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Journal articles on the topic "Developing countries/social"

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Sheykhi, Mohammad. "Aging and Social Gerontology vs Social Accounting in Developing Countries." Neuroscience and Neurological Surgery 6, no. 1 (January 30, 2020): 01–03. http://dx.doi.org/10.31579/2578-8868/105.

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Though aging is a gift in general, it may be a hard time for many in developing countries in particular. Aging may be defined as the combination of biological, social and psychological processes that affect people as they grow older. The first refers to the physical body, the second refers to cultural values, norms and role expectations that change with age, and the third refers to the change in one's emotional, cognitive and mental capabilities. Science, modern technologies, improved agriculture, sanitation, medicaments, improved nutrition and many more developments have brought about aging increase and declining mortality. Social aspects of aging or social gerontology as a new phenomenon needs to be taken into account through social accounting. As rapid changes are emerging in population structure in modern times, social accountants need to study and project different emerging changes of population including aging and gerontology. While aging is affected by the quality of the society, it affects society too. Such a phenomenon is currently appearing in the developing world. Similarly, aging people find a different psychology and lifestyle contradicting their younger ages. Such a dramatic change needs more applicable inspection including geriatrics and social accounting. However, complications in elderly life is ever appearing and increasing. Method of research used in the present paper is mainly based on a qualitative approach. Various subtitles discussed in the present paper, result from aging, or influence aging phenomenon. The paper concludes that social accounting widely affects healthy aging.
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Pawson, Ray, Martin Bulmer, and Donald P. Warwick. "Social Research in Developing Countries." British Journal of Sociology 36, no. 1 (March 1985): 149. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/590426.

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Lahiri, Sajal, Ehtisham Ahmad, Jean Dreze, John Hills, and Amartya Sen. "Social Security in Developing Countries." Economic Journal 102, no. 413 (July 1992): 994. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2234610.

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Chuang, Yating, and Laura Schechter. "Social Networks in Developing Countries." Annual Review of Resource Economics 7, no. 1 (October 2015): 451–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-resource-100814-125123.

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Adams, John. "Social Security in Developing Countries." Journal of Economic Issues 27, no. 1 (March 1993): 256–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00213624.1993.11505408.

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MacPherson, Stewart. "Social Security in Developing Countries." Social Policy & Administration 21, no. 1 (March 1987): 3–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9515.1987.tb00258.x.

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Mares, Isabela, and Matthew E. Carnes. "Social Policy in Developing Countries." Annual Review of Political Science 12, no. 1 (June 2009): 93–113. http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.polisci.12.071207.093504.

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Beck, Tony. "Social security in developing countries." Food Policy 16, no. 5 (October 1991): 423–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0306-9192(91)90040-q.

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Barrientos, Armando. "Social Assistance in Developing Countries." Southeast Asian Economies 31, no. 1 (2014): 160. http://dx.doi.org/10.1355/ae31-1m.

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Oliveira, Maria Clara. "Social Assistance in Developing Countries." Leviathan (São Paulo), no. 11 (August 8, 2017): 167. http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/issn.2237-4485.lev.2015.132385.

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Berger, Guy. "Social structure and rural economic development." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007643.

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New concepts and a synthesis of existing theories may assist in studying the relationship between social structure, development and rural development. The concept of social structure encompasses the concept of economic structure which may be analysed in terms of three "Moments" of production. On this basis, one can distinguish between heterogeneous and homogeneous relations of production structures. "Homogeneous relations" together with "system dynamics" and ''reproduction", define the concept of a mode of production. "Development" refers to the expansion of total productive capacity, premissed on advanced means of production, and corresponding to the particular relations and forces of production in an economic system. The capitalist mode of production has both tendencies and countertendencies to development. The latter prevail in the Third World due to the admixture and heterogeneity of production relations there, and to their subordinate articulation within an international capitalist economic system. In this context, underdevelopment is the result of the specific factors of monopoly competition, dependence-extraversion, disarticulation-unevenness, the three-tier structure of the peripheral economy, surplus transfer, and class structures and struggles. Rural development can be understood in terms of the specific contribution of agriculture to development, theorized as the "Agrarian Question". Agrarian capitalism has been slow to develop in the Third World, and the state of agriculture remains a problem there. "Rural development" has emerged as a deliberate and interventionist state strategy designed to restructure agrarian relations for development. This has contributed to the formation of particular heterogeneous relations of production articulated to the capitalist mode. In this context, the character of the associated classes has left the Agrarian Question unresolved. "Rural development" continues because it has an important~ and even primary, political significance - although this is not without contradictions.
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Zhang, Ying. "Developed countries or developing countries?: MNEs' geographic diversification and corporate social performance." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2018. https://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_oa/560.

