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‘Growing’ social protection in developing countries: Lessons from Brazil and South Africa

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  • Armando Barrientos
  • Valerie Møller
  • João Saboia
  • Peter Lloyd-Sherlock
  • Julia Mase

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The rapid expansion of social protection in the South provides a rich diversity of experiences and lessons on how best to reduce poverty and ultimately eradicate it. Knowledge on how best to ‘grow’ social assistance, understood as long-term institutions responsible for reducing and preventing poverty, is at a premium. This article examines the expansion of social assistance in Brazil and South Africa, two of the middle income countries widely perceived to have advanced furthest in ‘growing’ social protection. It examines three aspects: the primacy of politics in explaining the expansion of social protection and assistance, the tensions between path-dependence and innovation in terms of institutions and practices, and the poverty and inequality outcomes of social assistance expansion. The article concludes by drawing the main lessons for other developing countries.

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  • Armando Barrientos & Valerie Møller & João Saboia & Peter Lloyd-Sherlock & Julia Mase, 2013. "‘Growing’ social protection in developing countries: Lessons from Brazil and South Africa," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(1), pages 54-68, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:deveza:v:30:y:2013:i:1:p:54-68
    DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2013.756098
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    1. Gregory John Lee & Gareth Rees, 2016. "Give and Take Between Households and the State: Development and Application of A Benefaction–Contribution Ratio," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 62(2), pages 362-379, June.
    2. Haroon Bhorat & Tara Caetano & Benjamin Jourdan & Ravi Kanbur & Christopher Rooney & Benjamin Stanwix & Ingrid Woolard, 2016. "Investigating the Feasibility of a National Minimum Wage for South Africa," Working Papers 201601, University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit.
    3. Gelo, Dambala & Kollamparambil, Umakrishnan & Jeuland, Marc, 2023. "The causal effect of income on household energy transition: Evidence from old age pension eligibility in South Africa," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 119(C).
    4. Maichanou, Ahamadou & Dan Baky, Agada, 2022. "Private Intra-household Transfers as a Palliative for the Incompleteness of Social Protection: Evidence from Niger," African Journal of Economic Review, African Journal of Economic Review, vol. 10(2), March.
    5. Ryan J. Norris & S. Cristina Oancea & Luciana B. Nucci, 2023. "Self-Reported Chronic Back Pain and Current Depression in Brazil: A National Level Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(8), pages 1-11, April.

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