Social Assistance in Developing Countries Database Version 5.0

Barrientos, Armando; Niño‐Zarazúa, Miguel; Maîtrot, Mathilde

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1672090

“…4 There has indeed been a remarkable increase in the number of such programs during the last decades. Barrientos et al (2010) provide a compendium of the literature investigating the targets and impact of social transfer schemes in developing countries. According to this compendium, many studies find that the Although Oportunidades is surely one of the programs that stands out in terms of the population it reaches and transfer volume, all the social transfer programs in our database directly target the poor.…”

Section: Related Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The transfer variable was constructed based on the social assistance in developing countries database by Barrientos et al (2010) The polity variable is taken from the Center for Systemic Peace's POLITY IV project by Marshall and Jaggers (2010). It classifies countries on a scale of -10 for strongly autocratic to +10 for a fully consolidated democracy.…”

Section: Data and Descriptive Statisticsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Regime Type, Inequality, and Redistributive Transfers in Developing Countries

Dodlova

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Giolbas

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2015

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. The debate on whether democracy and inequality increase the level of redistribution in a country is still ongoing. We construct a model that predicts a higher probability of redistribution in democracies than in autocracies. Further, with higher initial inequality, there should be more redistribution in democracies but not necessarily in autocracies. We test these predictions using data on social transfers in developing countries for the period 1960-2010. We confirm that democracy increases redistribution and, to some extent, that there is more redistribution with rising inequality. Hence, on the basis of a direct measure of redistribution, we present evidence to confirm the median voter theorem. Terms of use: Documents in

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“…Social protection schemes can mitigate the social and mental health risks of poverty and inequalities on children and their families. In spite of the modest expansion in Eastern and Southern regions of Africa in recent times [98], available data unfortunately suggests that social protection and social-welfare schemes in subSaharan Africa are still largely rudimentary, noncomprehensive, restrictive, or at experimental stages [99][100][101]. In addition, the social protection schemes in the region are still bedeviled by weak institutional framework for impactful implementation [102].…”

Section: Lack Of Adequate Social Protection For Vulnerable Children Amentioning

confidence: 99%

Where Lies the Risk? An Ecological Approach to Understanding Child Mental Health Risk and Vulnerabilities in Sub-Saharan Africa

Atilola¹

2015

Adolescent Mental Health

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Efforts at improving child-health and development initiatives in sub-Saharan Africa had focused on the physical health of children due to the neglect of child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) policy initiatives. A thorough and broad-based understanding of the prevalent child mental-health risk and vulnerability factors is needed to successfully articulate CAMH policies. In this discourse, we present a narrative on the child mental-health risk and vulnerability factors in sub-Saharan Africa. Through an ecological point of view, we identified widespread family poverty, poor availability and uptake of childcare resources, inadequate community and institutional childcare systems, and inadequate framework for social protection for vulnerable children as among the risk and vulnerability factors for CAMH in the region. Others are poor workplace policy/practice that does not support work-family life balance, poor legislative framework for child protection, and some harmful traditional practices. We conclude that an ecological approach shows that child mental-health risks are diverse and cut across different layers of the care environment. The approach also provides a broad and holistic template from which appropriate CAMH policy direction in sub-Saharan Africa can be understood.

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“…The summary list below is indicative of well-known domains of currently implemented SP assistance initiatives that can be scaled up, while comprehensive listings of country initiatives can be found elsewhere (Barrientos, Niño-Zarazúa, and Maitrot 2010). 1) Free infant immunization combined with free pre/post-natal care and nutrient supplements for lactating mothers and infants 12 (usually a part of the health system but specific SP interventions do exist, i.e., Macedonia, Namibia, Mexico).…”

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confidence: 99%

Expanding Social Protection in Developing Countries: A Gender Perspective

Antonopoulos

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2013

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in Rania Antonopoulos Levy Economics Institute of Bard College March 2013* This paper was prepared as background for a policy brief commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme, and I remain grateful for the opportunity. I also thank my colleague Kim Kijong for his feedback and data support.The Levy Economics Institute Working Paper Collection presents research in progress by Levy Institute scholars and conference participants. The purpose of the series is to disseminate ideas to and elicit comments from academics and professionals.Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, founded in 1986, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, independently funded research organization devoted to public service. Through scholarship and economic research it generates viable, effective public policy responses to important economic problems that profoundly affect the quality of life in the United States and abroad. ABSTRACTThis paper discusses social protection initiatives in the context of developing countries and explores the opportunities they present for promoting a gender-equality agenda and women's empowerment. The paper begins with a brief introduction on the emergence of social protection (SP) and how it is linked to economic and social policy. Next, it reviews the context, concepts, and definitions relevant to SP policies and identifies gender-specific social and economic risks and corresponding SP instruments, drawing on country-level experiences. The thrust of the paper is to explore how SP instruments can help or hinder the process of altering rigid gendered roles, and offers a critical evaluation of SP interventions from the standpoint of women's inclusion in economic life. Conditional cash transfers and employment guarantee programs are discussed in detail. An extensive annotated bibliography accompanies this paper as a resource for researchers and practitioners.

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Social Assistance in Developing Countries Database Version 5.0

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Regime Type, Inequality, and Redistributive Transfers in Developing Countries

Regime Type, Inequality, and Redistributive Transfers in Developing Countries

Where Lies the Risk? An Ecological Approach to Understanding Child Mental Health Risk and Vulnerabilities in Sub-Saharan Africa

Expanding Social Protection in Developing Countries: A Gender Perspective

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