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

Published:: London ; New York : Routledge, 2011.
Physical Description:: xxii, 246 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Additional Creators:: Handa, Sudhanshu, 1965-, Devereux, Stephen, 1959-, and Webb, Douglas, 1970-

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Routledge studies in development economics ; 86.

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.

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9780415583336 (hbk.)
0415583330 (hbk.)
9780203842812 (ebk.)
0203842812 (ebk.)

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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