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SOCIAL PROTECTION IN AFRICA: EXAMINING THE EXPERIENCE SO FAR Kasirim NWUKE Chief, MDGs

INTRODUCTION. Social protection, broadly defined, is not a new instrument for development in AfricaA wide array of social protection schemes have been implemented in the immediate post-independence years. INTRODUCTION (cont'd). Many of these schemes were abandoned during the structural adjustme

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SOCIAL PROTECTION IN AFRICA: EXAMINING THE EXPERIENCE SO FAR Kasirim NWUKE Chief, MDGs

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    1. SOCIAL PROTECTION IN AFRICA: EXAMINING THE EXPERIENCE SO FAR Kasirim NWUKE Chief, MDGs/Poverty Analysis & Monitoring Section ECA

    2. INTRODUCTION  Social protection, broadly defined, is not a new instrument for development in Africa  A wide array of social protection schemes have been implemented in the immediate post-independence years

    3. INTRODUCTION (cont’d) Many of these schemes were abandoned during the structural adjustment years of the 1980s The was a revival of social development both at international and domestic levels in the 1990s and 2000s In particular, social protection schemes have been increasingly considered an additional instrument to achieve growth and the other MDGs in Africa

    4. TYPOLOGY There are three broad social protection instruments: I) contributory social protection instruments, ii) non contributory social protection instruments iii) minimum standards and regulations to protect individuals and households

    5. TYPOLOGY (cont’d)

    8. CONCLUSION A variety of social protection schemes in Africa, which provide some security and insurance to the most vulnerable in African societies   Evidence suggests that these schemes affect behaviors, as they modify the structure of incentives in place.

    9. CONCLUSION (cont’d) The current deterioration of the domestic and international environments is likely to affect larger segments of the population.  This call for measures to protect the hardest-hit groups.  There is need for research to deepen the knowledge on the existing sachems and to share the knowledge emerging from them.

    10. THANK YOU

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