Social protection in Africa
Ellis, Frank.
Social protection in Africa [electronic resource] / Frank Ellis, Stephen Devereux, Philip White. - Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, 2009. - 1 online resource (xii, 294 p.) : ill.
Title from cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. I. Themes -- pt. 2. Case studies from Southern Africa.
The purpose of this book is to make accessible to a broad audience the ideas, principles and practicalities of establishing effective social protection in Africa. It focuses on the major shift in strategy for tackling hunger and vulnerability, from emergency responses mainly in the form of food transfers to predictable cash transfers to the chronically poorest social groups. The diverse case studies in this book provide a unique and timely exploration of the effective, and less effective, ways that social transfers are delivered to the chronically poor and vulnerable in Sub-Saharan Africa.
9781848446014 (e-book)
2008939770
Economic assistance--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Food relief--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Electronic books.
HC60 / .E45 2009
Social protection in Africa [electronic resource] / Frank Ellis, Stephen Devereux, Philip White. - Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, 2009. - 1 online resource (xii, 294 p.) : ill.
Title from cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. I. Themes -- pt. 2. Case studies from Southern Africa.
The purpose of this book is to make accessible to a broad audience the ideas, principles and practicalities of establishing effective social protection in Africa. It focuses on the major shift in strategy for tackling hunger and vulnerability, from emergency responses mainly in the form of food transfers to predictable cash transfers to the chronically poorest social groups. The diverse case studies in this book provide a unique and timely exploration of the effective, and less effective, ways that social transfers are delivered to the chronically poor and vulnerable in Sub-Saharan Africa.
9781848446014 (e-book)
2008939770
Economic assistance--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Food relief--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Electronic books.
HC60 / .E45 2009