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Research (e.g., Strike, Gao, & Bansal, 2006) has pointed out that international firms diversifying geographically can be both socially responsible and socially irresponsible. However, the research has failed to provide a strong theoretical explanation based on a major theory. I propose to address this gap by testing two competing perspectives based on institutional theory, i.e., the institutional-transfer approach and the institutional-void approach. Based on relevant literature, I propose a contingency model predicting the different effects of geographic diversification (GD) on corporate social performance (CSP) by focusing on the institutional differences between developed and developing countries. Moreover, arguing that the institutional approaches should also consider the effects of internal firm resources, I also predict the moderating effects of firm slack resources (the slack) on the relationship between the diversification and CSP. Adopting the approach that considers the slack in a continuum of managerial discretion, i.e., low- and high-discretion slack resources (George, 2005), I argue that high-discretion slack can strengthen the relationship between GD and CSP while low-discretion slack can weaken this relationship. To test the above hypotheses, I analyze the data of multinational enterprises (MNEs) listed on the New York Stock Exchange from 2000 to 2015. The whole sample contains 477 MNEs or 1,560 firm/year observations. Through analyzing empirical data, I have obtained evidence that there is a positive relationship between GD and corporate social responsibility (CSR) when MNEs diversify into developed countries. On the other hand, the results show a negative relationship between GD and CSR and a positive relationship between GD and corporate social irresponsibility (CSIR) when MNEs diversify into developing countries. Moreover, low-discretion slack can weaken the relationship between GD and CSR in developing countries. Theoretically, this thesis makes four contributions to the literature. First, it contributes to the GD literature by focusing on CSP. Second, it enriches institutional theory by testing the predictive validity of its two approaches (i.e., institutional-transfer approach and institutional-void approach) on the GD-CSP relationship. Third, it enriches the understanding of CSP research. Finally, it reveals that different types of slack resources could affect the GD-CSP relationship. In addition to the theoretical contributions, this thesis provides findings with practical implications for managers, governments, and stakeholders. First, managers should be aware of the institutional environments where their firms diversify. Second, managers should maintain an appropriate utility to different kinds of slack resources in their firms. Third, the government should reinforce its supervision on MNEs' diversification strategies, especially in developing countries. Fourth, stakeholders should stay alert that MNEs from developed countries can also perform CSIR behaviors.
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Hidalgo, Varela Luis Fernando. "Social entrepreneurship in developing countries: An institutional context." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/672031.

