Economic Reforms and the Poor : Social Action Programs and Social Funds in Sub-Saharan Africa
For many African countries, and for developing countries in other regions, the latter half of the 1980s was a turning point in the struggle to alleviate poverty. In response to a marked deterioration in the living standards of the poor, caused by a...
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okr-10986-100222021-04-23T14:02:48Z Economic Reforms and the Poor : Social Action Programs and Social Funds in Sub-Saharan Africa Marc, Alexandre Graham, Carol Schacter, Mark BENEFICIARIES BENEFICIARY ASSESSMENTS DEVELOPMENT POLICIES ECONOMIC SITUATION FOOD SECURITY GEOGRAPHIC TARGETING HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS IMPACT MONITORING INCOME INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL LEVEL LONG TERM MEDICINES MOTHERS NATIONAL POLICIES PARTNERSHIP POLITICAL CONTEXT POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIMARY SCHOOLS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC SECTOR QUALITATIVE RESEARCH RAPID RURAL APPRAISAL RURAL AREAS SAP SAPS SOCIAL ACTION PROGRAMS SOCIAL DIMENSIONS SOCIAL SERVICES STRUCTURAL UNEMPLOYMENT TARGETING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE UNEMPLOYMENT VULNERABLE GROUPS WORKERS ECONOMIC REFORM POVERTY MITIGATION INCOME DISTRIBUTION SOCIAL ACTION SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL FUNDS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY PILOT PROJECTS EMPLOYMENT CREATION INCOME GENERATION SOCIAL SERVICES SMALL ENTERPRISES MICROENTERPRISES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRAINING TARGETING MONITORING For many African countries, and for developing countries in other regions, the latter half of the 1980s was a turning point in the struggle to alleviate poverty. In response to a marked deterioration in the living standards of the poor, caused by an economic crisis and the austerity measures instituted to control it, governments added explicit poverty alleviation objectives to their development policies. In cooperation with external agencies, they began to design and implement interventions such as social action programs (SAPs) and social funds (SFs) to protect the poor and some vulnerable groups from the harmful effects of the economic situation and from the transitory negative effects of economic reform. There has been a growing acceptance of these interventions in Africa as the World Bank has placed greater emphasis on protecting the poor during adjustment. The present study previewed in this brief, reviews the experience of twelve SAPs and SFs in sub-Saharan Africa. Because a number of the programs are still in progress at this writing, it is too soon to analyze their effects on poverty reduction in depth. However, performance information is increasingly available on the implementation of these programs. This report is based on data gathered from project documents and task managers of the projects and on findings by the authors during field visits. 2012-08-13T10:11:35Z 2012-08-13T10:11:35Z 1994-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1994/02/1574596/economic-reforms-poor-social-action-programs-social-funds-sub-saharan-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10022 English Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 12 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa |
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For many African countries, and for
developing countries in other regions, the latter half of
the 1980s was a turning point in the struggle to alleviate
poverty. In response to a marked deterioration in the living
standards of the poor, caused by an economic crisis and the
austerity measures instituted to control it, governments
added explicit poverty alleviation objectives to their
development policies. In cooperation with external agencies,
they began to design and implement interventions such as
social action programs (SAPs) and social funds (SFs) to
protect the poor and some vulnerable groups from the harmful
effects of the economic situation and from the transitory
negative effects of economic reform. There has been a
growing acceptance of these interventions in Africa as the
World Bank has placed greater emphasis on protecting the
poor during adjustment. The present study previewed in this
brief, reviews the experience of twelve SAPs and SFs in
sub-Saharan Africa. Because a number of the programs are
still in progress at this writing, it is too soon to analyze
their effects on poverty reduction in depth. However,
performance information is increasingly available on the
implementation of these programs. This report is based on
data gathered from project documents and task managers of
the projects and on findings by the authors during field visits. |
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Publications & Research :: Brief |
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Marc, Alexandre Graham, Carol Schacter, Mark |
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Marc, Alexandre Graham, Carol Schacter, Mark |
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Marc, Alexandre |
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Economic Reforms and the Poor : Social Action Programs and Social Funds in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Economic Reforms and the Poor : Social Action Programs and Social Funds in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Economic Reforms and the Poor : Social Action Programs and Social Funds in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Economic Reforms and the Poor : Social Action Programs and Social Funds in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Economic Reforms and the Poor : Social Action Programs and Social Funds in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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economic reforms and the poor : social action programs and social funds in sub-saharan africa |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1994/02/1574596/economic-reforms-poor-social-action-programs-social-funds-sub-saharan-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10022 |
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