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Social protection in Africa / created by Frank Ellis, Stephen Devereux and Philip White.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextEdward Elgar, 2009Description: xii, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781848442580
  • 1848442580
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Social protection in Africa.; Online version:: Social protection in Africa.LOC classification:
  • HN773.5 ELL
Other classification:
  • 15.92
  • 83.46
  • MK 8800
  • QG 720
Contents:
Part I: Themes -- 1. Overview -- 2. Vulnerability -- 3. Targeting -- 4. Delivery -- 5. Coordination and coverage -- 6. Cost-effectiveness -- 7. Market effects -- 8. Asset protection and building -- 9. Lesson learning: strengths, weaknesses and the state of the art -- Part II: Case studies from southern Africa -- 10. Introduction to the case studies -- Case studies: 1. Old age pension, Lesotho -- 2. Food subsidy programme, Mozambique -- 3. Public works programmes, Malawi -- 4. Dowa emergency cash transfer, Malawi -- 5. Social cash transfers, Zambia -- 6. Urban food programme, Zimbabwe -- 7. Food assistance programme, Mozambique -- 8. School feeding, Lesotho -- 9. Neighbourhood care points for orphans and vulnerable children, Swaziland -- 10. Education material fairs, Mozambique -- 11. Input subsidy programme, Malawi -- 12. Food security pack, Zambia -- 13. Input trade fairs, Mozambique -- 14. Chiefs' fields for orphans and vulnerable children, Swaziland 15. Small livestock transfers, Zimbabwe.
Summary: The purpose of this book is to make accessible to a broad audience the ideas, principles and practicalities of establishing effective social protection in Africa. It focuses on the major shift in strategy for tackling hunger and vulnerability, from emergency responses mainly in the form of food transfers to predictable cash transfers to the chronically poorest social groups. The diverse case studies in this book provide a unique and timely exploration of the effective, and less effective, ways that social transfers are delivered to the chronically poor and vulnerable in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Main Library Open Shelf HN773.5 ELL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 160225 Available BK148254
Book Book School of Social Work Library Open Shelf HN773.5 ELL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 160224 Available BK148323

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Part I: Themes -- 1. Overview -- 2. Vulnerability -- 3. Targeting -- 4. Delivery -- 5. Coordination and coverage -- 6. Cost-effectiveness -- 7. Market effects -- 8. Asset protection and building -- 9. Lesson learning: strengths, weaknesses and the state of the art -- Part II: Case studies from southern Africa -- 10. Introduction to the case studies -- Case studies: 1. Old age pension, Lesotho -- 2. Food subsidy programme, Mozambique -- 3. Public works programmes, Malawi -- 4. Dowa emergency cash transfer, Malawi -- 5. Social cash transfers, Zambia -- 6. Urban food programme, Zimbabwe -- 7. Food assistance programme, Mozambique -- 8. School feeding, Lesotho -- 9. Neighbourhood care points for orphans and vulnerable children, Swaziland -- 10. Education material fairs, Mozambique -- 11. Input subsidy programme, Malawi -- 12. Food security pack, Zambia -- 13. Input trade fairs, Mozambique -- 14. Chiefs' fields for orphans and vulnerable children, Swaziland 15. Small livestock transfers, Zimbabwe.

The purpose of this book is to make accessible to a broad audience the ideas, principles and practicalities of establishing effective social protection in Africa. It focuses on the major shift in strategy for tackling hunger and vulnerability, from emergency responses mainly in the form of food transfers to predictable cash transfers to the chronically poorest social groups. The diverse case studies in this book provide a unique and timely exploration of the effective, and less effective, ways that social transfers are delivered to the chronically poor and vulnerable in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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