The article considers social responsibility of the employer and employee as a component of the socially responsible business. It identifies that social responsibility should be directed at such components as introduction of social programmes and improvement of labour conditions; establishment of...

The Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Program (EDPRP) was developed with the active participation and support of society, executive authorities, nongovernment organizations, academia, businessmen, and donors. The study additionally provides coordinated mechanisms for bilateral and...

This paper proposes an application of standard evaluation techniques to obtain an early indication of the efficiency of a social program. An explicit distinction is made between participation and treatment since non-participants in many cases can find treatment outside of the program. By...

Many popular social programmes have limited coverage among households at the very bottom of the income and wealth distribution. If a programme reaches the poor, but neglects the destitute, the (pre-programme) income distribution of participants and non-participants will cross. We are interested...

Las alianzas público privadas (APP) son una modalidad relativamente reciente de trabajo por la cual se establecen convenios en los que ambas partes asumen compromisos y riesgos. Se han originado como una alternativa a la dicotomía entre oferta del sector privado y público, con miras a mejorar...

The Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) of the Republic of Tajikistan for 2010–12 aims to serve as a medium-term program for the implementation of the National Development Strategy up to 2015. It will determine the major socioeconomic development of the country during this period, taking...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a case study on the methodology developed for establishing a Mexican User Satisfaction Index for a particular kind of Social Program (MUSI‐SP), taking into consideration the example of a Concrete Floor Social Program....