Safety nets in Africa : effective mechanisms to reach the poor and most vulnerable (English)

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...

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Mills, Bradford [editor];

del Ninno, Carlo [editor];
Document Date
2015/01/26
Document Type
Publication
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94117
Volume No
1
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1
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Africa,
Region
Africa,
Disclosure Date
2015/02/05
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Disclosed
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Safety nets in Africa : effective mechanisms to reach the poor and most vulnerable
Keywords
safety net program

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Mills, Bradford [editor]; del Ninno, Carlo [editor].

Safety nets in Africa : effective mechanisms to reach the poor and most vulnerable (English). Africa Development Forum Washington, DC : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/869311468009642720

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