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

Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel; Barrientos, Armando; Hickey, Sam; Hulme, David

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.”

Citation

Niño-Zarazúa, M., Barrientos, A., Hickey, S., & Hulme, D. (2012). Social Protection in Sub-Saharan Africa: Getting the Politics Right. World Development, 40(1), 163-176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.04.004

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 3, 2011
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2012
• Deposit Date: Jun 26, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 2, 2112
• Journal: World Development
• Print ISSN: 0305-750X
• Electronic ISSN: 1873-5991
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 40
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 163-176
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.04.004
• Keywords: social protectionpovertysocial assistancesocial policySub-Saharan Africa
• Publisher URL: https://pure.manchester.ac.uk/ws/files/29867076/POST-PEER-REVIEW-PUBLISHERS.PDF
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