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11 May 2009
Published by: IDS
The primary purpose of this paper is to determine the relative welfare position of different ethnic groupings in rural Vietnam using...
11 May 2009
1 January 2009
Published by: IDS
Recognising that many indicators of vulnerability among children, such as malnutrition or poor educational performance, might reflect intergenerational problems has profound implications for the design and implementation of social protection programmes.
1 January 2009
Published by: IDS
Over the past few years DFID have increased their efforts to promote social transfers and social protection. The outcomes and impacts of social transfers and social protection schemes and DFID-influencing activities vary greatly relative to the unique conditions that were applied in specific contexts. What has worked well in one context may work very differently under a different set of conditions in another context.
1 January 2009
15 December 2008
Published by: IDS
Reliance on subsistence agriculture means the impact of stresses and shocks (such as droughts or floods) are felt keenly by rural poor people, who depend directly on food system outcomes for their survival, with profound implications for the security of their livelihoods and welfare.
Research from the Centre for Social Protection and UNICEF shows how successful social protection programmes are built
15 September 2008
The majority of the world’s poorest people live and work in rural areas. The 2008 World Bank World Development Report ‘Agriculture for Development’ puts the figure at 75%.
4 September 2008
Published by: IDS
The rapid pace at which the climate change agenda is permeating wide-ranging arenas of established development practice and theory...
1 September 2008
Published by: IDS