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 co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: World Bank
Otros Autores: Del Ninno, Carlo, Mills, Bradford F.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : [France] : World Bank ; Agence Française de Développement, [2015]
Colección:Africa development forum.
Temas:
Poverty > Government policy > Africa.
Poor > Services for > Africa.
Public welfare > Africa.
Pauvreté > Politique gouvernementale > Afrique.
Pauvres > Services > Afrique.
Aide sociale > Afrique.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Poor > Services for
Poverty > Government policy
Public welfare
Africa
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxix, 268 pages) : illustrations, 1 map
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781464804366
1464804362

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