Essays about: "Poverty targeting"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 28 essays containing the words Poverty targeting.

  1. 16. The Paradox of Redistribution: A System Dynamics Translation

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : David Collste; [2015]
    Keywords : Inequality; endogenous point of view; system dynamics; paradox of redistribution; poverty; inequality; system dynamics translation; welfare state regimes; social insurance; convergence; divergence;

    Abstract : Inequality has received renewed attention in the public as well as in the academic debate. According to one theory, the development of redistribution and inequality reflects the institutional design of the social insurances. READ MORE

  3. 17. Brazil Bolsa Familia Program: Analysing The Impact of The Conditionalities on School Enrolment, Health and Child Labor

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Chiedozie Franklin Otuonye; [2015]
    Keywords : Human capital; Inequality; Bolsa Familia Program; Poverty; Education; Children; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Abstract With high poverty and inequality rate, the Government in Brazil have adopted several social assistance programs and strategies in the fight against the ever growing rate of poverty and inequality within it’s population since the 1990s. In recent years, the Bolsa Familia Program have been a major social assistance program in Brazil, and the program have affected more than 13 million poor households in their everyday life. READ MORE

  4. 18. The Right to Social Security : South Africa in Between Rights and Relief

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Stefan Granlund; [2015]
    Keywords : Social protection; human rights; South Africa; universalism; targeting; development; gender; poverty; inequality; cash transfers; social justice; Child Support Grant; social security;

    Abstract : Social protection has become an important tool in efforts to eradicate poverty in developing countries and also risen strongly on the global development agenda the last decade. This thesis will look at different approaches to social protection and their relation to the human right to social security with South Africa as a case study. READ MORE

  5. 19. Mainstream Discourse: Contrasting Perspectives on CCT Programs and Gender Equality

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Erik Broman; [2014]
    Keywords : Conditional cash transfer; governmentality; gender equality; World Bank; Overseas Development Institute; knowledge; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : With the deadline of the 2015 Millenium Development Goals approaching fast, developmental institutions are eager to identify which programs have made an impact and worth continuing as well as which have failed. There have been a number of programs conducted and evaluated in the last decade and now is the time to investigate where they can be improved and restructured. READ MORE

  6. 20. Gender and Cost-Effectiveness in Public Work Programmes

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Olivia Malmqvist; [2013-05-28]
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    Abstract : Public work programmes (PWP) are a popular part of development strategies and poverty reduction schemes and Bolivia were receivers of international aid for two workfare programmes during 2004 and 2006. To analyse how well those two programmes have functioned I decided to look at cost-effectiveness and female participation in both programmes. READ MORE