LEADER 03094nam 2200457Ka 450 001 9911011315903321 005 20240912105410.9 010 $a1-000-47869-6 035 $a(CKB)4900000001074705 035 $a(BIP)080480769 035 $a(VLeBooks)9781000478693 035 $a(ODN)ODN0006326741 035 $a(EXLCZ)994900000001074705 100 $a20220413d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSocial protection and informal workers in sub-saharan africa $eLived realities and associational experiences from tanzania and kenya. /$fLone Riisgaard 205 $a1st 210 $d2021 215 $a1 online resource 225 $aThe Dynamics of Economic Space 330 $aThe promotion of social protection in Sub-Saharan Africa happens in a context where informal labour markets constitute the norm, and where most workers live uncertain livelihoods with very limited access to official social protection. The dominant social protection agenda and the associated literature come with an almost exclusive focus on donor and state programmes even if their coverage is limited to small parts of the populations ? and in no way stands measure to the needs. In these circumstances, people depend on other means of protection and cushioning against risks and vulnerabilities including different forms of collective self-organizing providing alternative forms of social protection. These informal, bottom-up forms of social protection are at a nascent stage of social protection discussions and little is known about the extent or models of these informal mechanisms. This book seeks to fill this gap by focusing on three important sectors of informal work, namely: transport, construction, and micro-trade in Kenya and Tanzania. It explores how the global social protection agenda interacts with informal contexts and how it fits with the actual realities of the informal workers. Consequently, the authors examine and compare the social protection models conceptualized and implemented 'from above' by the public authorities in Tanzania and Kenya with social protection mechanisms 'from below' by the informal workers own collective associations. The book will be of interest to academics in International Development Studies, Political Economy, and African Studies, as well as development practitioners and policy communities. 606 $aCasual labor 606 $aInformal sector (Economics) 606 $aJob security 615 0$aCasual labor. 615 0$aInformal sector (Economics) 615 0$aJob security. 676 $a331.25960967 686 $aSCI030000$aSOC015000$2bisacsh 700 $aRiisgaard$b Lone$01363189 701 $aRiisgaard$b Lone$01363189 701 $aMitullah$b Winnie V. (University of Nairobi, Kenya)$01830705 701 $aTorm$b Nina$01830706 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911011315903321 996 $aSocial protection and informal workers in sub-saharan africa$94401206 997 $aUNINA