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

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

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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.”

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  • Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel & Barrientos, Armando & Hickey, Samuel & Hulme, David, 2012. "Social Protection in Sub-Saharan Africa: Getting the Politics Right," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 40(1), pages 163-176.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:wdevel:v:40:y:2012:i:1:p:163-176
    DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.04.004
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