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 Poverty, Old-Age and Social Pensions in Kenya
ho are w orking in agricultural or construction sectors. Surprisingly, the results reveal that giving pensions to unemployed elderly do not result in a pro-poor outcome. These conclusions generally hold for both the 1994 and 1997 years. TABLE 6.3 Pro-Poor Po...
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ho are w orking in agricultural or construction sectors. Surprisingly, the results reveal that giving pensions to unemployed elderly do not result in a pro-poor outcome. These conclusions generally hold for both the 1994 and 1997 years. TABLE 6.3 Pro-Poor Policy index for universal pension to vulnerable groups of elderly Targeting 55 years & over 60 years & over 1994 Elderly living alone 0.40 0.43 Widowed elderly 0.87 0.87 Subsistence farming elderly 1.32 1.35 Pastoralist elderly 1.69 1.73
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http://www.undp-povertycentre.org/pub/IPCWorkingPaper24.pdf#page=5
www.undp-povertycentre.org/pub/IPCWorkingPaper24.pdf#page=5
national incom e would cost about 1% of G D P. Expanding this to 50% of per capita G D P would raise <span class="highlight">the</span> cost proportionally to just above 2% of G D P. This represents a sizable but feasible portion of current tax revenues that are now just above 20% of G D P. If a pension program provided cash transfers to all <span class="highlight">elderly</span> 55 years old and over, there would be about 1.5 and 1.7 m illion beneficiaries <span class="highlight">in</span> 1994 and 1997, respectively. Such a program would have a m ajor im pact on poverty rates and levels <span class="highlight">for</span> <span class="highlight">the</span>
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http://www.undp-povertycentre.org/pub/IPCWorkingPaper24.pdf#page=40
www.undp-povertycentre.org/pub/IPCWorkingPaper24.pdf#page=40
ho are w orking <span class="highlight">in</span> agricultural or construction sectors. Surprisingly, <span class="highlight">the</span> results reveal that giving pensions to unemployed <span class="highlight">elderly</span> do not result <span class="highlight">in</span> a pro-poor outcome. These conclusions generally hold <span class="highlight">for</span> both <span class="highlight">the</span> 1994 and 1997 years. TABLE 6.3 Pro-Poor Policy index <span class="highlight">for</span> universal pension to vulnerable groups of <span class="highlight">elderly</span> Targeting 55 years & over 60 years & over 1994 <span class="highlight">Elderly</span> living alone 0.40 0.43 Widowed <span class="highlight">elderly</span> 0.87 0.87 Subsistence farming <span class="highlight">elderly</span> 1.32 1.35 Pastoralist <span class="highlight">elderly</span> 1.69 1.73
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www.undp-povertycentre.org/pub/IPCWorkingPaper24.pdf#page=41
<span class="highlight">in</span> Table 6.4. If a pension program had been designed to reach <span class="highlight">elderly</span> 55 years old and over, there would have been m ore than 1.5 and 1.7 m illion beneficiaries <span class="highlight">in</span> 1994 and 1997, respectively. O f those, 93-94 percent cam e from rural areas <span class="highlight">in</span> that period. If <span class="highlight">the</span> coverage of <span class="highlight">the</span> pension program was reduced, <span class="highlight">the</span> num ber of beneficiaries would be expected to <span class="highlight">fall</span>. This is <span class="highlight">the</span> case <span class="highlight">for</span> a pension schem e, if designed <span class="highlight">for</span> those older than 60. <span class="highlight">In</span> com puting pensions given to each beneficiary, we should
USGS Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative (ARMI)
determine optimal management strategies, it is essential to understand species-habitat relationships and how species habitat use is related to natural or human-induced environmental changes. Using five years of monitoring data in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical...
Handouts for Supporting Teachers Who Are Implementing Student Progress Monitoring: A Guide...
7 Activity 2—Establish a Monitoring Schedule Make decisions about how often to monitor students and who to monitor. A suggested schedule would be to screen school-wide three times a year (Fall, Winter, and Spring) and monitor the bottom 40% of grade once per week. Refer t...