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L’emprenedoria social es reconeix cada vegada més com un element crucial per al progrés de les economies i la societat. Per tant, els acadèmics i els responsables polítics s’han interessat pels factors que podrien determinar aquest fenomen. Si bé diverses disciplines han analitzat els antecedents de l’emprenedoria, els enfocaments institucionals han cobrat rellevància per la seva capacitat per oferir un marc en el qual els emprenedors prenen decisions en funció de l’context en què es troben inserits. Aquesta visió teòrica permet explicar les diferències institucionals entre països. Per tant, resulta que les institucions formals i informals són útils per comprendre per què els individus decideixen convertir-se en emprenedors socials i / o emprenedors comercials i, a el mateix temps, com aquestes institucions contribueixen a la satisfacció de l’emprenedor social als països en desenvolupament. Per tant, aquesta investigació explora els factors institucionals que influeixen en l’emprenedoria social en els països en desenvolupament, utilitzant la perspectiva de l’economia institucional com a marc teòric. Específicament, la investigació estudia les tendències en la literatura sobre emprenedoria social amb èmfasi en el context institucional; determinar la influència de l’context institucional (formal i informal) en l’esperit empresarial social i comercial en els països en desenvolupament; determinar la influència de factors socioculturals (institucions informals) sobre l’esperit empresarial social i comercial en països desenvolupats i en desenvolupament, durant i després de la crisi financera; i analitzar el paper de l’context institucional en la satisfacció dels emprenedors socials en els països en desenvolupament. La metodologia utilitzada és quantitativa i es refereix principalment a les estimacions de diverses equacions (regressions logístiques, efectes marginals i regressió de mínims quadrats parcials). Per tant, per a l’equació que tracta sobre institucions i emprenedoria, aquesta investigació va emprar dades de l’Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) i una base primària d’emprenedors socials a Mèxic, per mesurar diferents variables de l’activitat emprenedora. Els principals troballes d’aquesta tesi revelen que efectivament hi ha una relació que va des del context institucional, incidint en l’emprenedoria social. D’aquesta manera, es troba que les institucions informals (carrera emprenedora, model a seguir, impacte mediàtic, oportunitats percebudes, por a el fracàs i habilitats emprenedores) són més importants per a l’emprenedoria que les formals (regulacions, lleis i polítiques governamentals). Així mateix, aquests resultats donen suport a la importància dels factors institucionals per a l’activitat emprenedora social. Finalment, aquesta investigació té implicacions teòriques i de política pública. Pel que fa a l’debat teòric, l’estudi aporta a la literatura l’aplicació de l’economia institucional com a marc conceptual adequat per a l’anàlisi dels determinants ambientals que fomenten o inhibeixen l’activitat emprenedora social en diferents contextos. Aquest estudi pot aportar evidència empírica a la idea que l’economia institucional determina i expliquen factors fonamentals que condicionen la satisfacció de l’emprenedor social. En aquest sentit, s’ha demostrat que l’emprenedoria social es veu afectat per factors institucionals i, a el mateix temps, influeix en resultats com el desenvolupament social i el creixement econòmic. D’altra banda, des d’una perspectiva gerencial i política, aquesta investigació ha de ser presa en compte per al disseny de polítiques de suport a l’emprenedoria social en diferents entorns considerant la influència de les institucions en la creació d’una empresa social.
El emprendimiento social se reconoce cada vez más como un elemento crucial para el progreso de las economías y la sociedad. Por lo tanto, los académicos y los responsables políticos se han interesado por los factores que podrían determinar este fenómeno. Si bien varias disciplinas han analizado los antecedentes del emprendimiento, los enfoques institucionales han cobrado relevancia por su capacidad para brindar un marco en el que los emprendedores toman decisiones en función del contexto en el que se encuentran insertos. Esta visión teórica permite explicar las diferencias institucionales entre países. Por lo tanto, resulta que las instituciones formales e informales son útiles para comprender por qué los individuos deciden convertirse en emprendedores sociales y / o emprendedores comerciales y, al mismo tiempo, cómo estas instituciones contribuyen a la satisfacción del emprendedor social en los países en desarrollo. Por lo tanto, esta investigación explora los factores institucionales que influyen en la actividad emprendedora social en los países en desarrollo, utilizando la perspectiva de la economía institucional como marco teórico. Específicamente, la investigación estudia las tendencias en la literatura sobre emprendimiento social con énfasis en el contexto institucional; determinar la influencia del contexto institucional (formal e informal) en la actividad empresarial social y comercial en los países en desarrollo; determinar la influencia de factores socioculturales (instituciones informales) en la actividad empresarial social y comercial en países desarrollados y en desarrollo, durante y después de la crisis financiera; y analizar el papel del contexto institucional en la satisfacción de los emprendedores sociales en los países en desarrollo. La metodología utilizada es cuantitativa y se refiere principalmente a las estimaciones de diversas ecuaciones (regresiones logísticas, efectos marginales y regresión de mínimos cuadrados parciales). Por lo tanto, para la ecuación que trata sobre instituciones y emprendimiento, esta investigación empleó datos del Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) y una base primaria de emprendedores sociales en México, para medir diferentes variables de la actividad emprendedora. Los principales hallazgos de esta tesis revelan que efectivamente existe una relación que va desde el contexto institucional, incidiendo en el emprendimiento social. De esta manera, se encuentra que las instituciones informales (carrera emprendedora, modelo a seguir, impacto mediático, oportunidades percibidas, miedo al fracaso y habilidades emprendedoras) son más importantes para el emprendimiento que las formales (regulaciones, leyes y políticas gubernamentales). Asimismo, estos resultados apoyan la importancia de los factores institucionales para la actividad emprendedora social. Finalmente, esta investigación tiene implicaciones teóricas y de política pública. En cuanto al debate teórico, el estudio aporta a la literatura la aplicación de la economía institucional como marco conceptual adecuado para el análisis de los determinantes ambientales que fomentan o inhiben la actividad emprendedora social en diferentes contextos. Este estudio puede aportar evidencia empírica a la idea de que la economía institucional determina y explican factores fundamentales que condicionan la satisfacción del emprendedor social. En este sentido, se ha demostrado que el emprendimiento social se ve afectado por factores institucionales y, al mismo tiempo, influye en resultados como el desarrollo social y el crecimiento económico. Por otro lado, desde una perspectiva gerencial y política, esta investigación debe ser tomada en cuenta para el diseño de políticas de apoyo al emprendimiento social en diferentes entornos considerando la influencia de las instituciones en la creación de una empresa social.
Social entrepreneurship is increasingly recognized as a crucial element for the progress of economies and society. Therefore, scholars and policy-makers have been interested in what factors might determine this phenomenon. Although several disciplines have analyzed entrepreneurship antecedents, the institutional approaches have obtained relevance due to their capacity to provide a framework in which entrepreneurs make decisions based on the context where they are embedded. This theoretical view allows to explain the institutional differences across countries. Hence, it turns out that formal and informal institutions is useful for comprehending why individuals decide to become social entrepreneurs and/or commercial entrepreneurs, and at the same time, how these institutions contribute to social entrepreneur satisfaction in developing countries. Therefore, this investigation explores the institutional factors that influence social entrepreneurial activity across developing countries, using the institutional economics perspective as the theoretical framework. Specifically, the research study the trends in the social entrepreneurship literature with emphasis on institutional context; determining the influence of institutional context (formal and informal) on social and commercial entrepreneurial activity in developing countries; determining the influence of socio-cultural factors (informal institutions) on social and commercial entrepreneurial activity in developing and developed countries, during and after the financial crisis; and analyzing the role of institutional context on social entrepreneur satisfaction in developing countries. The methodology used is quantitative and mostly regards the estimations of various equations (logistic regressions, marginal effects and Partial least squares regression). Thus, for the equation dealing with institutions and entrepreneurship, this research employed data from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) and a primary base of social entrepreneurs in Mexico, to measure different variables of entrepreneurial activity. The main findings of this thesis reveal that effectively there is a relationship that runs from the institutional context, influencing social entrepreneurship. In this way, it is found that the informal institutions (entrepreneurial career, role model, media impact, perceived opportunities, fear of failure, and entrepreneurial skills) are more important for entrepreneurship than the formal ones (regulations, laws, and government policies). Likewise, these results support the importance of institutional factors to social entrepreneurial activity. Finally, this research has theoretical and public policy implications. In terms of the theoretical debate, the study contributes to the literature by applying institutional economics as an appropriate conceptual framework for the analysis of the environmental determinants that foster or inhibit social entrepreneurial activity in different contexts. This study may provide empirical evidence for the idea that institutional economics not only those determinants that explain the desire to be a social entrepreneur, but also those fundamental factors that condition the social entrepreneur satisfaction. In this sense, social entrepreneurship is proven to be affected by institutional factors, and at the same time, to influence outcomes such as social development and economic growth. On the other hand, from a managerial and policy maker’ s perspective, this research should be taken into account for the design of policies to support social entrepreneurship in different environments by considering the influence of institutions on the creation of a social business.
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Programa de Doctorat en Creació i Gestió d'Empreses
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Willi, Alberto. "Corporate social responsibility in developing countries : an institutional analysis." Thesis, University of Bath, 2015. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.648947.

