Evaluations of social protection interventions across Africa often register significant success in improving household food security indicators, but little or no improvement in individual nutritional outcomes. One reason is under-coverage of poor people; another is the low value of social transfers. This paper reviews experiences with social protection in six African countries – Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. Social protection programmes are expanding and becoming institutionalised in all six countries. Bigger impacts can be achieved through ‘nutrition-sensitive’ social protection as well as nutrition-specific interventions. Most importantly, linkages must be strengthened between social protection and other social and economic sectors.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/social-protection-food-security-and-nutrition-six-african-countries
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Social Protection, Food Security and Nutrition in Six African Countries.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/stephen-devereux
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/jonas-nzabamwita
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/institute-development-studies
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-security
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nutrition
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/poverty
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ethiopia
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/malawi
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mozambique
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tanzania
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/uganda
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/zambia
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/malnutrition