Africa

Built to Include: Reimagining Social Protection in the Middle East and North Africa

Submitted by pmassetti on Mon, 06/19/2023 - 16:22

worldbank.org (June 2023) Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, limited work opportunities and low-productivity informal work have played a significant role in increasing poverty and vulnerability in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

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Africa
arabic countries
Global challenges
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Migrant Welfare Systems in Africa: Case Studies in Selected African Union Member States: Ethiopia, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius and South Africa

Submitted by pmassetti on Thu, 05/04/2023 - 14:52

IOM (Janv 2023) This report interrogates country-of-origin measures to extend social protection and broader-based support services to African migrant workers abroad.

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Africa
Global challenges
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Migration
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Social protection and rural transformation in Africa

Submitted by pmassetti on Tue, 04/04/2023 - 16:26

fao.org (2023) This article develops a conceptual framework on pathways through which non-contributory social protection can contribute to a resilient and inclusive agricultural growth in rural Africa. It draws insights from a review of rigorous empirical evidence on the impacts of cash transfers and multifaceted cash plus programs on range of relevant productive outcomes, including: accumulation of productive assets; inputs and farm management practices; off-farm labour and non-farm enterprises; and farm production and income.

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Africa
Topics
Extension of coverage
Cash transfers
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The state of social protection for agrifood systems workers in West Africa

Submitted by pmassetti on Tue, 01/24/2023 - 16:52

fao.org (2022) The report analyses the state of social protection for agri-food systems workers in the region. Specifically, it provides an overview about existing social assistance and social insurance programmes, analyses their sensitivity to agri-food systems workers’ needs and characteristics and identifies countries´ main challenges. It also presents a series of good practices from Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, and Senegal.

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Africa
Global challenges
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Study on Bilateral Labour and Social Security Agreements In North Africa

Submitted by pmassetti on Thu, 12/22/2022 - 11:18

2018  - The purpose of this study is to undertake in-depth research on the different bilateral labour agreements and social security agreements in the North Africa sub-region, with particular emphasis on Egypt, Tunisia, and Morocco.

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Africa
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Working Paper : Pension funds in sub-Saharan Africa

Submitted by pmassetti on Fri, 12/16/2022 - 16:24

wider.unu.edu (2022) The population structure the world over is going through a demographic shift, and the elderly proportion is projected to increase with population growth. This change is a matter of concern for sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, where the majority of the people are young and the rates of both population growth and unemployment are high. A good pension system provides elderly assistance and is a source of savings for long-term investment.

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Africa
Topics
Pensions
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Social protection responses to COVID-19 in MENA: Design, implementation and child-sensitivity

Submitted by pmassetti on Tue, 10/04/2022 - 17:13

ipcig.org (03.10.2022) COVID-19 has affected all countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and groups already vulnerable before the crisis, such as children, have been particularly affected. Social protection can promote children’s well-being and reduce the negative impacts of crises on them, especially if their needs and vulnerabilities are taken into account. Against this background, the IPC-IG and UNICEF MENARO partnered to analyse the social protection responses to COVID-19 in MENA and assess the extent to which they took children’s needs into account.

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Africa
Topics
Family benefits
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Social assistance spending in Africa before, during and post COVID-19

Submitted by pmassetti on Fri, 09/02/2022 - 16:16

saspen.org (2022)  This Brief examines social assistance spending in Africa before, during and post-COVID-19 and uses the same to demonstrate how social protection experts in Africa can build on this spending momentum to improve the adequacy and reach of social assistance.

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Africa
Topics
Cash transfers
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G2P digital payments and financial inclusion for social resilience

Submitted by pmassetti on Tue, 08/16/2022 - 16:39

International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG) (01.08.2022) There is a global trend to automate and digitalise the cash payments of social protection programmes, and there has been a shift towards diversifying payment means in some African countries such as Zambia, Namibia, Togo, Tanzania, Malawi, Comoros and Mozambique. In Mozambique, the COVID-19 pandemic response has tripled the social protection system’s coverage, from 520,000 to approximately 1.6 million households. In the past few years, the country’s emergency response has driven improvements in digital payments.

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Africa
Global challenges
Topics
Information and communication technology

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Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Societal Impact
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World Social Protection Report 2020-22. Regional companion report for Africa

Submitted by pmassetti on Thu, 07/07/2022 - 17:05

ilo.org (June 2022) This regional companion report is intended to complement the ILO’s World Social Protection Report 2020–22. It includes a section summarizing the status of social protection worldwide, followed by a section highlighting key social protection developments, challenges and priorities for this region from a life-cycle perspective.

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Africa
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