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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become an increasingly significant element in contemporary business. Globalisation, a growing concern for environmental degradation, and evident social inequality have installed CSR on the global agenda. Companies around the world are introducing CSR programs, and many of the Schools of Management or Business Schools have CSR courses in their core programmes, including their MBAs. Organisations such as EFMD (www.efmd.org), ABIS (www.abis.org) and PRME (www.prme.org) are prompting universities and business schools to implement CSR as well as sustainability courses and seminars. Conceptual research concerned with the influences on firms’ socially responsible actions has recently emphasized the importance of institutional factors. However, current institutional accounts of corporate social responsibility implicitly assume the presence of well-developed and relatively stable institutional characteristics found in developed countries. In order to address this gap, this thesis presents a conceptual model, which explores how institutional pressures configure a local company’s CSR practices in developing countries. This thesis presents empirical findings drawn from in depth open-ended interviewees to managers of local companies in Argentina, taking into account type of industry, size, and the presence of multinational companies (MNCs). In so doing, this study contributes to extending the application of institutional theory to developing countries context and to theoretical analysis of local companies CSR practices in such contexts. Within this analysis, this study places particular emphasis on the role of MNC and the State in the processes of adoption of CSR practices by local companies in a developing country. Finally, this thesis contributes with practical implications for mangers of local companies and managers of MNCs’ subsidiaries in developing countries.
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Sulaiman, Munshi. "Social protection and human capital accumulation in developing countries." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2012. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/227/.

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My thesis comprises of three stand‐alone papers, which are connected by the theme of social protection and human capital accumulation. In the first paper, using experimental data from South Sudan, I focus on evaluating the effects of food transfer on household labour supply decisions and crowding‐out of informal private transfers. I do not observe significant impact on either of these two domains, except reduction in child labour. This effect corresponds with increased school enrolment of children. I find that positive income shocks from short‐term food transfers induced the households to invest in durable goods, and child ‘non‐work’ is a luxury good for the ultra‐poor. The second paper evaluates the effects of a policy related to exam standard on labour market performance of secondary school graduates in Bangladesh. Using a natural experiment, the paper shows that lowering standard reduced labour market returns for the graduates. General equilibrium effects of increased supply of graduates and lower human capital accumulation due to lower standard have been identified as possible mechanisms underlying this labour market effect. In my third paper, I evaluate the effects of an asset transfer programme for the ultra‐poor in Bangladesh on children’s enrolment. I find that despite exceptionally large positive impact on household income, asset transfer did not increase enrolment rates. Moreover, there was increased demand for child labour in these households. The evidence suggests that asset transfer may not be sufficient to increase school enrolment among households in extreme poverty and may have unintended effects on child labor.
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Gazeaud, Jules. "Three Essays on Social Safety Nets in Developing Countries." Thesis, Université Clermont Auvergne‎ (2017-2020), 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019CLFAD021.

