger families in the UK

Stewart, Kitty; Reeves, Aaron; Patrick, Ruth - 2021

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Financing the Zambia social cash transfer scale-up : a tax benefit microsimulation analysis based on MicroZAMOD

Kampamba, Remmy; Pellerano, Luca; Banda, Charles; … - 2019

This paper assesses the effects on poverty and inequality of the alternative targeting approaches that Zambia's Social Cash Transfer programme could take as its expansion continues during the period of the country's Seventh National Development Plan (2017-21). It further assesses the domestic...

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The impact of conditional cash transfer programmes on household work decisions in Ghana

Ekobor-Ackah Mochiah, Eric; Osei, Robert Darko; … - 2014

A cash transfer programme 'Livelihood Empowerment against Poverty' has been implemented with the aim of addressing poverty and vulnerability in Ghana. This study looks at the impact of this conditional cash transfer programme on households' supply of labour for agriculture, paid employment, and...

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Building a conservative welfare state in Botswana

Seekings, Jeremy - 2017

Botswana's welfare state is both a parsimonious laggard in comparison with some other middle-income countries in Africa (such as Mauritius and South Africa) and extensive (in comparison with its low-income neighbours to the north and east). Coverage is broad but cash transfers are modest. This...

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Poverty alleviation and social safety net schemes for economies in transition

Paull, Gillian - 1991

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