Social Protection, Food Security and Nutrition in Six African Countries
Resources - Author: Jonas Nzabamwita, Stephen Devereux / Year: 2018
Evaluations of social protection interventions across Africa often register significant success in improving household food security indicators, but little or no improvement in individual nutritional outcomes. One reason is under-coverage of poor people; another is the low value of social transfers. This paper reviews experiences with social protection in...
Read MoreEU Social Protection Systems Programme (EU-SPS)
Resources - Year: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
The EU Social Protection Systems Programme (EU-SPS) is a 4-year programme supporting ten developing partner country governments and national expert institutions in their efforts to develop inclusive and sustainable social protection systems in close co-ordination with other international partners. Link to...
Read MoreWomen’s economic empowerment programmes: towards a ‘double boon’ instead of drudgery and depletion
Resources - Author: Deepta Chopra / Year: 2018
Recent research carried out in four countries (India, Nepal, Tanzania and Rwanda) under the framework of the Growth and Equal Opportunities for Women (GrOW) programme has highlighted the drudgery of both paid work and unpaid care work faced by women in poor families, leading to the depletion of their...
Read MoreFinancing Development for Children in Africa: The state of budget transparency and accountability in the continent
Resources - Year: 2017
This report builds on the findings of the Open Budget Survey 2015, by taking a closer look at the 31 African countries included in the survey. It seeks to promote transparency and accountability in the use of government budgets in Africa. The rationale for this report is twofold. First,...
Read MoreSocial Protection: towards gender equality
Resources - Year: 2017
Social protection has become prominent in the global development agenda over recent decades, with social protection systems now being included as a target under Sustainable Development Goal 1: “End poverty in all its forms everywhere”. In developing countries, these policies have played an important role in alleviating extreme poverty,...
Read MoreWomen’s Property and Inheritance Rights in Tanzania
Legal depository - Country: Tanzania / Body: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women / Year: 2015
Nature of the Case In views adopted under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women held the United Republic of Tanzania accountable for multiple violations of women’s rights, particularly as relates to...
Read MoreEquity in financing and use of health care in Ghana, South Africa, and Tanzania: implications for paths to universal coverage
Resources - Author: Anne Mills, Bertha Garshong, Bronwyn Harris, Filip Meheus, Gemini Mtei, James Akazili, Jane Macha, Jo Borghi, John E Ataguba, Prof Di McIntyre, Suzan Makawia / Year: 2012
Universal coverage of health care is now receiving substantial worldwide and national attention, but debate continues on the best mix of financing mechanisms, especially to protect people outside the formal employment sector. Crucial issues are the equity implications of different financing mechanisms, and patterns of service use. This report provides...
Read MoreSADC Code of Social Security
Legal depository - Country: Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe / Year: 2007
This instrument provides guidelines on the Southern African Development Community’s approach to social protection. Link to page...
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