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Institutionalizing Segregation: Women, Conditional Cash Transfers, and Paid Employment in Southern EcuadorPart of Journal Special Issue Welfare and distributive effects of social assistance in the Global South
Discrimination in employment Segregation Transfer paymentsBook Chapter
The politics of promoting social protection in Uganda: A comparative analysis of social cash transfers and social health insuranceFrom the book: The Politics of Social Protection in Eastern and Southern Africa
Political science Social conditions Transfer paymentsJournal Article
Identity Documents, Welfare Enhancement, and Group Empowerment in the Global SouthPart of Journal Special Issue Legal Empowerment and Group-Based Inequality
Identity Legal empowerment WelfareWorking Paper
Worker retraining and transfer payments: The political economy of social protectionWe conduct an incentive-theoretical analysis of political economy considerations in the design of social protection programmes in developing countries to accompany economic reforms...
Political economy Social protection Transfer paymentsWorking Paper
The politics of promoting social cash transfers in UgandaIn 2015 the Government of Uganda agreed to start rolling out a social pension programme, and increasing its own contribution to it...
Political science Social conditions Transfer paymentsWorking Paper
Formalizing safety nets and the requirements to obtain them: An increased role for identity documents in the Global SouthHaving a birth certificate is a stepping stone to acquiring an array of rights and benefits, including other documents necessary to navigate in and outside of one’s home country...
Pensions Transfer paymentsWorking Paper
Institutionalizing segregation: Conditional cash transfers and employment choicesSome claim that certain forms of social protection, conditional cash transfers in particular, result in perverse incentives for recipients in order to stay eligible for receiving benefits...
Discrimination in employment Segregation Transfer paymentsJournal Article
Policy Responses to Aid Surges in Countries with Limited International Capital Mobility: The Role of the Exchange Rate RegimePart of Journal Special Issue Aid Policy and the Macroeconomic Management of Aid
Economic assistance and foreign aid Foreign exchange Transfer paymentsJournal Article
Remittances and Vulnerability to Poverty in Rural MexicoPart of Journal Special Issue Globalization, Poverty, and Inequality in Latin America
Economic assistance and foreign aid Globalization PovertyWorking Paper
Remittances and Vulnerability to Poverty in Rural MexicoInternational remittances have been portrayed as the human face of globalization given their potential to alleviate poverty by directly increasing household income...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Globalization PovertyBook Chapter
Transition from ODA to Private Capital FlowsFrom the book: Development Finance in the Global Economy
Capital Macroeconomics Monetary policyBook Chapter
Do Public Transfers Crowd Out Private Transfers?: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in MexicoFrom the book: Insurance Against Poverty
Policy sciences Government policy (Poor) PovertyBook Chapter
Can Food-for-Work Programmes Reduce Vulnerability?From the book: Insurance Against Poverty
Economic assistance and foreign aid Famine PovertyWorking Paper
The Transition from Official Aid to Private Capital Flows: Implications for a Developing CountryIndia’s capital account displays a sharp swing in external financing from official assistance to private capital transfers in the 1990s. This paper examines the implications of this transition for the country...
Capital Macroeconomics Monetary policyBook Chapter
Redistribution Does Matter: Growth and Redistribution for Poverty ReductionFrom the book: Growth, Inequality and Poverty
Economic development Equality and inequality PovertyBook Chapter
Assessing the Impact of Fiscal Policy on PovertyFrom the book: Fiscal Policy for Development
Fiscal policy Poverty Poverty measurement