Social Protection in Sub-Saharan Africa: Getting the Politics Right
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...
Paper Details
Title
Social Protection in Sub-Saharan Africa: Getting the Politics Right
Published Date
Jan 1, 2012
Journal
Volume
40
Issue
1
Pages
163 - 176
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