Social protection for Africa's children [electronic resource] / edited by Sudhanshu Handa, Stephen Devereux and Douglas Webb ; foreword by Frances Stewart.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Other Authors: Handa, Sudhanshu, 1965-, Devereux, Stephen, 1959-, Webb, Douglas, 1970-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
Series:Routledge studies in development economics ; 86.
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Table of Contents:
  • Social protection for Africa's children / Stephen Devereux, Douglas Webb, and Sudhanshu Handa
  • The case for social protection for children / Lorraine Blank, Stephen Devereux, and Sudhanshu Handa
  • Reaching orphans and vulnerable children through cash transfers in sub-Saharan Africa : simulation results from alternative targeting schemes / Scott R. Stewart and Sudhanshu Handa
  • Targeting of Kenya's cash transfer program for orphans and vulnerable children / Sudhanshu Handa [and others].
  • The impact of Ethiopia's productive safety net program on schooling and child labor / John Hoddinott, Daniel O. Gilligan, and Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse
  • Impacts on children of cash transfer in Malawi / Candace Miller, Maxton Grant Tsoka, and Kathryn Reichert
  • Impacts of South Africa's child support grant / Michael Samson [and others].
  • Lessons learned from the campaigns to expand the child support grant in South Africa / Paula Proudlock
  • Children and AIDS as a driver of social protection / Douglas Webb
  • Child vulnerability and community coping mechanisms : implications for social protection policy in Africa / Erick Otieno Nyambedha
  • Transformative social protection for Africa's children / Stephen Devereux and Rachel Sabates-Wheeler.