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94: Macroeconomic Vulnerability in Developing Countries: Approaches and Issues

Anuradha Seth and Amr Ragab

93: Rethinking Global Poverty Measurement

Khalid Abu-Ismail, Gihan Abou Taleb and Racha Ramadan

92: Towards a Common Vision: Pulling Together or Apart? A Review of Sub-national Patterns of Multiple Deprivation in Namibia

Ojijo Odhiambo

91: Development from Below: Social Accountability in Natural Resource Management

Kishan Khoday and Leisa Perch

90: Macroeconomic Determinants of Exit from Aid-Dependence

Degol Hailu and Admasu Shiferaw

89: Bolsa Família, its Design, its Impacts and Possibilities for the Future

Sergei Soares

88: Is there Fiscal Space for Financing an Arab Development Transformation?

Khalid Abu-Ismail, Rathin Roy and Raquel Ramos

87: Poverty, Inequality and Social Policies in Brazil, 1995-2009

Pedro H. G. Ferreira de Souza

86: IMF Article IV Reports: An Analysis of Policy Recommendations

Rathin Roy and Raquel Ramos

85: Assessment of the Implications of the Bolsa Família Programme for the Decent Work Agenda

Ana Machado, Gustavo Geaquinto Fontes, Mariangela Antigo, Roberto Henrique Gonzalez and Fabio Veras Soares

84: Integrating Public Works and Cash Transfers in Ethiopia: Implications for Social Protection, Employment and Decent Work

Maikel Lieuw-Kie-Song

83: Snakes and Ladders, Buffers and Passports: Rethinking Poverty, Vulnerability and Wellbeing

Andy Sumner and Rich Mallett

82: Externality and Behavioural Change Effects of a Non-Randomised CCT Programme: Heterogeneous Impact on the Demand for Health and Education

Clarissa Gondim Teixeira, Fabio Veras Soares, Rafael Ribas, Elydia Silva and Guilherme Issamu Hirata

81: Where Biodiversity, Traditional Knowledge, Health and Livelihoods Meet: Institutional Pillars for The Productive Inclusion of Local Communities (Brazil Case Study)

Radhika Lal and Waldemiro Francisco Sorte Junior

80: Public Support to Food Security in India, Brazil and South Africa: Elements for a Policy Dialogue

Darana Souza and Danuta Chmielewska

79: Mitigation of What and by What? Adaptation by Whom and for Whom? Dilemmas in Delivering for the Poor and the Vulnerable in International Climate Policy

Leisa Perch

78: Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: A Measure of Progress

Degol Hailu and Raquel Tsukada

77: Bolsa Família and the Citizen’s Basic Income: A Misstep?

Tatiana Britto and Fabio Veras Soares

76: The Consolidation of Social Assistance in Brazil and Its Challenges, 1988–2008

Luciana Jaccoud, Patricia Dario El-Moor Hadjab and Juliana Rochet Chaibub

75: Maximizing Co-Benefits: Exploring Opportunities to Strengthen Equality and Poverty Reduction through Adaptation to Climate Change

Leisa Perch

74: Global Poverty and the New Bottom Billion: What if Three-quarters of the World’s Poor Live in Middle-income Countries?

Andy Sumner

73: Productive Inclusion of Smallholder Farmers in Brazil’s Biodiesel Value Chain: Programme Design, Institutional Incentives and Stakeholder Constraints

Clovis Zapata, Diego Vazquez-Brust and José Plaza-Úbeda

72: Addressing the Plight of Poor Households by Zero-Rating Value Added Tax on Basic Commodities In Namibia

Ojijo Odhiambo and John E. Odada

71: Targeting and Coverage of the Bolsa Família Programme: Why Knowing What You Measure Is Important In Choosing the Numbers

Sergei Soares, Rafael Ribas and Fabio Veras Soares

70: Employment Policies in Brazil: History, Scope and Limitations

Roberto Henrique Gonzalez

69: Conditional Cash Transfer Programmes and Gender Vulnerabilities: Case Studies of Brazil, Chile and Colombia

Fabio Veras Soares and Elydia Silva

68: What Are The Implications of The Global Crisis and its Aftermath for Developing Countries, 2010-2020?

Andy Sumner, Joe Ballantyne and Andrew Curry

67: Social Policy in the Post-crisis Context of Small Island Developing States: a Synthesis

Leisa Perch and Rathin Roy

66: Public Works and Employment Programmes: Towards a Long-Term Development Approach

Radhika Lal, Steve Miller, Maikel Lieuw-Kie-Song and Daniel Kostzer

65: Beyond Cash: Assessing Externality and Behaviour Effects of Non-Experimental Cash Transfers

Rafael Ribas, Fabio Veras Soares, Clarissa Gondim Teixeira, Elydia Silva and Guilherme Issamu Hirata

64: Market Alternatives for Smallholder Farmers in Food Security Initiatives: Lessons from the Brazilian Food Acquisition Programme

Danuta Chmielewska and Darana Souza

63: How should MDG Implementation be Measured: Faster Progress or Meeting Targets?

Sakiko Fukuda-Parr and Joshua Greenstein

62: Access of the Poor to Water Supply and Sanitation in India: Salient Concepts, Issues and Cases

Nitish Jha

61: A Heterogeneity Analysis of the Bolsa Família Programme Effect on Men and Women’s Work Supply

Clarissa Gondim Teixeira

60: From Social Safety net to Social Policy? The Role of Conditional Cash Transfers in Welfare State Development in Latin America

Francesca Bastagli

59: The Implications of Water and Electricity Supply for the Time Allocation of Women in Rural Ghana

Joana Costa, Degol Hailu, Elydia Silva and Raquel Tsukada

58: Privatisation and Renationalisation: What Went Wrong in Bolivia’s Water Sector?

Degol Hailu, Rafael Osorio and Raquel Tsukada

57: Access to Water in the Slums of the Developing World

Hulya Dagdeviren and Simon A. Robertson

56: The Impact of Inflation Targeting on Unemployment in Developing and Emerging Economies

Jose Angelo Divino

55: Private Sector Participation in African Infrastructure: Is it Worth the Risk?

Kate Bayliss

54: HIV and Income Inequality: If There Is a Link, What Does It Tell Us?

Göran Holmqvist

53: The Financial Crisis and Its Impact on Developing Countries

Stephany Griffith-Jones and Jose Antonio Ocampo

52: The Role of Gender Inequalities in Explaining Income Growth, Poverty and Inequality: Evidence from Latin American Countries

Joana Costa, Elydia Silva and Fabio Vaz

51: Changes in Earnings in Brazil, Chile, and Mexico: Disentangling the Forces Behind Pro-Poor Change in Labour Markets

Eduardo Zepeda, Diana Alarcón, Fabio Veras Soares and Rafael Osorio

50: Aid and Savings in Sub-saharan Africa: Should we Worry about Rising Aid Levels?

John Serieux

49: Opportunity NYC: a Performance-Based conditional Cash Transfer Programme. A Qualitative Analysis

Michelle Morais de Sa e Silva

48: Are the MDGs Priority in Development Strategies and Aid Programmes? Only few are!

Sakiko Fukuda-Parr

47: The Recent Impact of Government Transfers on Poverty in Honduras and Alternatives to Enhance their Effects

Rafael Osorio

46: Targeted Cash Transfer Programmes in Brazil: BPC and the Bolsa Familia

Marcelo Medeiros, Tatiana Britto and Fabio Veras Soares

45: Financial Liberalization and Domestic Resource Mobilization in Africa: an Assessment

John Serieux