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Can unconditional cash transfers lead to sustainable poverty reduction? : evidence from two government-led programmes in Zambia

Handa, Sudhanshu; Natali, Luisa; Seidenfeld, David; … - 2016

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The impact of positive and negative income changes on the height and weight of young children

Buser, Thomas; Oosterbeek, Hessel; Plug, Erik J. S.; … - 2014

We estimate the impact of changes in unearned income on the height and weight of young children in a developing country. As source of variation we use changes in the eligibility criteria for receipt of an unconditional cash transfer in Ecuador. Two years after families lost the transfer, which...

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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 …

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Social spending in South Asia - an overview of government expenditure on health, education and social assistance

Bloch, Carolina - 2020

Many South Asian countries experienced changes in government and strong economic growth since the early 2000s. Poverty … address structural challenges related to poverty and inequality are hindered by gaps in budgetary and institutional capacity. …

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Social spending in South Asia - an overview of government expenditure on health, education and social assistance : executive summary

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Building a conservative welfare state in Botswana

Seekings, Jeremy - 2017

contract - to those of its neighbours in Southern Africa. It is the result of the specific character of poverty in Botswana and …

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The context in conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs : a royal road to health service utilization to the poor?

Rukiko, Massami Denis; Mwakalobo, Adam Beni Swebe; … - In: Cogent business & management 10 (2023) 1, pp. 1-15

This study addresses the challenges facing Conditional Cash Transfer Programs (CCT) by investigating whether recipients are satisfied with health services and how contextual factors affect the utilization of health services. The study used binary logistic regression to determine households'...

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How narrowly should anti-poverty programs be targeted? : simulation evidence from Bolivia and Indonesia

Klasen, Stephan; Lange, Simon - 2016

A key question in the design of anti-poverty programs is to what extent they should be targeted. Empirical evaluations … based on an imperfect poverty classifier based on proxy means tests results in very distinct 'optimal' beneficiary shares … when these measures are used as a decision criterion. Implications from poverty simulations are sensitive to assumptions …

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The importance of social transfers in reducing poverty in Croatia

Bejaković, Predrag - In: Economic research (2013), pp. 103-116

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Social empathy and attitudes about dependence of people living in poverty on government assistance programs

Wagaman, M. Alex; Compton, Kimberly S.; Segal, Elizabeth A. - In: Journal of poverty : innovations on social, political & … 22 (2018) 4/6, pp. 471-485

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