World development, 2012, Vol.40 (1), p.163-176
2012
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Social Protection in Sub-Saharan Africa: Getting the Politics Right
- Ist Teil von
- World development, 2012, Vol.40 (1), p.163-176
- Ort / Verlag
- Oxford: Elsevier Ltd
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2012
- Quelle
- PAIS Index
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- This paper provides an overview of the recent extension of social protection in sub-Saharan Africa. It identifies two main “models” of social protection in the region: one based on age-based income transfers in the middle income countries in Southern Africa, and another more diverse and incipient group of programs providing a mix of poverty-based transfers in the low income countries in Eastern, Central, and West Africa. It concludes that for an effective institutional framework for social protection to evolve in sub-Saharan Africa, the present focus on the technical design of programs needs to be accompanied by analyses that contribute to also “getting the politics right.”
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0305-750XeISSN: 1873-5991DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.04.004Titel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_918738338
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- Africa, Economic models, Income, Income distribution, Institutions, Low Income Groups, Politics, Poverty, Poverty alleviation, social assistance, Social Policy, Social Programs, social protection, Social security, Southern Africa, Strategic planning, Studies, Sub Saharan Africa, Sustainable development, Transfer, Transfer payments, Welfare State, West Africa