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Booklet
Social Protection in Africa: Overview for Policymakers
Year of Publication : 2016-08
Language : en
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Abstract (English) : What is social protection? - What are cash transfers? - What are social protection floors? - Why is social protection in Africa important? - Socio-economic context - The development of social protection in Africa - Non-contributory social protection programmes in Africa: Overview of programmes - Which types of social protection intervention are most common? - What is the size of cash transfers? - What is the institutional location and who funds social protection programmes? - How much do social protection programmes cost? - Social protection in Africa: Reviewing the evidence - Poverty and inequality reduction - Nutrition and food security - Health - Education - Gender - Productive outcomes - Community empowerment and citizen accountability - Social protection in Africa: Key issues - Rights-based approaches to social protection - Universalism and targeting -
Gender - Conditional vs unconditional cash transfers - Cash or food - Institutionalisation - Affordability - Labour market linkages and informal workers - Technology - Informal social protection
Description : Cite: Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), (2016). Social Protection in Africa: Overview for Policymakers. [Online] Available at: DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/assaf.2016/0004
Publisher : Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)
Citation : Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), (2016). Social Protection in Africa: Overview for Policymakers. [Online] Available at: DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/assaf.2016/0004
DOI : 10.17159/assaf.2016/0004
ISBN : 978-0-9946852-8-5
Resource URL(Other) : http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/assaf.2016/0004
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