Safety Nets in Africa : Effective Mechanisms to Reach the Poor and Most Vulnerable
The need for safety nets in Sub-Saharan Africa is vast. In addition to being the world’s poorest region, Sub-Saharan Africa is also one of the most unequal. In this context, redistribution must be seen as a legitimate way to fight poverty and ensure shared prosperity - and all the more so in countri...
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okr-10986-213692021-04-23T14:04:01Z Safety Nets in Africa : Effective Mechanisms to Reach the Poor and Most Vulnerable del Ninno, Carlo Mills, Bradford del Ninno, Carlo Mills, Bradford poverty safety nets social programs targeting methods The need for safety nets in Sub-Saharan Africa is vast. In addition to being the world’s poorest region, Sub-Saharan Africa is also one of the most unequal. In this context, redistribution must be seen as a legitimate way to fight poverty and ensure shared prosperity - and all the more so in countries where growth is driven by extractive industries that are not labor-intensive and often employ very few poor people. Given that most African countries face difficult decisions about how to allocate limited resources among a number of social programs, evidence is important. Do Safety Net programs actually benefit the poorest people? This book demonstrates with empirical evidence that it is possible to reach the poorest and most vulnerable people with safety net programs, and provides lessons for the effective use of targeting methods to achieve this outcome in the region. 2015-01-30T21:25:43Z 2015-01-30T21:25:43Z 2015-01-29 978-1-4648-0435-9 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21369 en_US Africa Development Forum CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo Washington, DC: World Bank; and Agence Française de Développement Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Publication Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Cameroon Ghana Kenya Malawi Mozambique Niger Senegal |
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The need for safety nets in Sub-Saharan Africa is vast. In addition to being the world’s poorest region, Sub-Saharan Africa is also one of the most unequal. In this context, redistribution must be seen as a legitimate way to fight poverty and ensure shared prosperity - and all the more so in countries where growth is driven by extractive industries that are not labor-intensive and often employ very few poor people. Given that most African countries face difficult decisions about how to allocate limited resources among a number of social programs, evidence is important. Do Safety Net programs actually benefit the poorest people? This book demonstrates with empirical evidence that it is possible to reach the poorest and most vulnerable people with safety net programs, and provides lessons for the effective use of targeting methods to achieve this outcome in the region. |
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Safety Nets in Africa : Effective Mechanisms to Reach the Poor and Most Vulnerable |
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Safety Nets in Africa : Effective Mechanisms to Reach the Poor and Most Vulnerable |
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Safety Nets in Africa : Effective Mechanisms to Reach the Poor and Most Vulnerable |
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safety nets in africa : effective mechanisms to reach the poor and most vulnerable |
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Washington, DC: World Bank; and Agence Française de Développement |
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