Social Protection Programs for Africa's Drylands
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Social Protection Programs for Africa's Drylands

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eBook - ePub

Social Protection Programs for Africa's Drylands

About this book

This paper argues that social protection policies and programs, including safety nets programs designed to deliver short-term relief, have an important role in promoting the resilience of the people residing in dryland regions.

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Yes, you can access Social Protection Programs for Africa's Drylands by Carlo Del Ninno,Sarah Coll-Black,Pierre Fallavier in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Economics & Sustainable Development. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
World Bank Publications
Year
2016
eBook ISBN
9781464808470
Edition
0
Topic
Economics
Subtopic
Sustainable Development
Index
Economics

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. About the Authors
  8. Executive Summary
  9. Abbreviations
  10. Chapter 1 Introduction—The Case for Social Protection in Africa
  11. Chapter 2 Poverty, Vulnerability, and the Need for Social Protection in Africa’s Drylands
  12. Chapter 3 Conceptual Framework—Social Protection Reduces Vulnerability and Improves Capacity to Cope
  13. Chapter 4 Social Protection Programming in the Drylands
  14. Chapter 5 Opportunity for Reducing Sensitivity and Improving Coping Capacity
  15. Chapter 6 Building Adaptive Social Protection Systems that Respond to the Needs of People in Drylands
  16. Chapter 7 Financing a National Adaptive Social Protection System
  17. Chapter 8 Conclusion
  18. Appendix A
  19. Bibliography
  20. Box