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Social Protection for Africa's Children (Hardcover)
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Social Protection for Africa's Children (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics
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Social protection is an increasingly important part of the social
policy dialogue in Africa, and yet because of its relatively new
place in a rapidly evolving agenda, evidence on critical design
choices such as targeting, and on impacts of social protection
interventions, is mostly limited to case studies or small,
unrepresentative surveys. This impressive collection makes a major
contribution to building the evidence base, drawing on rigorous
analysis of social protection programmes in several African
countries, as well as original research and thinking on key topical
issues in the social protection discourse. Social Protection for
Africa's Children is divided into four parts. The first presents
economic and human-rights based right arguments for social
protection as an integral part of the social policy menu in Africa.
This is followed by a part on targeting, which highlights some of
the key policy trade-offs faced when deciding between alternative
target groups. The third part presents rigorous quantitative
evidence on the impact of social cash transfers on children from
programmes in South Africa, Malawi and Ethiopia and the final part
addresses a set of issues related to social justice and human
rights. This book significantly advances existing knowledge about
social protection for children in Africa, both conceptually and
empirically. It makes a strong case for social protection
interventions that address the short term (amelioration) and long
term (structural) needs of children, and shows that programming in
this sector for children is both feasible and achievable. Policy
makers and practitioners in this sector will have, in this book,
the theoretical and empirical evidence necessary to advance social
protection for Africa's children in the decades to come.
Furthermore, this book should be an essential resource to
postgraduates and students focussing on development economics in
Africa.
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