Linking safety nets, social protection, and poverty reduction: directions for Africa
In Africa and elsewhere, safety nets were promoted in the 1980s as a response to the (presumably short-term) adverse effects of structural adjustment. Though some safety nets had a developmental component, safety nets are still largely associated with the idea of a short-term buffer. “Social protect...
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| author | Adato, Michelle Ahmed, Akhter Lund, Francie |
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| description | In Africa and elsewhere, safety nets were promoted in the 1980s as a response to the (presumably short-term) adverse effects of structural adjustment. Though some safety nets had a developmental component, safety nets are still largely associated with the idea of a short-term buffer. “Social protection” is a newer term that incorporates safety net programs but also includes a role for renewed state involvement, emphasizes a longer-term developmental approach, includes social assistance and social insurance, and is often advocated as a right rather than a reactive form of relief. Social protection policy addresses not only programs aimed at reducing the impact of shocks and coping with their aftermath, but also interventions designed to prevent shocks and destitution in the first place. Most societies have private interhousehold, intrafamily, and intrahousehold transfers that promote resilience to shocks, mitigating their negative effects. However, in countries or communities where people are universally poor, there is less to share, particularly in times of shocks that affect all or many in the society (such as drought, floods, AIDS, or widespread structural unemployment) — which is precisely when the need for help is most critical. -- from Text |
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| spelling | CGSpace1566522025-03-18T18:50:43Z Linking safety nets, social protection, and poverty reduction: directions for Africa Adato, Michelle Ahmed, Akhter Lund, Francie safety equipment social protection transfers structural change social policies social welfare households families poverty In Africa and elsewhere, safety nets were promoted in the 1980s as a response to the (presumably short-term) adverse effects of structural adjustment. Though some safety nets had a developmental component, safety nets are still largely associated with the idea of a short-term buffer. “Social protection” is a newer term that incorporates safety net programs but also includes a role for renewed state involvement, emphasizes a longer-term developmental approach, includes social assistance and social insurance, and is often advocated as a right rather than a reactive form of relief. Social protection policy addresses not only programs aimed at reducing the impact of shocks and coping with their aftermath, but also interventions designed to prevent shocks and destitution in the first place. Most societies have private interhousehold, intrafamily, and intrahousehold transfers that promote resilience to shocks, mitigating their negative effects. However, in countries or communities where people are universally poor, there is less to share, particularly in times of shocks that affect all or many in the society (such as drought, floods, AIDS, or widespread structural unemployment) — which is precisely when the need for help is most critical. -- from Text 2004 2024-10-24T12:44:57Z 2024-10-24T12:44:57Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156652 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Adato, Michelle; Ahmed, Akhter U.; Lund, Francie. 2004. Linking safety nets, social protection, and poverty reduction: directions for Africa. Issue brief. 28. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156652 |
| spellingShingle | safety equipment social protection transfers structural change social policies social welfare households families poverty Adato, Michelle Ahmed, Akhter Lund, Francie Linking safety nets, social protection, and poverty reduction: directions for Africa |
| title | Linking safety nets, social protection, and poverty reduction: directions for Africa |
| title_full | Linking safety nets, social protection, and poverty reduction: directions for Africa |
| title_fullStr | Linking safety nets, social protection, and poverty reduction: directions for Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Linking safety nets, social protection, and poverty reduction: directions for Africa |
| title_short | Linking safety nets, social protection, and poverty reduction: directions for Africa |
| title_sort | linking safety nets social protection and poverty reduction directions for africa |
| topic | safety equipment social protection transfers structural change social policies social welfare households families poverty |
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