03924oam 2200769I 450 991045917090332120200520144314.01-136-90839-01-282-91906-797866129190600-203-84281-210.4324/9780203842812 (CKB)2670000000052076(EBL)589565(OCoLC)681484170(SSID)ssj0001149213(PQKBManifestationID)12431987(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001149213(PQKBWorkID)11167464(PQKB)10465095(SSID)ssj0000442539(PQKBManifestationID)12174577(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000442539(PQKBWorkID)10446582(PQKB)11148997(MiAaPQ)EBC589565(Au-PeEL)EBL589565(CaPaEBR)ebr10428012(CaONFJC)MIL291906(OCoLC)701205879(EXLCZ)99267000000005207620180706d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSocial protection for Africa's children /edited by Sudhanshu Handa, Stephen Devereux and Douglas Webb ; foreword by Frances StewartLondon :Routledge,2011.1 online resource (271 p.)Routledge studies in development economicsDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-61122-9 0-415-58333-0 Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Part I Context; 1 Social protection for Africa's children; 2 The case for social protection for children; Part II Targeting; 3 Reaching orphans and vulnerable children through cash transfers in sub-Saharan Africa: Simulation results from alternative targeting schemes; 4 Targeting of Kenya's Cash Transfer Program for Orphans and Vulnerable Children; Part III Impacts; 5 The impact of Ethiopia's Productive Safety Net Program on schooling and child labor6 Impacts on children of cash transfers in Malawi7 Impacts of South Africa's Child Support Grant; Part IV Social justice; 8 Lessons learned from the campaigns to expand the Child Support Grant in South Africa; 9 Children and AIDS as a driver of social protection; 10 Child vulnerability and community coping mechanisms: Implications for social protection policy in Africa; 11 Transformative social protection for Africa's children; IndexSocial protection is an increasingly important part of the social policy dialogue in Africa, and yet because of its relatively new place in a rapidly evolving agenda, evidence on critical design choices such as targeting, and on impacts of social protection interventions, is mostly limited to case studies or small, unrepresentative surveys. This impressive collection makes a major contribution to building the evidence base, drawing on rigorous analysis of social protection programmes in several African countries, as well as original research and thinking on key topical issues in the social Routledge studies in development economics.Child welfareAfricaPublic welfareAfricaChildrenAfricaEconomic conditionsChildrenAfricaSocial conditionsElectronic books.Child welfarePublic welfare362.7096Devereux Stephen1959-122674Handa Sudhanshu1965-979796Stewart Frances118395Webb Douglas1970-979797MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459170903321Social protection for Africa's children2234575UNINA