Boosting growth to end hunger by 2025: The role of social protection

Social protection programs—public or private initiatives that aid the poor and protect the vulnerable against livelihood risks—can effectively be used to assist those trapped, or at the risk of being trapped, in chronic poverty. These programs aim to address chronic poverty through redistribution an...

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Autores principales: Wouterse, Fleur Stephanie, Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140576
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description Social protection programs—public or private initiatives that aid the poor and protect the vulnerable against livelihood risks—can effectively be used to assist those trapped, or at the risk of being trapped, in chronic poverty. These programs aim to address chronic poverty through redistribution and protect vulnerable households from falling below the poverty line. Although investments in social protection programs are often motivated by equity concerns, they can also contribute to economic growth by, for example, encouraging savings, creating community assets, and addressing market imperfections. Despite their potential and proliferation, not enough is known about social protection programs in Africa. The 2017–2018 Annual Trends and Outlook Report (ATOR) reduces this knowledge gap by focusing on the potential of such programs on the continent and the corresponding opportunities and challenges. The chapters of the Report highlight the benefits of these programs, not only to their direct recipients but also others in the community through spillover effects. They also underscore the importance of appropriate design and sustainability to fully realize the potential of social protection programs.
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spelling CGSpace1405762025-11-06T03:52:58Z Boosting growth to end hunger by 2025: The role of social protection Wouterse, Fleur Stephanie Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum hunger economic growth food security social policies social welfare impact assessment resilience poverty rural development social protection Social protection programs—public or private initiatives that aid the poor and protect the vulnerable against livelihood risks—can effectively be used to assist those trapped, or at the risk of being trapped, in chronic poverty. These programs aim to address chronic poverty through redistribution and protect vulnerable households from falling below the poverty line. Although investments in social protection programs are often motivated by equity concerns, they can also contribute to economic growth by, for example, encouraging savings, creating community assets, and addressing market imperfections. Despite their potential and proliferation, not enough is known about social protection programs in Africa. The 2017–2018 Annual Trends and Outlook Report (ATOR) reduces this knowledge gap by focusing on the potential of such programs on the continent and the corresponding opportunities and challenges. The chapters of the Report highlight the benefits of these programs, not only to their direct recipients but also others in the community through spillover effects. They also underscore the importance of appropriate design and sustainability to fully realize the potential of social protection programs. 2018-09-26 2024-03-22T14:36:13Z 2024-03-22T14:36:13Z Book https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140576 en https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-020-00144-1 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/133689 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/133690 Open Access application/pdf application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Wouterse, Fleur Stephanie and Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum (Eds). 2018. Boosting growth to end hunger by 2025: The role of social protection. ReSAKSS Annual Trends and Outlook Report 2017-2018. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896295988.
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economic growth
food security
social policies
social welfare
impact assessment
resilience
poverty
rural development
social protection
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Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum
Boosting growth to end hunger by 2025: The role of social protection
title Boosting growth to end hunger by 2025: The role of social protection
title_full Boosting growth to end hunger by 2025: The role of social protection
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title_full_unstemmed Boosting growth to end hunger by 2025: The role of social protection
title_short Boosting growth to end hunger by 2025: The role of social protection
title_sort boosting growth to end hunger by 2025 the role of social protection
topic hunger
economic growth
food security
social policies
social welfare
impact assessment
resilience
poverty
rural development
social protection
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