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Financing Social Protection for Children in Crisis Contexts

Barrientos, Armando; Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel

Authors

Armando Barrientos



Abstract

The global financial crisis has emphasised the fundamental role of social protection institutions in developing countries. There is also growing evidence that countries with programmes focused on children have a greater chance of minimising the longer-term effects of the crisis. However, financing remains a major challenge: the effects of a slowdown in growth are likely to reduce the fiscal space in low-income countries. Focusing on sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America in particular, this article shows that improved fiscal balances, debt relief, aid and revenues from natural resources could provide a window of opportunity in many countries. Raising the ratio of tax revenues to GDP is, however, the main challenge in the medium term.

Citation

Barrientos, A., & Niño-Zarazúa, M. (2011). Financing Social Protection for Children in Crisis Contexts. Development Policy Review, 29(5), 603-620. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7679.2011.00549.x

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Dec 1, 2010
Publication Date Aug 5, 2011
Deposit Date Jun 26, 2022
Publicly Available Date Aug 6, 2111
Journal Development Policy Review
Print ISSN 0950-6764
Electronic ISSN 1467-7679
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 29
Issue 5
Pages 603-620
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7679.2011.00549.x
Keywords Social protection, children, poverty, financial crisis, developing countries
Publisher URL https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-7679.2011.00549.x

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