MDG 1 Good Practice Databank:

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Good Practices are classified by internal constraints or/and external challenges, which each Good Practice tried to address to achieve particular MDG target(s).
Please click each practice for the entire introduction of the case. Each case contains key elements of success, lessons-learned and results of the Good Practice.

MDG 1: KEY CONSTRAINTS AND CHALLENGES	MDG 1: GOOD PRACTICES
Barriers to economic growth and income equality Pro-poor macroeconomic reforms Decentralization Conditional Cash Transfers	China: 8-7 Poverty Reduction Programme Chile: Growth with Equity National Development Programme Uganda: National Fiscal Decentralization Programme Malawi: Social Cash Transfer Scheme Mexico: Oportunidades Kenya: Cash Transfer Programme for Orphans and Vulnerable Children Georgia: Food for Work Programme - Implementation Tools for Food Security Capacity Building Iraq: Iraq Reconstruction and Employment Programme (IREP) Mozambique: Community Safety Net Programme toward Government-Led Food-Based Safety Nets
Lack of incentives for better development results Conditional Cash transfers Tax incentives Performance incentives Livelihood incentives	Mexico: Oportunidades Kenya: Cash Transfer Programme for Orphans and Vulnerable Children Bosnia and Herzegovina: Upper Drina Regional Development Programme Tajikistan: Enhancing Agricultural Governance in Tajikistan Bangladesh: Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) Indonesia: Support to the Redevelopment of Tourism and Protecting the Cultural Heritage of Nias Island
Limited access to and availability of assets, capital, infrastructure and services for income generation Microfinance Infrastructure development Productive asset transfer Public-Private Partnerships	Bhutan: Pro-Poor Local Governance for Poverty Reduction Mongolia: Enterprise Mongolia Project Ecuador: Tourism Micro-Enterprises, Micro-Credit and Poverty Reduction (MET) Georgia: Food for Work Programme - Implementation Tools for Food Security Capacity Building Sri Lanka: Area-Based Growth and Equity Programme Syria: Business Innovation and Development Center (BIDC) Argentina: Actions for Poverty Reduction and for Improving Mothers and Children´s Living Condition Kenya: Cash Transfer Programme for Orphans and Vulnerable Children Kyrgyzstan: Area-Based Development in Batken Province Lao PDR: Houaphan Alternative Development Program Module (HADP) China: 8-7 Poverty Reduction Programme Bangladesh: Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC)
Capacity constraints for effective implementation of policies and programmes at various levels Build capacity for fiscal decentralization and more effective service delivery Streamlining implementation modalities Building national capacity, rather than parallel processes Regular monitoring and evaluation, and adjusting the programme based on lessons-learned Incorporating gender in design, implementation and evaluation Ensure participatory processes, facilitate social mobilization and ensure national ownership	Uganda: National Fiscal Decentralization Programme Bosnia and Herzegovina: Upper Drina Regional Development Programme Mozambique: Community Safety Net Programme toward Government-Led Food-Based Safety Nets Maldives: Atoll Development for Sustainable Livelihoods Mexico: Oportunidades Kenya: Cash Transfer Programme for Orphans and Vulnerable Children Iraq: Iraq Reconstruction and Employment Programme (IREP) Syria: Rural Community Development Project at Jabal Al Hoss Bosnia and Herzegovina: Upper Drina Regional Development Programme Syria: Rural Community Development Project at Jabal Al Hoss Nigeria: Village-By-Village Food Security Programme Ethiopia’s Konso Community Tourism Turkmenistan: Social and Economic Integration of Visually and Hearing Impaired People
Ineffective utilization of existing resources Under-utilized Resources and solutions include: Remittances/ mobilizing private transfers for community needs Agricultural land/ clearing land mines- Garbage/Recycling and reusing Financial services/ Islamic lending Labor (human resources)/ facilitating labor migration Training and capacity building services/Public-private partnerships	Sub-Saharan Africa (8 countries): Smallholder Productivity Improvement Tajikistan: Community Programme Kenya: Keyole Environmental Management Association China: 8-7 Poverty Reduction Programme Iraq: Support for Rural Development and Safer Environment through Mine Action Syria: Rural Community Development Project at Jabal Al Hoss Latin America (regional): Partnership in Opportunities for Employment through Technology Cambodia: Mekong Discovery Trail
Lack of adequate measures to support the most vulnerable populations Employ transfers to redistribute income and reduce inequality Job creation and rehabilitation of infrastructure in crisis countries Targeting the poor and most vulnerable areas, communities and households	Malawi: Social Cash Transfer Scheme Mexico: Oportunidades Namibia: Transitioning Orphans and Vulnerable Children from Food Assistance to National Safety Nets Iraq: Iraq Reconstruction and Employment Programme (IREP) China: 8-7 Poverty Reduction Programme
Limited access to food and updated information and data on food availability and needs Cross border surveillance Food trade monitoring	Malawi, Mozambique & Zimbabwe: Cross Border Food Trade Monitoring System