Social protection for Africa's children / edited by Sudhanshu Handa, Stephen Devereux and Douglas Webb ; foreword by Frances Stewart.

Other author Handa, Sudhanshu, 1965-
Other author Devereux, Stephen, 1959-
Other author Webb, Douglas, 1970-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Routledge,
Descriptionxxii, 246 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Child welfare--Africa.
Children--Africa. --Social conditions.
Children--Africa. --Economic conditions.

Contents Social protection for Africa's children / Stephen Devereux, Douglas Webb, and Sudhanshu Handa -- The case for social protection for children / Lorraine Blank, Stephen Devereux, and Sudhanshu Handa -- Reaching orphans and vulnerable children through cash transfers in sub-Saharan Africa : simulation results from alternative targeting schemes / Scott R. Stewart and Sudhanshu Handa -- Targeting of Kenya's cash transfer program for orphans and vulnerable children / Sudhanshu Handa ... [et al.]. -- The impact of Ethiopia's productive safety net program on schooling and child labor / John Hoddinott, Daniel O. Gilligan, and Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse -- Impacts on children of cash transfer in Malawi / Candace Miller, Maxton Grant Tsoka, and Kathryn Reichert -- Impacts of South Africa's child support grant / Michael Samson ... [et al.]. -- Lessons learned from the campaigns to expand the child support grant in South Africa / Paula Proudlock -- Children and AIDS as a driver of social protection / Douglas Webb -- Child vulnerability and community coping mechanisms : implications for social protection policy in Africa / Erick Otieno Nyambedha -- Transformative social protection for Africa's children / Stephen Devereux and Rachel Sabates-Wheeler.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2010011650
ISBN9780415583336 (hbk.)
ISBN9780203842812 (ebk.)

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