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| Title: | Social protection and poverty reduction in the Southern Africa Development Community |
| Author: | Kaseke, Edwell |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Periodical: | Journal of Social Development in Africa (ISSN 1012-1080) |
| Volume: | 24 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Pages: | 37-50 |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | biblio. refs. |
| Geographic term: | Southern Africa |
| Subjects: | social security poverty reduction SADC sociology Poverty--Government policy--Africa, Southern |
| Abstract: | Based on a review of secondary data, this paper explores the contributions of social protection to poverty reduction in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The forms of social protection that exist in the SADC region include social insurance, social assistance, social welfare services, labour market policies and programmes, and child protection. The paper observes that the SADC is not a homogeneous region and, therefore, countries in the region offer different levels and menus of social protection to their citizens. Whilst some countries have made notable progress in setting up robust social protection systems, the majority of the countries offer rudimentary social protection, which has made some contribution towards the reduction of poverty among certain categories of the population. The impact at the national level, however, tends to be minimal owing to a number of factors, including the use of a categorical approach to social assistance; limited availability of resources; and extremely low coverage of social insurance schemes. The paper concludes with an observation to the effect that social protection needs to give greater emphasis to strengthening the livelihoods of the poor. Bibliogr., notes, sum. [Journal abstract] |