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Cette thèse fournit trois essais sur le design et l'évaluation des filets sociaux de sécurité. Le Chapitre 1 contribue à la littérature sur les performances des méthodes de ciblage en général et sur le Proxy Means Testing en particulier. En utilisant une enquête expérimentale en Tanzanie, ce chapitre cherche à mesurer si les performances de ciblage du Proxy Means Testing sont biaisées lorsque les données de consommation sont sujettes à des erreurs de mesure non-aléatoires. Les résultats indiquent que les performances du Proxy Means Testing sont assez vulnérables aux erreurs de mesure non-aléatoires quand l'objectif est de cibler les ménages pauvres dans l'absolu, mais qu'elles restent en grande partie non affectées quand l'objectif est de cibler une part fixe de la population. Le Chapitre 2 étudie l'impact sur la migration d'un programme argent-contre-travail aux Comores. Ce programme a alloué de manière aléatoire à des ménages pauvres des transferts monétaires en échange de leur participation dans des travaux publics. En utilisant des données de première main, ce chapitre montre que le programme a augmenté la migration vers Mayotte -- l'île Française voisine et plus riche. Entre 2016 et 2018, les ménages traités ont reçu jusqu'à 320USD et, par conséquent, étaient trois points de pourcentage plus susceptibles d'avoir un membre du ménage qui migre à Mayotte (une hausse statistiquement significative de 38 pourcent comparé au groupe de contrôle). Ce résultat semble être expliqué par la réduction des contraintes de liquidité et de risque à la migration. Le Chapitre 3 explore les effets productifs des programmes argent-contre-travail dans le contexte du Productive Safety Net Project en Ethiopie. Avec plus de 8 millions de bénéficiaires, le Productive Safety Net Project est parmi les plus grands programmes de filets sociaux d'Afrique. Il est aussi souvent considéré comme le programme d'adaptation au changement climatique le plus large d'Afrique avec ses activités concentrées sur l'amélioration des terres et des mesures de conservation des sols et des eaux. Des estimations en différence-en-différence couvrant toute l'Ethiopie sur la période 2000-2013 ne montrent aucune évidence pour supporter que les travaux publics aient eu des impacts mesurables sur la productivité agricole et sur la résilience aux chocs climatiques
This thesis provides three empirical essays on the design and evaluation of social safety nets. Chapter 1 adds to the literature on the performances of targeting methods in general and Proxy Means Testing in particular. Using a unique survey experiment conducted in Tanzania, it investigates whether and to what degree Proxy Means Testing targeting performances are biased when household consumption data are subject to non-random errors. The results indicate that Proxy Means Testing performances are quite vulnerable to non-random errors when the objective is to target absolutely poor households, but remain largely unaffected when the objective is to target a fixed share of the population. Chapter 2 studies the impact on migration of a cash-for-work program in Comoros that randomly offered poor households cash transfers in exchange for their participation in public works projects. Using first-hand data, this chapter shows that the program increased migration to Mayotte – the neighboring and richer French Island. Between 2016 and 2018, treated households received up to USD320 in cash and, as a result, were three percentage points more likely to have a household member migrating to Mayotte (a statistically significant 38 percent increase relative to the control group). This result appears to be driven by the alleviation of liquidity and risk constraints to migration. Chapter 3 explores the productive effects of cash-for-work programs in the context of the Productive Safety Net Project in Ethiopia. With more than 8 million beneficiaries, the Productive Safety Net Project is among the largest safety net programs in Africa. It is also often considered as Africa’s largest climate change adaptation program due to its focus on activities such as land improvements and soil and water conservation measures. This chapter relies on satellite and geo-referenced data to evaluate the effects of these activities and overcome the lack of household data. Difference-in-differences estimates covering whole Ethiopia over the 2000-2013 period show no evidence to support that public works had measurable impacts on agricultural productivity and resilience to climate shocks
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Teixeira, Rivanda Meira. "Small business and social responsibility in Brazil." Thesis, Cranfield University, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.309639.

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Benitez, Mauricio Moron. "Assessment of corporate social responsibility within the stakeholder theory in commercial microfinance instittutions in Bolivia." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2006. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_9152_1256197189.

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Currently, some microfinance institutions in Bolivia are adopting Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), a concept whereby sompanies integrate social and environmental concerns in their business operations and publish the results. CSR is applied mostly by big companies in the North and in sectors more in the eye of the public, such as oil production or textile and apparel. Bolivia has been the pioneer in the commercialization of microfinance through microfinance NGO transformations. The objectives of this investigation was to asses and compare the reasons why the selected Bolivian commercial MFI's were engaged, or not engaged, in CSR. Secondly, to determine which stakeholders are more relevant for each MFI analysed, assessing how they influenced the decision to adopt or not adopt CSR and thirdly, to compare the current social performance of the selected MFI's within the framework of corporate social responsibility.

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Inyang, Ambrose. "A Cross-National Study of the Effects of Direct Foreign Investment on the Developmental Process of Developing Countries." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1992. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc501080/.

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Using the assumptions of various schools of thought on development as the theoretical framework, an attempt is made to examine the effects of foreign investment on the socioeconomic growth of 50 developing countries by means of multiple regression models that utilize some external and internal variables assumed to affect the growth rate of GNP. Results from these models indicate that new inflows of foreign investments and amounts of domestic investments are positively related to growth while accumulated stocks of foreign investments have no effect on growth. This suggests that development funds, designed specifically for increased domestic investments, would be the most effective way to increase GNP.
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Morimoto, Risako. "Environmental, economic and social impacts of dams in developing countries." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2003. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/251884.

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Books on the topic "Developing countries/social"

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Ehtisham, Ahmad, ed. Social security in developing countries. Oxford [England]: Clarendon Press, 1991.

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The developing countries' social structure. Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1987.

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Levkovskiĭ, Alekseĭ Ivanovich. The developing countries' social structure. Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1987.

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Tout, Ken. Ageing in developing countries. Oxford: Oxford University Press for Helpage International, 1989.

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International, HelpAge, ed. Ageing in developing countries. Oxford [England]: Published by Oxford University Press for HelpAge International, 1989.

