Reducing poverty and investing in people : the new role of safety nets in Africa /
Monchuk, Victoria.
Reducing poverty and investing in people : the new role of safety nets in Africa / Victoria Monchuk. - 1 online resource (xiv, 166 pages) illustrations ; 27 cm. - Directions in development . - World Bank e-Library. .
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.
9781464800948 (alk. paper)
2013040311
Economic assistance, Domestic--Africa.
Poor--Government policy--Africa.
Poverty--Government policy--Africa.
HC800.Z9 / P6353 2014
362.5/8096
Reducing poverty and investing in people : the new role of safety nets in Africa / Victoria Monchuk. - 1 online resource (xiv, 166 pages) illustrations ; 27 cm. - Directions in development . - World Bank e-Library. .
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.
9781464800948 (alk. paper)
2013040311
Economic assistance, Domestic--Africa.
Poor--Government policy--Africa.
Poverty--Government policy--Africa.
HC800.Z9 / P6353 2014
362.5/8096