The politics of social protection expenditure and financing in southern Africa

2017 ◽  
pp. 39-53
Author(s):  
Marianne Ulriksen
Keyword(s):  
Southern Africa ◽  
Social Protection

scholarly journals Resourcing resilience: social protection for HIV prevention amongst children and adolescents in Eastern and Southern Africa

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elona Toska ◽  
Lesley Gittings ◽  
Rebecca Hodes ◽  
Lucie D Cluver ◽  
Kaymarlin Govender ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Eastern And Southern Africa

Round table report: Advancing regional social integration, social protection, and the free movement of people in Southern Africa

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 141-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorenzo Fioramonti
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Integration ◽  
South African ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Round Table ◽  
Regional Governance ◽  
Free Movement ◽  
Director General

The round table on “Advancing regional social integration, social protection, and free movement of people in Southern Africa” was organized as part of the conference “Regional governance of migration and social policy: Comparing European and African regional integration policies and practices” held at the University of Pretoria (South Africa) on 18–20 April 2012, at which the articles in this special issue were first presented. The discussion was moderated by Prince Mashele of the South African Centre for Politics and Research and the participants included: Yitna Getachew, IOM Regional Representative for Southern Africa, Migration Dialogue for Southern Africa (MIDSA); Jonathan Crush, University of Cape Town and Balsillie School of International Affairs, Canada, representing the Southern Africa Migration Program (SAMP); Vic van Vuuren, Director of Southern African ILO; Vivienne Taylor, South Africa Planning Commission; Sergio Calle Norena, Deputy Regional Representative of UNHCR; Laurent De Boeck, Director, ACP Observatory on Migration, Brussels; Wiseman Magasela, Deputy Director General Social Policy, South African Department of Social Development; and Sanusha Naidu, Open Society Foundation for South Africa.

scholarly journals HIV‐sensitive social protection for vulnerable young women in East and Southern Africa: a systematic review

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ran Wal ◽  
David Loutfi ◽  
Quan Nha Hong ◽  
Isabelle Vedel ◽  
Anne Cockcroft ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Social Protection

Pandemic, lockdown and the stalled urbanization of welfare regimes in Southern Africa

2021 ◽  
pp. 146801812110137
Author(s):  
Lena Gronbach ◽  
Jeremy Seekings
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Economic Effects ◽  
Welfare Regimes ◽  
The Government ◽  
Social Grant ◽  
National Governments

While Covid-19 caused few fatalities across most of Africa – with the notable exception of South Africa – the indirect economic effects were substantial, especially in urban areas. International organizations encouraged governments to expand their provision, especially for the urban poor. South Africa extended temporarily its already considerable system of social protection and introduced new implementation systems. Elsewhere, governments that had hitherto appeared ambivalent about social protection resisted major reforms, even on a temporary basis. In Zambia, the government committed considerable resources to small farmers but ignored almost entirely cash transfers to the poor. Botswana provided food parcels but did not expand its social grant programmes. The shock of Covid-19 in Southern Africa did not prove to be a ‘critical juncture’: Powerful pro-reform coalitions did not form to shift governments onto new policy paths. National governments were generally reluctant either to introduce programmes that were targeted on the urban poor specifically or to allow countrywide emergency programmes to become permanent. The crisis thus did not lead to any clear ‘urbanisation’ of welfare regimes in the region, despite the disproportionate effect of the crisis on the urban poor.

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