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Puffert, Douglas J. Social security finance in developing countries. Washington, DC (1818 H St. NW, Washington DC 20433): Office of Vice President, Development Economics, World Bank, 1988.

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King, F. Savage. Nutrition for developing countries. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993.

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Ann, Burgess, ed. Nutrition for developing countries. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993.

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Stephen, Devereux, and Hoddinott John, eds. Fieldwork in developing countries. Boulder, Colo: Lynne Rienner, 1993.

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McPherson, Bradley. Audiology in developing countries. New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2008.

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Book chapters on the topic "Developing countries/social"

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Peláez, Martha, and Alexandre Kalache. "Aging in Developing Countries." In Aging: Culture, Health, and Social Change, 145–59. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0677-3_9.

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Carvajal, Jaime. "13. Microenterprise as a Social Investment." In Microenterprises in Developing Countries, 202–8. Rugby, Warwickshire, United Kingdom: Practical Action Publishing, 1987. http://dx.doi.org/10.3362/9781780440163.013.

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Kickul, Jill, and Thomas S. Lyons. "Social Entrepreneurship Models in Developing Countries." In Understanding Social Entrepreneurship, 297–307. Third Edition. | New York: Routledge, 2020. | Revised edition of the authors' Understanding social entrepreneurship, 2016.: Routledge, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429270406-13.

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Bédécarrats, Florent, and Cécile Lapenu. "Assessing Microfinance: Striking the Balance Between Social Utility and Financial Performance." In Microfinance in Developing Countries, 62–82. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137301925_4.

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Abdelmotaleb, Moustafa. "Corporate Social Responsibility in Developing Countries." In Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, 1–5. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3725-1.

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Titumir, Rashed Al Mahmud. "Universal Social Security in Developing Countries." In State Building and Social Policies in Developing Countries, 238–54. London: Routledge, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003284222-15.

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Titumir, Rashed Al Mahmud. "Social Policy Agenda for Developing Countries." In State Building and Social Policies in Developing Countries, 281–86. London: Routledge, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003284222-18.

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Lindbeck, Assar. "Social Model: Lessons for Developing Countries." In Challenges to the World Economy, 67–79. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19018-6_7.

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Vanclay, Frank. "Social Impact Assessment." In Environmental Assessment in Developing and Transitional Countries, 125–35. West Sussex, England: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd,., 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118685570.ch7.

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Clément, Matthieu. "Social Protection." In The Diversity of Emerging Capitalisms in Developing Countries, 185–212. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49947-5_7.

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Conference papers on the topic "Developing countries/social"

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Upadhyay, Abhishek, and P. Vigneswara Ilavarasan. "Social media, e-governance and developing countries." In the 5th International Conference. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2072069.2072137.

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Silva de Freitas, Claudio Cesar. "Social Empowerment through Engineering Education in Developing Countries." In 2018 World Engineering Education Forum - Global Engineering Deans Council (WEEF-GEDC). IEEE, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/weef-gedc.2018.8629700.

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Wickramarathne, Tharushi. "Designing Smart Sportswear for Athletes in Developing Countries." In 3rd International Conference on Advanced Research in Social Sciences. ACAVENT, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.33422/3rd.icarss.2021.03.17.

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Sari, Wardani Putri, and Pujonarti Siti Arifah. "Determinants Stunting of School Children in Developing Countries." In 1st Progress in Social Science, Humanities and Education Research Symposium (PSSHERS 2019). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200824.119.

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Elkhannoubi, Hasna, and Mustapha Belaissaoui. "Assess developing countries' cybersecurity capabilities through a social influence strategy." In 2016 7th International Conference on Sciences of Electronics, Technologies of Information and Telecommunications (SETIT). IEEE, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/setit.2016.7939834.

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Nishikata, Taketo, Ryota Takane, Ren Hagitani, Masatoshi Takei, Yumiko Kawamata, Hami Takayama, Fumika Kanehira, TAmi Morishimao, Takako Hashimoto, and Basabi Chakraborty. "Developing Social Information Platform for Cool Japan in Asian Countries." In TENCON 2018 - 2018 IEEE Region 10 Conference. IEEE, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tencon.2018.8650077.

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Elkhannoubi, Hasna, and Mustapha Belaissaoui. "Assess developing countries' cybersecurity capabilities through a social influence strategy." In 2017 International Conference on Information and Digital Technologies (IDT). IEEE, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/dt.2017.8012068.

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Mwangi, Wagaki. "The social relations of e-government diffusion in developing countries." In the 2006 national conference. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1146598.1146658.

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Orekhova, Svetlana V., and Evgeny A. Kuzmin. "Resource Investment Model in Specifics of Developing Countries." In International Conference on Trends of Technologies and Innovations in Economic and Social Studies 2017. Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/ttiess-17.2017.80.

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Hajli, Mahmood, Mohammad Hajli, and Farzad Khani. "Establishing trust in social commerce through social word of mouth." In 2013 7th International Conference on e-Commerce in Developing Countries: With Focus on e-Security. IEEE, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ecdc.2013.6556738.

