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Indigenous unrest and the contentious politics of social assistance in Mexico
World Development, 2019Is social assistance being used to contain ethnic and racial unrest in developing countries? There is a growing literature on social assistance policies in the Global South, but this literature largely focuses on economic and demographic factors ...
Erdem Yörük, Ibrahim Oker, Lara Sarlak
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Declining Poverty and Inequality in Turkey: The Effect of Social Assistance and Home Ownership
South European Society and Politics, 2018Social assistance has become prominent in combating poverty in developing countries, and has also contributed to the popularity and election success of governments implementing it.
Hasan Tekgüç
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Locked down and locked out: Repurposing social assistance as emergency relief to informal workers
World Development, 2021The COVID-19 pandemic presents a particular challenge to countries with high levels of labour market informality. Informal workers and their households are especially vulnerable to the negative economic consequences of the pandemic and associated ...
Ihsaan Bassier +4 more
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A synopsis of ‘Revisiting Targeting in Social Assistance: A New Look at Old Dilemmas’
Global Social Policy, 2022• There is a strong consensus around the need to reduce poverty and inequality and a drive toward Universal Social Protection (USP) as part of the Sustainable Development Goals to be met by 2030, a goal shared by governments around the world and ...
Margaret Grosh +3 more
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Designing VUIs for Social Assistance Robots for People with Dementia
Message Understanding Conference, 2021Elderly people and especially people with dementia often experience social isolation and need assistance while performing activities of daily living. We investigate a novel approach to cope with this problem by integrating voice assistants and social ...
Julian Striegl +3 more
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Social Assistance Amidst the COVID‐19 Epidemic in South Africa: A Policy Assessment
, 2021In an attempt to minimise the negative economic impacts of COVID-19 on vulnerable households the South African government allocated R50 billion in additional social assistance spending The cash transfer package included a temporary increase in existing ...
H. Bhorat +2 more
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Policy Merchandising and Social Assistance in Africa: Don't Call Dog Monkey for Me
, 2020The title of this article draws on a Yorùbá aphorism that roughly translates into ‘don’t sell me a dummy’. The dark side of social policy, the theme of this Debate, has a distinct character in the African context. The transformation of the African public
J. Adesina
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Social assistance programs and climate resilience: reducing vulnerability through cash transfers
Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 2020This review focuses on the relationship between cash transfer-based social assistance programs and the climate resilience of households and communities. Governments in lower and middle-income countries have adopted cash transfer programs widely – both in
A. Agrawal +3 more
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Resisting the Culture of Poverty Narrative: Perspectives of Social Assistance Recipients
Journal of Poverty, 2020The assumption that “welfare dependency” is passed from generation to generation is persistent in public attitudes. We explore intergenerational transmission of social assistance through perceptions of those in receipt of social assistance for more than ...
Stephanie Baker Collins +3 more
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2009
In the previous chapters we addressed legislation for victims of terrorism and their needs. The following chapters will discuss specific interventions that relate to the needs of victims of terrorism. These chapters are divided according to the main headings of the CoE Guidelines for Victims of Terrorism, with Chapter 5 discussing access and ...
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In the previous chapters we addressed legislation for victims of terrorism and their needs. The following chapters will discuss specific interventions that relate to the needs of victims of terrorism. These chapters are divided according to the main headings of the CoE Guidelines for Victims of Terrorism, with Chapter 5 discussing access and ...
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