Message of the Director Our new publications for May and June focus on two policy instruments that have been contributing to enhance the inclusivity of the economic growth process in a various developing and emerging nations - cash transfers and food security programmes. Our specialists evaluated the impact of the Paraguay's Tekoporã Cash Transfer programme, taking into account interaction and behavioural changes related to education and health outcomes. The results suggest that the programme is achieving its objectives by improving children’s attendance at school and at health centres. At the same time, the programme seems to be contributing to raise awareness on the importance of conditionalities : households have changed their preferences towards a greater consumption of healthcare and education services. The second major publication we highlight in this Bulletin takes into account the households' perception of proper access to food to explain Brazil’s food and nutritional security situation. The authors analyse different dimensions of the country's innovative Food Security Policy Framework and address the major challenges facing smallholder farmers. In a global context of growing food prices, Brazil’s approaches and initiatives can offer relevant inputs for policy dialogue in other developing and emerging countries. A special note for journalists highlights the main findings of this report and informs on the main figures and recommendations. I am confident that these initiatives will contribute to broadening the policy options available to accelerate progress towards a more inclusive, green and sustainable growth pattern, which is the current focus of this critical year in the preparation of the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. We hope you will find this set of knowledge materials useful and we look forward to receiving your comments and views on our publications. Rathin Roy Director, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG) List of new publications 1)Externality and Behavioural Change Effects of a Non-Randomised CCT Programme: Heterogeneous Impact on the Demand for Health and Education Authors: Clarissa Teixeira; Fabio Veras Soares; Rafael Ribas; Elydia Silva and Guilherme Hirata Series: Working Paper # 82 Download: http://www.ipc-undp.org/pub/IPCWorkingPaper82.pdf 2) How Effective are the Non-monetary Components of CCT Programs? Authors: Clarissa Teixeira; Fabio Veras Soares; Rafael Ribas; Elydia Silva and Guilherme Hirata Series: One Pager # 129 Download: http://www.ipc-undp.org/pub/IPCOnePager129.pdf 3) The Food Security Policy Context in Brazil Authors: Darana Souza and Danuta Chmielewska, IPC-IG Series: Country Study # 22 Download:http://www.ipc-undp.org/pub/IPCCountryStudy22.pdf 4) Providing Incentives to Women Farmers for Sustainable Food Production Author: Savita Mullapudi Narasimhan - UNDP Series: One Pager # 130 Download: http://www.ipc-undp.org/pub/IPCOnePager130.pdf Also, publications translated into Portuguese, Chinese and Arabic: Portuguese 1) Sustentando o Desenvolvimento e a Resiliência dos SIDS: Além de Gestão de Crises Authors: Leisa Perch e Roy Rathin, IPC-IG Series: One Pager # 113 Download: http://www.ipc-undp.org/pub/port/IPCOnePager113.pdf 2) Quais são as Implicações da Crise Mundial e suas Consequências para a Redução da Pobreza, 2010-2020? Authors: Andy Sumner ; Joe Ballantyne e Andrew Curry Series: One Pager # 114 Download: http://www.ipc-undp.org/pub/port/IPCOnePager114.pdf 3) O Empoderamento ou Reforço de Papéis Tradicionais: Será que as TCR Conseguem Tratar da Questão de Vulnerabilidade de Gênero? Authors: Fábio Veras Soares e Elydia Silva, IPC-IG Series: One Pager # 115 Download: http://www.ipc-undp.org/pub/port/IPCOnePager115.pdf 4) Repensando os Programas Públicos de Emprego: Indo Além das Redes de Segurança? Author: Radhika Lal, IPC-IG Series: One Pager # 112 Download: http://www.ipc-undp.org/pub/port/IPCOnePager112.pdf 5) Tecnologias de Baixo Custo para o Cumprimento dos Objetivos de Desenvolvimento do Milênio: O Processo de Captação de Águas Pluviais Author: Christian Lehmann, Raquel Tsukada e Acácio Lourete Series: Policy Research Brief # 12 Download: http://www.ipc-undp.org/pub/port/IPCPolicyResearchBrief12.pdf Chinese 6) How Much Do Non-Cash Components and Externalities Affect the Impact of Cash Transfers? Author: Rafael Perez Ribas, Fabio Veras Soares, Clarissa Gondim Teixeira, Elydia Silva and Guilherme Issamu Hirata Series: One Pager # 111 Download: http://www.ipc-undp.org/pub/chi/IPCOnePager111.pdf 7) Empowering or Reinforcing Traditional Roles: Can CCTs Address Gender Vulnerabilities? Author: Fabio Veras Soares  and Elydia Silva, IPC-IG Series: One Pager # 115 Download: http://www.ipc-undp.org/pub/chi/IPCOnePager115.pdf Arabic 8) How Can Petrobras Biocombustíveis Engage Small-Scale Farmers While Promoting Sustainability in Brazil’s Biodiesel Programme? Authors: Clovis Zapata, Diego Vazquez-Brust , José Plaza-Úbeda Series: One Pager # 119 Download: http://www.ipc-undp.org/pub/arab/IPCOnePager119.pdf Click here to receive IPC-IG publications and here to stop receiving any. 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