Social Protection in Sub-Saharan Africa: Getting the Politics Right

Miguel Niño-Zarazúa; Armando Barrientos; Samuel Hickey; David Hulme

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.04.004

Social Protection in Sub-Saharan Africa: Getting the Politics Right

Miguel Niño-Zarazúa, Armando Barrientos, Samuel Hickey, David Hulme

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Abstract

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." © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	163-176
Number of pages	13
Journal	World Development
Volume	40
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.04.004
Publication status	Published - Jan 2012

Keywords

Poverty
Social assistance
Social policy
Social protection
Sub-Saharan Africa

Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms

Global Development Institute

UN SDGs

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Direct Cash Transfers as an Antipoverty Instrument for the Extreme and Chronic Poor
Barrientos, A. (Participant), Hulme, D. (Participant) & Hickey, S. (Participant)
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Social Protection in Sub-Saharan Africa: Getting the Politics Right

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UN SDGs

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Direct Cash Transfers as an Antipoverty Instrument for the Extreme and Chronic Poor

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