Politics, Public Policy and Social Protection in Africa - Evidence From Cash Transfer Programmes

Africa is now in a much-improved position to support its poor and vulnerable people. It has more money, more policy commitment and abundant intervention programmes. Yet the number of citizens living lives of desperation, or at risk of destitution, is at an all-time high, and still rising. What is turning such positive prospects into such a

List of contents

1. Politics, Public Policy and Social Protection in Africa: An Introduction and Overview

2. Political Patronage And The Expansion Of Cash Transfer Programmes In Kenya

3. The Scope and Limits of Ghana’s "Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty" Programme

4. Public Policy, intergovernmental Politics and the Piloting of Cash Transfers in Nigeria

5. Social Assistance As Election Bait: The Expansion Of Senior Citizens’ Cash Transfer Programme in Uganda

6. Social Contract In The Absence Of A Written Policy: Provision Of Social Assistance In Botswana

7. Conclusion: Reluctant Domestic and Enthusiastic International Actors of Cash Transfer Programmes in Africa

About the author

Nicholas Awortwi holds PhD (cum laude) from the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University and is currently the Director of Research for Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR), Nairobi, Kenya.

E. Remi Aiyede is Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

Summary

Africa is now in a much-improved position to support its poor and vulnerable people. It has more money, more policy commitment and abundant intervention programmes. Yet the number of citizens living lives of desperation, or at risk of destitution, is at an all-time high, and still rising. What is turning such positive prospects into such a

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas Aiyede Awortwi
• Assisted by: E. Remi Aiyede (Editor), Emmanuel Aiyede (Editor), Nicholas Awortwi (Editor), Awortwi Nicholas (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367885090
• ISBN: 978-0-367-88509-0
• No. of pages: 156
• Series: Contemporary African Politics
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Africa, Public Administration, Society and culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies