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Handbook on Social Protection and Social Development in the Global South
This cutting-edge Handbook argues for social protection to be situated in a wider system of social welfare and development programmes for low- and middle-income countries. Focusing on the role of citizens and communities in enhancing human development, it explores how welfare systems are unfolding in diverse contexts across the global South.
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This cutting-edge Handbook argues for social protection to be situated in a wider system of social welfare and development programmes for low- and middle-income countries. Focusing on the role of citizens and communities in enhancing human development, it explores how welfare systems are unfolding in diverse contexts across the global South.
Tracing the evolution and theory of social protection, the Handbook examines the nature, design, scope, goals and linkages of social protection and social development programmes. Case studies examine responses to the COVID-19 pandemic; the entrepreneurial character of modern social protection schemes; cash transfer schemes and the move towards cash-plus policies; and the fluidity between progression and regression of social protection. With global and regional reviews of social protection from in-country experts, the Handbook provides innovative solutions to key challenges.
Bridging theoretical and empirical approaches, the Handbook on Social Protection and Social Development in the Global South will prove an invaluable resource for academics and graduate students of development, social policy and sociology. Its comprehensive overview of the field will also be useful for policymakers and practitioners working on social welfare and development in the global South.
Tracing the evolution and theory of social protection, the Handbook examines the nature, design, scope, goals and linkages of social protection and social development programmes. Case studies examine responses to the COVID-19 pandemic; the entrepreneurial character of modern social protection schemes; cash transfer schemes and the move towards cash-plus policies; and the fluidity between progression and regression of social protection. With global and regional reviews of social protection from in-country experts, the Handbook provides innovative solutions to key challenges.
Bridging theoretical and empirical approaches, the Handbook on Social Protection and Social Development in the Global South will prove an invaluable resource for academics and graduate students of development, social policy and sociology. Its comprehensive overview of the field will also be useful for policymakers and practitioners working on social welfare and development in the global South.
Critical Acclaim
‘This volume is an extremely welcome addition to the growing, though still scarce, academic literature on social protection and welfare in low- and middle-income countries. Edited and written by internationally renowned experts, most from the Global South, the analysis is comprehensive in breadth and up to date, including scrutiny of the impact of Covid on social protection responses. Essential reading for all social policy and development students, scholars and practitioners.’
– Rebecca Surender, University of Oxford, UK
‘This Handbook is a very important contribution to further our collective understanding of social protection. Showcasing how countries, including in low-income settings, have prioritized investments and followed differentiated pathways towards the realization of the right to social protection, it reaffirms the importance of context-specific processes, political economy dynamics and innovation. And precisely because of these differentiated pathways, social protection continues to demonstrate its central role for children’s wellbeing, elimination of multidimensional child poverty, enhancing equity, preparedness and social cohesion, and critically, accelerating human development results across the life cycle in times of crises, recovery and peace.’
– Natalia Winder-Rossi, Global Director of Social Policy and Social Protection, UNICEF
– Rebecca Surender, University of Oxford, UK
‘This Handbook is a very important contribution to further our collective understanding of social protection. Showcasing how countries, including in low-income settings, have prioritized investments and followed differentiated pathways towards the realization of the right to social protection, it reaffirms the importance of context-specific processes, political economy dynamics and innovation. And precisely because of these differentiated pathways, social protection continues to demonstrate its central role for children’s wellbeing, elimination of multidimensional child poverty, enhancing equity, preparedness and social cohesion, and critically, accelerating human development results across the life cycle in times of crises, recovery and peace.’
