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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"social safety nets"”.
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Social safety nets in presence of weather shocks: three essays on development economics from village economies in Kenya
… understanding of the important role played by social safety net programs in supporting poor households mitigate the effects of weather shocks, reduce poverty and vulnerability, and increase consumption of healthy food. In achieving this, we undertake an in-depth analysis supported by …
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Exploring the socio-economic outcomes of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) social safety nets in Epworth and Hopley urban suburbs - Zimbabwe
… impact of Non- Governmental Organizations' (NGO) social safety net interventions in a context of existing social insecurity in Zimbabwe. The theoretical framework of the Capability Approach and the Ecological Perspective were adopted as the qualitative research and in-depth evaluative tools. A …
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Three Essays on the Interactions between Agriculture and the Environment
… receive from the extended family or informal social safety nets. The third essay evaluates the effectiveness of different diversification strategies in smoothing consumption. Results suggest that adverse rainfall shock (below average rainfall) and temperature shock (above average extreme heat …
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Building resilience and ensuring food security in Ethiopia amid multiple shocks
… shaped by access to basic services, assets, social safety nets, and adaptive capacity. The first part of the thesis develops a multidimensional Resilience Capacity Index (RCI) for Ethiopia using structural equation modeling and related multivariate techniques. The findings show that household …
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SOCIO-SPATIAL DIMENSIONS OF MIGRANT WOMEN’S LIVES IN TBILISI, GEORGIA
… of family and rural contacts and the use of social safety nets as a coping strategy to aid women in the transition to urban life in Tbilisi. In addition, this paper addresses the role of women in Georgia throughout history and how this has played into the migrants’ decisions to migrate today. …
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SOCIO-SPATIAL DIMENSIONS OF MIGRANT WOMEN’S LIVES IN TBILISI, GEORGIA
… of family and rural contacts and the use of social safety nets as a coping strategy to aid women in the transition to urban life in Tbilisi. In addition, this paper addresses the role of women in Georgia throughout history and how this has played into the migrants’ decisions to migrate today. …
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Modes of governance and public service efficiency
… on the efficiency of education, health, and social protection systems. In the education sector, the share of public providers is found to exert a negative effect on efficiency whereas the degree of decentralisation of the decision-making procedures of public providers is found to exert a …
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Race to the Bottom or Move to the Middle? Globalization and Welfare Regime Transformation in the Developing World
My findings demonstrate that the variations of social welfare systems in the developing world are rooted in the conflicting dynamics of industrialization and globalization. Industrialization in the developing world has an expansionary effect on welfare expenditures as it entails risks that fuel the …
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New possibilities for expanding Pan-African commerce
… on regional trade integration, value chains, social policies, domestic markets, wage-led growth, and the costs and benefits of regional collaboration. The study examines how the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) can spur growth and development across the continent, highlighting the …
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AI Trust and Technology Optimism in the Workforce: Data-Driven Insights into Regional Variation
… environment, encompassing technology governance, social safety nets, and workers’ institutional trust, all seem connected with how workers think about the impact of new technologies on society, the economy, and their jobs. Interpersonal trust propensity contributes to AI trust formation, though …
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Race to the bottom or move to the middle? Globalization and welfare transformation in the developing world
How does economic integration affect social protection regimes differently across the developing world? The existing literature predicts a causal relationship between globalization and larger welfare states under the assumption that larger welfare state sustains the openness against a …
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An exploratory study highlighting the complexities in the targeting of beneficiaries in Malawi's social cash transfer programme
“The rise of social protection in form of social safety nets is attributed to the forceful return of poverty onto the international development agenda credited to World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)” (Chisinga, 2007:3). The basis of the discussion of social protection as …
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Food security in India
"This thesis examines the role of social safety nets in providing food security and income stability in developing economies. The first two chapters study the effectiveness of one of the world's largest safety net program - India's Public Distribution System (PDS). The first chapter examines the …
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Essays in environmental economics
… indicators may be in part due to various social safety nets. In the third chapter, I estimate the extent of adverse selection in area yield insurance. Despite a long-run decrease in developed countries' vulnerability to weather shocks, agriculture worldwide remains susceptible to weather …
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Assessing how South African Development Community Countries' National Adaptation Planning addresses health impacts: A scoping review
… to education, healthcare, nutrition and weakened social safety nets. The sub-Saharan African region is projected to have the global highest burden of disease by 2030 due to climate change. Therefore, it is key that countries have effective adaptation plans in place and that these plans are being …
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A Study of the Impact of a Natural Disaster on Economic Behavior and Human Capital Across the Life Course
… poverty, weak infrastructure, and a lack of social safety nets often exacerbate the effects of adverse shocks on household welfare. My research addresses these issues in the context of three economic outcomes and behaviors - early life health and the accumulation of human capital, willingness …
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Household Food Security in Developing Countries: Understanding the Role of Dynamic Natural and Social Systems
… in 2005, analyzes the role of natural capital, social capital, coping strategies, and levels of violence in determining household food security levels. Using remotely sensed data of two time points--Thematic Mapper (TM) of 1990 and Enhanced Thematic Mapper (ETM+) of 2000, vegetation information …
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Three Essays on Climate Change Adaptation in Rural African Communities
… Development in Senegal and Mali, and a social safety net program implemented at a national scale in Ethiopia. </p><p>In the first chapter, I evaluate the Decentralized Climate Funds (DCF) project in Senegal and Mali. DCF aims to support locally led climate change adaptation, encouraging …
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Three Essays On Climate Change Adaptation In Rural African Communities
… Development in Senegal and Mali, and a social safety net program implemented at a national scale in Ethiopia. </p><p>In the first chapter, I evaluate the Decentralized Climate Funds (DCF) project in Senegal and Mali. DCF aims to support locally led climate change adaptation, encouraging …