Reducing poverty and investing in people : the new role of safety nets in Africa / Victoria Monchuk.
By: Monchuk, Victoria
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TextSeries: Directions in developmentPublisher: Washington, DC : World Bank, [2014]Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 166 pages) illustrations ; 27 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781464800948 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Economic assistance, Domestic -- Africa | Poor -- Government policy -- Africa | Poverty -- Government policy -- AfricaAdditional physical formats: Print Version:DDC classification: 362.5/8096 LOC classification: HC800.Z9 | P6353 2014Online resources: home Includes bibliographical references.
Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- Objectives and methods of this study -- Conclusions based on the experience in the 22 countries -- Moving forward to strengthen safety nets in africa -- Implementing the vision : what can other countries learn? -- An agenda for learning -- Introduction -- Poverty and risk -- Existing safety net policies and programs -- Effectiveness of existing safety net programs: an analysis -- Financing, cost, and sustainability -- Moving forward: building better safety nets in africa -- Appendix a: definition of safety nets -- Appendix b: country typologies -- Appendix c: poverty headcount data -- Appendix d: list of targeting mechanisms in selected programs -- Boxes.
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