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Bangladesh is entering a period of significant economic, demographic, and social transition. Over recent decades, the country has achieved substantial progress in economic growth, poverty reduction, human development, and social indicators. At the same time, the context within which social protection systems operate is changing rapidly. Population growth is slowing, urbanisation is accelerating, labour markets are evolving, climate-related risks are increasing, and households are becoming more exposed to economic, health, and livelihood shocks. These changes are occurring alongside a period of political and institutional transition, preparations for graduation...
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Recent years have seen a perceptible increase in interest on social safety nets in developing countries. The emergence of such a policy focus...
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Developing and least developed countries suffer from high rate of unemployment and poverty. Additionally, they are vulnerable to external shocks and natural disasters....
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In 2005 India introduced an ambitious national antipoverty program, now called the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. The program offers up...
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The purpose of this study is to help AusAID staff, their counterparts in partner governments and others working in the field of social...
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Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) provide mothers of school-age children in extreme poverty with a cash subsidy conditional on their children's attendance at school...
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Throughout the developing world there is a growing demand for advice on the design of policies to facilitate access of the most vulnerable...
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Cash transfer interventions form increasingly important parts of social protection systems in most countries. Usually, cash transfers are evaluated against their first order...
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Interest in safety nets and social protection is growing exponentially. Ways of strengthening the mare called for in high-level statements, researched in academic...
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The rationale for public investment in rural roads is that households can better exploit agricultural and non-agricultural opportunities to employ labor and capital...