– Natalia Winder-Rossi, Global Director of Social Policy and Social Protection, UNICEF
Contributors
Contributors include: Sirojudin Abbas, Laura Alfers, David Androff, David Ansong, Diloá Athias, Valentina Barca, Armando Barrientos, Charlotte Bilo, Sarah M. Brooks, Isaac Chinyoka, Gina Chowa, Nuno Cunha, Gift Dafuleya, Suo Deng, Annie Devenish, Stephen Devereux, João Pedro Bregolin Dytz, Maya Hammad, Sudhanshu Handa, Jin Huang, Mayke Huijbregts, Aytakin Huseynli, Marwa Ibrahim, Stephen Kidd, Isaac Koomson, Charles Knox-Vydmanov, Lutz Leisering, Cristian Leyton, James Midgley, Renata Nowak-Garmer, Moses Okumu, Marius Olivier, Tia Palermo, Leila Patel, Sony Pellissery, Kate Philip, Sophie Plagerson, Taly Reininger, Michael Samson, Lucas Sato, Esther Schüring, Holly Seglah, Temilade Sesan, Margaret S. Sherraden, Michael Sherraden, Sajanika Sivanu, Aishwarya Sivaramakrishnan, Rachel Slater, Fabio Veras Soares, Tayllor Spadafora, Fred Ssewamala, Natasha Borges Sugiyama, Sicong “Summer” Sun, Amanuel Tewolde, Jean D. Triegaardt, Marianne S. Ulriksen, Wanga Zembe-Mkabile
Contents
Contents:
Foreword xxi
James Midgley
Acknowledgements xxv
List of abbreviations xxvi
Introduction to the Handbook on Social Protection and Social Development in
the Global South 1
Leila Patel, Sophie Plagerson and Isaac Chinyoka
PART I THE NEXUS BETWEEN SOCIAL PROTECTION, SOCIAL
WELFARE AND THE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT APPROACH
1 The social development approach to social protection and social welfare 12
Leila Patel and James Midgley
2 A social contract approach to social protection: its potential and limitations 28
Sophie Plagerson
3 The politics of social protection in the global South 44
Sarah M. Brooks
PART II NATURE, SCOPE AND GOALS OF SOCIAL PROTECTION:
GLOBAL AND REGIONAL OVERVIEWS
4 The state of social protection around the world 64
Lutz Leisering
5 Social protection in Latin America 97
Armando Barrientos
6 Social protection in Africa 112
Renata Nowak-Garmer
7 Social protection in Southeast Asia 130
Charles Knox-Vydmanov and Nuno Cunha
8 Social protection systems in MENA: past, present and future 147
Charlotte Bilo, João Pedro Dytz, Maya Hammad, Lucas Sato and Fábio
Veras Soares
PART III DESIGN FEATURES OF SOCIAL PROTECTION AND
INSTITUTIONAL CAPABILITY
9 Social protection systems and their linkages 168
Stephen Devereux
10 Universal, categorical and targeted social protection: issues, debates and
solutions 188
Rachel Slater
11 Social protection modes of financing and capability challenges in lowand
middle-income countries 205
Marianne S. Ulriksen
PART IV WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL
PROTECTION?
12 Evaluating social protection policies 220
Michael Samson
13 Social protection impacts, gaps and future research 239
Esther Schüring, Valentina Barca and Sajanika Sivanu
14 Understanding the role of nutrition-sensitive social protection
interventions in child nutritional outcomes 260
Wanga Zembe-Mkabile
PART V SOCIAL PROTECTION LINKAGES AND INNOVATIONS
15 Linking social protection with complementary services: approaches and
country innovations 277
Sudhanshu Handa, Marwa Ibrahim and Tia Palermo
16 Social protection for workers in the informal economy: opportunities
and constraints for informal worker-led schemes 289
Laura Alfers, Annie Devenish and Temilade Sesan
17 Financial capability and asset building: innovations in social protection
and development 308
David Ansong, Moses Okumu, Jin Huang, Sicong Sun, Aytakin Huseynli,
Isaac Koomson, Gina Chowa, Fred Ssewamala, Margaret S. Sherraden and
Michael Sherraden
18 Linking formal and informal social protection in an insecurity regime:
The case of Zimbabwe 331
Gift Dafuleya
19 The role of social work in the delivery of conditional cash transfer
programmes: Lessons from Chile 350
Taly Reininger and Cristian Leyton
20 Public employment programmes and their interface with social protection 362
Kate Philip
PART VI SOCIAL PROTECTION, VULNERABILITIES AND SOCIAL
INCLUSION: LINKAGES WITH SOCIAL WELFARE
SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS
21 Cash plus programmes for children and families in eastern and southern
Africa: Examples from practice and lessons learnt 381
Mayke Huijbregts, Tayllor Spadafora and Leila Patel
22 Gender and social protection in Brazil 399
Natasha Borges Sugiyama
23 Social security for persons with disabilities across low- and
middle-income countries: An overview on lessons learnt and pathways
toward greater inclusivity 416
Stephen Kidd, Diloá Athias and Holly Seglah
24 Social protection for refugees and asylum seekers: A South African case study 437
Marius Olivier and Amanuel Isak Tewolde
PART VII COUNTRY RESPONSES TO COVID-19