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Reports on the topic "Developing countries/social"

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Jayachandran, Seema. Social Norms as a Barrier to Women's Employment in Developing Countries. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, June 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w27449.

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Freeman, Richard. Labor Regulations, Unions, and Social Protection in Developing Countries: Market distortions or Efficient Institutions? Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, March 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w14789.

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Safilios-Rothschild, Constantina. Socioeconomic Indicators of Women's Status in Developing Countries, 1970–1980. Population Council, 1986. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/pgy1986.1001.

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From 1970–1980, several conferences were held and publications produced regarding the need to improve data collection on indicators of women’s status, as well as a number of publications offering concrete proposals for such improvements. During this period, the disaggregation of statistics by sex has expanded in many countries and indicators, and such disaggregated statistics are presented with increased frequency in international data compiled by United Nations specialized organizations. In addition, two major sets of statistics on the status of women have appeared. These statistics on socioeconomic indicators of the status of women in developing countries include statistics on men as well. The data cover 45 indicators for 75 countries at the beginning and end of the 1970–1980 decade. The statistics for the end of the decade cover 76 countries, because Zimbabwe was added. This monograph differs from already published monographs because of its inclusion of different types of indicators of women’s access to education, economic participation, and social visibility; the wider coverage of national published and unpublished statistics; the time period covered by the statistics; and the extent of the analysis of the available data on different indicators.
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Pritchett, Lant, and Martina Viarengo. Learning Outcomes in Developing Countries: Four Hard Lessons from PISA-D. Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE), April 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.35489/bsg-rise-wp_2021/069.

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The learning crisis in developing countries is increasingly acknowledged (World Bank, 2018). The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) include goals and targets for universal learning and the World Bank has adopted a goal of eliminating learning poverty. We use student level PISA-D results for seven countries (Cambodia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Paraguay, Senegal, and Zambia) to examine inequality in learning outcomes at the global, country, and student level for public school students. We examine learning inequality using five dimensions of potential social disadvantage measured in PISA: sex, rurality, home language, immigrant status, and socio-economic status (SES)—using the PISA measure of ESCS (Economic, Social, and Cultural Status) to measure SES. We document four important facts. First, with the exception of Ecuador, less than a third of the advantaged (male, urban, native, home speakers of the language of instruction) and ESCS elite (plus 2 standard deviations above the mean) children enrolled in public schools in PISA-D countries reach the SDG minimal target of PISA level 2 or higher in mathematics (with similarly low levels for reading and science). Even if learning differentials of enrolled students along all five dimensions of disadvantage were eliminated, the vast majority of children in these countries would not reach the SDG minimum targets. Second, the inequality in learning outcomes of the in-school children who were assessed by the PISA by household ESCS is mostly smaller in these less developed countries than in OECD or high-performing non-OECD countries. If the PISA-D countries had the same relationship of learning to ESCS as Denmark (as an example of a typical OECD country) or Vietnam (a high-performing developing country) their enrolled ESCS disadvantaged children would do worse, not better, than they actually do. Third, the disadvantages in learning outcomes along four characteristics: sex, rurality, home language, and being an immigrant country are absolutely large, but still small compared to the enormous gap between the advantaged, ESCS average students, and the SDG minimums. Given the massive global inequalities, remediating within-country inequalities in learning, while undoubtedly important for equity and justice, leads to only modest gains towards the SDG targets. Fourth, even including both public and private school students, there are strikingly few children in PISA-D countries at high levels of performance. The absolute number of children at PISA level 4 or above (reached by roughly 30 percent of OECD children) in the low performing PISA-D countries is less than a few thousand individuals, sometimes only a few hundred—in some subjects and countries just double or single digits. These four hard lessons from PISA-D reinforce the need to address global equity by “raising the floor” and targeting low learning levels (Crouch and Rolleston, 2017; Crouch, Rolleston, and Gustafsson, 2020). As Vietnam and other recent successes show, this can be done in developing country settings if education systems align around learning to improve the effectiveness of the teaching and learning processes to improve early learning of foundational skills.
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Bose, Ron. A checklist for the reporting of randomized control trials of social and economic policy interventions in developing countries. International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), May 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.23846/wp0006.

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Hegazi, Farah, and Katongo Seyuba. The Social Side of Climate Change Adaptation: Reducing Conflict Risk. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, September 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.55163/seyz9437.

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In developing countries, the effects of climate change interact with factors such as underdevelopment, high dependence on natural resource-based livelihoods, inequality, weak state institutions and marginalization to increase the risk of insecurity and violent conflict. Along with sustainable development and climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation is another key entry point for addressing climate-related security risks. However, key social factors that could positively influence adaptation outcomes and ultimately mitigate climate-related security risks are often overlooked. This SIPRI Policy Brief offers insights into the importance of social capital for facilitating climate change adaptation and preventing and resolving natural resource-related communal conflict in developing countries. The policy brief recommends: (a) improving trust between communities and governments through collaborative processes for knowledge exchange, setting priorities and determining appropriate climate change adaptation practices; and (b) increasing knowledge of climate change among traditional and local leaders to strengthen local conflict resolution mechanisms.
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Collyer, Michael, Tahir Zaman, and Dolf te Lintelo. Displacement and Social Assistance. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), February 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/basic.2022.029.

