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Can social security programs do more with less? General issues with challenges for southern Africa

There is now a widespread consensus on the importance of social security programs—or more specifically, social welfare programs and safety nets—as a key component of a public policy poverty reduction strategy (World Bank 1990; Graham 1994; van de Walle and Nead 1995). Social security programs are co...

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Main Authors: Haddad, Lawrence James, Zeller, Manfred
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 1997
Subjects:
agriculture
economic aspects
congresses
food supply
statistics
economic situation
social security
social sciences
policies
poverty
urbanization
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161646
Summary:There is now a widespread consensus on the importance of social security programs—or more specifically, social welfare programs and safety nets—as a key component of a public policy poverty reduction strategy (World Bank 1990; Graham 1994; van de Walle and Nead 1995). Social security programs are composed of policy and program instruments such as general food subsides, targeted income transfers, public works, school feeding, social funds, small-scale credit, and emergency feeding programs. They are designed to either reduce poverty or prevent poverty, or some combination thereof.

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