25 Global rapid appraisal of social protection responses to COVID-19 456
Isaac Chinyoka
26 The digital delivery of welfare services in India: Achievements,
anomalies and lessons learnt 470
Aishwarya Sivaramakrishnan and Sony Pellissery
27 Social protection responses to COVID-19 in Indonesia 485
David Androff and Sirojudin Abbas
28 Safeguarding vulnerable children in China during COVID-19 and
beyond: An integrated approach to social protection and social governance 499
Suo Deng
29 Social protection responses to COVID-19 in South Africa 512
Jean D. Triegaardt
Index
Foreword xxi
James Midgley
Acknowledgements xxv
List of abbreviations xxvi
Introduction to the Handbook on Social Protection and Social Development in
the Global South 1
Leila Patel, Sophie Plagerson and Isaac Chinyoka
PART I THE NEXUS BETWEEN SOCIAL PROTECTION, SOCIAL
WELFARE AND THE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT APPROACH
1 The social development approach to social protection and social welfare 12
Leila Patel and James Midgley
2 A social contract approach to social protection: its potential and limitations 28
Sophie Plagerson
3 The politics of social protection in the global South 44
Sarah M. Brooks
PART II NATURE, SCOPE AND GOALS OF SOCIAL PROTECTION:
GLOBAL AND REGIONAL OVERVIEWS
4 The state of social protection around the world 64
Lutz Leisering
5 Social protection in Latin America 97
Armando Barrientos
6 Social protection in Africa 112
Renata Nowak-Garmer
7 Social protection in Southeast Asia 130
Charles Knox-Vydmanov and Nuno Cunha
8 Social protection systems in MENA: past, present and future 147
Charlotte Bilo, João Pedro Dytz, Maya Hammad, Lucas Sato and Fábio
Veras Soares
PART III DESIGN FEATURES OF SOCIAL PROTECTION AND
INSTITUTIONAL CAPABILITY
9 Social protection systems and their linkages 168
Stephen Devereux
10 Universal, categorical and targeted social protection: issues, debates and
solutions 188
Rachel Slater
11 Social protection modes of financing and capability challenges in lowand
middle-income countries 205
Marianne S. Ulriksen
PART IV WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL
PROTECTION?
12 Evaluating social protection policies 220
Michael Samson
13 Social protection impacts, gaps and future research 239
Esther Schüring, Valentina Barca and Sajanika Sivanu
14 Understanding the role of nutrition-sensitive social protection
interventions in child nutritional outcomes 260
Wanga Zembe-Mkabile
PART V SOCIAL PROTECTION LINKAGES AND INNOVATIONS
15 Linking social protection with complementary services: approaches and
country innovations 277
Sudhanshu Handa, Marwa Ibrahim and Tia Palermo
16 Social protection for workers in the informal economy: opportunities
and constraints for informal worker-led schemes 289
Laura Alfers, Annie Devenish and Temilade Sesan
17 Financial capability and asset building: innovations in social protection
and development 308
David Ansong, Moses Okumu, Jin Huang, Sicong Sun, Aytakin Huseynli,
Isaac Koomson, Gina Chowa, Fred Ssewamala, Margaret S. Sherraden and
Michael Sherraden
18 Linking formal and informal social protection in an insecurity regime:
The case of Zimbabwe 331
Gift Dafuleya
19 The role of social work in the delivery of conditional cash transfer
programmes: Lessons from Chile 350
Taly Reininger and Cristian Leyton
20 Public employment programmes and their interface with social protection 362
Kate Philip
PART VI SOCIAL PROTECTION, VULNERABILITIES AND SOCIAL
INCLUSION: LINKAGES WITH SOCIAL WELFARE
SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS
21 Cash plus programmes for children and families in eastern and southern
Africa: Examples from practice and lessons learnt 381
Mayke Huijbregts, Tayllor Spadafora and Leila Patel
22 Gender and social protection in Brazil 399
Natasha Borges Sugiyama
23 Social security for persons with disabilities across low- and
middle-income countries: An overview on lessons learnt and pathways
toward greater inclusivity 416
Stephen Kidd, Diloá Athias and Holly Seglah
24 Social protection for refugees and asylum seekers: A South African case study 437
Marius Olivier and Amanuel Isak Tewolde
PART VII COUNTRY RESPONSES TO COVID-19
25 Global rapid appraisal of social protection responses to COVID-19 456
Isaac Chinyoka
26 The digital delivery of welfare services in India: Achievements,
anomalies and lessons learnt 470
Aishwarya Sivaramakrishnan and Sony Pellissery
27 Social protection responses to COVID-19 in Indonesia 485
David Androff and Sirojudin Abbas
28 Safeguarding vulnerable children in China during COVID-19 and
beyond: An integrated approach to social protection and social governance 499
Suo Deng
29 Social protection responses to COVID-19 in South Africa 512
Jean D. Triegaardt
Index