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Displacement forms part of virtually any major crisis. It introduces a level of complexity when providing social assistance that leads to a specific, usually context-dependent set of challenges. It is widely recognised that the vast majority of displaced people will travel as short a distance as possible to reach safety, whether as Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), refugees or irregular migrants in neighbouring countries. Displaced people are disproportionately hosted in low- and middle-income countries, and the length of their displacement is increasing. This highlights the urgent priority of displacement; indeed, it has received sustained attention from the highest levels of global decision-making, particularly since 2016, including two Global Compacts in 2018 (Global Compact for Migration, Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration). Although some have argued that such global summits offer a replacement for meaningful action, these events at least highlight clear political will to shift the emphasis from humanitarian responses to a much longer-term development focus. Interest in social assistance and displacement has also grown since 2018 and resulting policy must respond to this concern for more sustainable responses. High-level commitments are slowly filtering through to policy, while recent research has provided clear frameworks for analysing developing policy approaches. Gaps remain in the analysis of policy implementation and in the assessment of how to access social assistance beyond official state channels.
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Abbas, Syed, Soha Karam, Megan Schmidt-Sane, and Jennifer Palmer. Social Considerations for Monkeypox Response. Institute of Development Studies, June 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/sshap.2022.021.

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Given the health, social, and economic upheavals of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is understandable anxiety about another virus, monkeypox, quickly emerging in many countries around the world. In West and Central Africa, where the disease has been endemic for several decades, monkeypox transmission in people usually happens in short, controllable chains of infection after contact with infected animal reservoirs. Recent monkeypox infections have been identified in non-endemic regions, with most occurring through longer chains of human-to-human spread in people without a history of contact with animals or travel to endemic regions. These seemingly different patterns of disease have prompted public health investigation. However, ending chains of monkeypox transmission requires a better understanding of the social, ecological and scientific interconnections between endemic and non-endemic areas. In this set of companion briefs, we lay out social considerations from previous examples of disease emergence to reflect on 1) the range of response strategies available to control monkeypox, and 2) specific considerations for monkeypox risk communication and community engagement (RCCE). We aim for these briefs to be used by public health practitioners and advisors involved in developing responses to the ongoing monkeypox outbreak, particularly in non-endemic countries. This brief on social considerations for monkeypox response was written by Syed Abbas (IDS), Soha Karam (Anthrologica), Megan Schmidt-Sane (IDS), and Jennifer Palmer (LSHTM), with contributions from Hayley MacGregor (IDS), Olivia Tulloch (Anthrologica), and Annie Wilkinson (IDS). The brief was reviewed by Boghuma Titanji (Emory University School of Medicine). This brief is the responsibility of SSHAP.
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DeJong, Jocelyn. A question of scale? The challenge of expanding the impact of non-governmental organisations' HIV/AIDS efforts in developing countries. Population Council, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/hiv2001.1003.

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There are currently more than 36 million people living with HIV/AIDS globally, and in 1999 5.3 million individuals were newly infected with the virus. AIDS activities initiated by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have been highly influential on thinking and strategies found within the HIV/AIDS sector. Yet NGOs often experience particular difficulties in increasing the scale of their activities to reach larger numbers of people, to have an impact at levels higher than the community, and to address the broader social determinants of HIV/AIDS. Perceiving the urgent need for NGOs to expand the scale of their activities in the face of an escalating epidemic, Horizons and the International HIV/AIDS Alliance launched an initiative to examine the nature of the challenge to scale up in the context of HIV/AIDS internationally. This publication was prepared as part of this initiative and addresses the specific challenge of deliberately increasing the scale of HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and support programs in developing countries.
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Agusti Strid, Alma, and James Ronicle. Social Impact Bonds in Latin America: IDB Lab's Pioneering Work in the Region: Lessons Learnt. Edited by Christine Ternent. Inter-American Development Bank, January 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003004.

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In recent years, Latin America has seen the introduction of innovative pay-for-success mechanisms to fund social programs, including Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) and Development Impact Bonds (DIBs), outcome-based contracts that incorporate the use of private financing from investors to cover the upfront capital required for a provider to set up and deliver a social service. In this context, IDB Lab established a SIB Facility in 2014 to promote the focus on outcomes in social programs and increase outcomes-based commissioning. The SIB Facility has resulted in IDB Lab providing support to developing SIBs in Colombia (first SIB launched in a middle-income country), Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Brazil. Since then, several employment SIBs have launched in Colombia and Argentina and prefeasibility studies for SIBs on other topics are currently underway in Chile. This Technical Note aims to capture the lessons learnt from developing SIBs in Latin America, focusing on the five countries where the SIB Facility played a pioneering role. The study takes a retrospective view in examining what has been done and a prospective view in considering how challenges can be overcome and how lessons learnt might be considered within the IDB Lab, both at SIB level and at ecosystem level looking at the SIB ecosystems that have started to emerge. In the study, we find that the SIBs that have launched in the study countries were well designed and that there had also been thorough consideration of the advantages and disadvantages of the model.
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