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The controversial Brazilian welfare regime : prepared for the UNRISD project New Directions in Social Policy: Alternatives from and for the Global South

Lavinas, Lena; Gentil, Denise; Cobo, Barbara - 2017

The turn of the century brought encouragement and hope for many emerging economies undergoing a new phase of growth, with falling inequality and a promising push towards greater social inclusion. Within this trend of economic recovery and increased equity, Latin America would stand out, with...

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The effect of foreign direct investment on employment in manufacturing industry sectors in sub-Saharan African countries

Kang, Hyojung - 2022

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Malaria control and infant mortality in Africa

Cogneau, Denis; Rossi, Pauline - 2017

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Digitalization for energy access in Sub-Saharan Africa : challenges, opportunities and potential business models

Mazzoni, Davide - 2019

collection, are already giving a big contribution in fostering the access to electricity and clean cooking in Sub-Saharan Africa …. This paper gives an overview on the actual state of energy access in Sub-Saharan Africa and the current technologies used … Africa, financial aspects and market analysis. The perspective of both companies and end-users have been considered here. The …

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Systemic crises and the social protection system : three proposals for World Bank action

Kanbur, Ravi - 2009

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Assessing the effectiveness of social protection measures in mitigating COVID-19-related income shocks in the European Union

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

Cossío, Diego Alejandro Vera; 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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Shooting a moving target : choosing targeting tools for social programs

Beuermann, Diether W.; Hoffmann, Bridget; Stampini, Marco; … - 2024

A key challenge for policymakers is how to design methods to select beneficiaries of social programs when income is volatile and the target population is dynamic. We evaluate a traditional static proxy-means test (PMT) and three policy-relevant alternatives. We use a unique panel dataset of a...

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Expanding social security in Indonesia : the processes and challenges

Suryahadi, Asep Yadi; Febriany, Vita; Yumna, Athia - 2014

This paper reviews the development of social security provision in Indonesia, which has evolved from very little in its early years to the privilege of formal sector workers during the New Order period to universal coverage, at least in principle, in the current period. These changes were in...

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The politics of poverty alleviation strategies in India

Vijayabaskar, M.; Balagopal, Gayathri - 2019

In 2004, following the election of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA), India began to introduce a series of legally enforceable rights to expand the economic security and social opportunities of its citizens. The flagship initiative of the UPA was the Mahatma Gandhi National...

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