The Rise of Cash Transfer Programs in Sub-Saharan Africa

Garcia, Marito; Moore, Charity

doi:10.1596/9780821388976_ch02

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“…Sources: Cirillo & Tebaldi, 2016;European University Institute, 2010;Garcia & Moore, 2012 Which types of social protection intervention are most common?…”

Section: Box 4: Social Protection Programmes In Africa: Snapshotsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The wealthiest countries provide the largest transfers through their social pensions, equivalent to US$100 monthly or above (in 2012) (Garcia & Moore, 2012  …”

Section: Box 4: Social Protection Programmes In Africa: Snapshotsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…With regard to the governments and agencies involved in designing and implementing programmes, a review of sub-Saharan African countries' cash transfer programmes conducted in 2012 found that these were located within a wide range of institutional homes (Garcia & Moore, 2012), and that as national income levels decrease, programmes are increasingly located outside government departments. The study calculated that overall 55% of programmes were located within government departments, most commonly within social welfare departments (34%), followed by social security departments (9%), then health-related departments (5%), education-related departments (2%) or other departments (5%).…”

Section: What Is the Institutional Location And Who Funds Social Protmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Botswana's national pension was estimated to cost 0.26% of GDP in 2015 (Cirillo & Tebaldi, 2016). In 2009/2010, Namibia's social pension was estimated to cost 1.36% of GDP and the total cash transfer system cost 2% of the country's GDP and 6% of its budget (Garcia & Moore, 2012). The South African grant system costs 3.2% of GDP (RSA, 2016).…”

Section: How Much Do Social Protection Programmes Cost?mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Evidence of the successful impacts of social protection programmes has encouraged a growing number of governments to develop, strengthen and allocate larger fi nancial resources to social protection systems. Yet, in spite of the impressive rise of social protection over the past two decades, coverage remains low and more than 70% of Africans lack access to any form of social protection (Garcia & Moore, 2012;ILO, 2014). Social protection provides governments with a concrete route to addressing the socio-economic challenges facing African countries, but much more investment and advocacy are urgently needed to reach those who are currently excluded.…”

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“…Sources: Cirillo & Tebaldi, 2016;European University Institute, 2010;Garcia & Moore, 2012 Which types of social protection intervention are most common?…”

Section: Box 4: Social Protection Programmes In Africa: Snapshotsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The wealthiest countries provide the largest transfers through their social pensions, equivalent to US$100 monthly or above (in 2012) (Garcia & Moore, 2012  …”

Section: Box 4: Social Protection Programmes In Africa: Snapshotsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: What Is the Institutional Location And Who Funds Social Protmentioning

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Section: How Much Do Social Protection Programmes Cost?mentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Impacts of unconditional cash transfers on health care utilisation in informal sector households in Togo

Atake,

Dandonougbo,

Gbeasor‐Komlanvi

et al. 2023

Health Planning & Management

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BackgroundMost Togolese population earns their income from informal sector, and they are very often exposed to health outcomes. Cash transfers impact healthcare utilization by improving household's social capital, socio‐economic status, lifestyle choice, and physical health. The aim of this paper was to analyse the impact of unconditional cash transfers on health care utilisation in informal sector households.MethodsWe used the propensity‐score method to compare health care utilisation by households that received cash transfers from nonbeneficiary households and simulated a potential confounder to assess the robustness of the impacts of the estimated treatment (i.e., cash transfer). Data were obtained from a national survey that covered 1405 households.ResultsThe results show that women benefited the most from cash transfers (73.1%). Our estimates indicate that health care utilisation increased by 28.3% among workers in the informal sectors who benefited from unconditional cash transfers compared to nonbeneficiaries. The greatest impact was found on agriculture households with an increase by 31.3% in the health care utilisation. In general, cash transfer beneficiaries are more likely to use public health centres; there was an increase in public health facility attendance of 21.3%.ConclusionsCash transfers are a valuable social protection instrument that improve health care utilisation of populations in the informal sector. Policymakers could use cash transfer as the infusion of income and/or assets that may impact health outcomes. Cash transfers are an opportunity to alleviate barriers of access to health care by older people. Future research must examine impact of cash transfer on health of vulnerable groups such as older people, children, and people with disabilities.

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From colonialism to international aid: Social protection in former French colonies in sub‐Saharan Africa, 1890–2020

Olié,

Delpy,

Ballet

2024

J of Intl Development

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This article examines social protection pathways in the former French colonies in sub‐Saharan Africa. We identify five steps to understanding the patterns and dynamics of social protection in these countries that provide evidence of its exogenous construction. First, we characterize the main developments in social protection systems and policies from their inception, covering the colonial era to the present, underlining the role of colonial legacy and the global social policy framework. Second, we document the similarity of national social protection trajectories and lack of national ownership of the policy problem markedly that characterizes social protection pathways.

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The Rise of Cash Transfer Programs in Sub-Saharan Africa

Cited by 132 publications

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Social protection in Africa: overview for policy makers

Social protection in Africa: overview for policy makers

Impacts of unconditional cash transfers on health care utilisation in informal sector households in Togo

From colonialism to international aid: Social protection in former French colonies in sub‐Saharan Africa, 1890–2020

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Social protection in Africa: overview for policy makers ﻿

Impacts of unconditional cash transfers on health care utilisation in informal sector households in Togo

From colonialism to international aid: Social protection in former French colonies in sub‐Saharan Africa, 1890–2020

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