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7 Activity 2—Establish a Monitoring Schedule Make decisions about how often to monitor students and who to monitor. A suggested schedule would be to screen school-wide three times a year (Fall, Winter, and Spring) and monitor the bottom 40% of grade once per week. Refer to Section 7 of the Content Module for more information about monitoring schedules. Activity 3—Probe Administration and Scoring Review and practice progress monitoring procedures. Please see Section 3 of the Content Module for
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http://centeroninstruction.org/files/Handouts_Support.pdf#page=7
centeroninstruction.org/files/Handouts_Support.pdf#page=7
7 Activity 2—Establish a <span class="highlight">Monitoring</span> Schedule Make decisions about how often to monitor students and who to monitor. A suggested schedule would be to screen school-wide three times a year (<span class="highlight">Fall</span>, Winter, and Spring) and monitor <span class="highlight">the</span> bottom 40% of grade once per week. Refer to Section 7 of <span class="highlight">the</span> Content Module <span class="highlight">for</span> more information about <span class="highlight">monitoring</span> schedules. Activity 3—Probe Administration and Scoring Review and practice progress <span class="highlight">monitoring</span> procedures. Please see Section 3 of <span class="highlight">the</span> Content Module <span class="highlight">for</span>
Landfills
collection system will ultimately fail due to natural deterioration, and recent improvements in MSWLF containment technologies suggest that releases may be delayed by many decades at some landfills. For this reason, the Agency is concerned that while corrective action may...
Yellowstone Volcano: Is 'the Beast' Building to a Violent Tantrum?
Related plans call for at least 100 more monitoring sites. For Smith, who argued for years that the volcano deserved more attention than it was getting, the observatory is sweet vindication. The beast is finally getting its due. What took so long ...
Data-Based Instructional Decision Making
16 What Is the Status of Progress Monitoring in Your School? „ What efforts have you already made toward implementation of progress monitoring? „ What are your goals for implementation for next year? „ What are your goals for implementa...
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16 What Is the Status of Progress Monitoring in Your School? „ What efforts have you already made toward implementation of progress monitoring? „ What are your goals for implementation for next year? „ What are your goals for implementation 3 years from now? „ Considerations: – Time – Money – Technology – Training ACTION PLAN
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http://centeroninstruction.org/files/DataBasedInstructionalDecisionMaking_powerpoint.pdf#page=16
centeroninstruction.org/files/DataBasedInstructionalDecisionMaking_powerp...
16 What Is <span class="highlight">the</span> Status of Progress <span class="highlight">Monitoring</span> <span class="highlight">in</span> Your School? „ What efforts have you already made toward implementation of progress <span class="highlight">monitoring</span>? „ What are your goals <span class="highlight">for</span> implementation <span class="highlight">for</span> next year? „ What are your goals <span class="highlight">for</span> implementation 3 years from now? „ Considerations: – Time – Money – Technology – Training ACTION PLAN
Smithsonian: Magazine: Return of the Jaguar?
lion track," McCain says, shaking his head after measuring and then tracing it onto a piece of plexiglass. The print is huge, four-toed and without claws, like that of a large mountain lion. But the heel pad is too big for a mountain lion, the toes too close to t...
Dogs of War: Inside the U.S. Military's Canine Corps
Canine Corps By Maryann Mott for National Geographic News April 9, 2003 Since the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, the U.S. security forces have stepped up efforts to train and deploy explosive-detection dogs. This year about 350 canines, nearly dou...
A Comprehensive K-3 Reading Assessment Plan: Guidance for School Leaders
the year. Although this strategy requires that fewer children be assessed, it does risk failing to identify students who begin to fall behind in reading growth during the year. These students’ needs for extra instructional support in their current grad...
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the year. Although this strategy requires that fewer children be assessed, it does risk failing to identify students who begin to fall behind in reading growth during the year. These students’ needs for extra instructional support in their current grade would be identified by a reliable mid-year progress monitoring assessment. Students receiving reading interventions should take general progress monitoring assessments more than three times a year in order to determine whether the interventions are having the
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http://centeroninstruction.org/files/K-3%20Reading.pdf#page=14
centeroninstruction.org/files/K-3%20Reading.pdf#page=14
<span class="highlight">the</span> year. Although this strategy requires that fewer children be assessed, it does risk failing to identify students who begin to <span class="highlight">fall</span> behind <span class="highlight">in</span> reading growth during <span class="highlight">the</span> year. These students’ needs <span class="highlight">for</span> extra instructional support <span class="highlight">in</span> their current grade would be identified by a reliable mid-year progress <span class="highlight">monitoring</span> assessment. Students receiving reading interventions should take general progress <span class="highlight">monitoring</span> assessments more than three times a year <span class="highlight">in</span> order to determine whether <span class="highlight">the</span> interventions are having <span class="highlight">the</span>
This week's gamma-ray blast is the latest in a 30-year tale of cosmic discovery
This week's gamma-ray blast is the latest in a 30-year tale of cosmic discovery - NASA Science Skip to Main Content Header Visit NASA.gov Connect Contact Us Glossary Site Map Search SiteGo! Home Big Questions Earth Heliophysics Planets Astrophysics Missions Technology Science New...
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