Assessing the Potential of Development Grants as a Promotive Social Protection Measure
In addressing generalized poverty, social protection strategies have taken a promotive approach whereby strategies are extended to arenas such as strengthening the production capabilities of the poor. This approach emphasizes the design of public actions for helping people to manage risk and adversity, but also contributes to larger policy objectives of economic growth and poverty […]
Widowhood and Vulnerability to HIV and AIDS Related Shocks
Exploring Resilience Avenues This brief summarises the findings of a study conducted in Makete district, Iringa region, Tanzania in 2008 that explored the contexts and factors under which violation of the inheritance and property rights of widows and orphans occurs, and resilience avenues for safeguarding these rights. The research found that property grabbing by women’s […]