The need for safety nets in Sub-Saharan Africa is vast. In addition to being the world?s poorest region, Sub-Saharan Africa is also one of the most unequal. In this context, redistribution must be seen as a legitimate way to fight poverty and ensure shared prosperity, and all the more so in countries where growth is driven by extractive industries that are not labor-intensive and often employ very few poor people. Given that most African countries...
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Safety nets in Africa : effective mechanisms to reach the poor and most vulnerable
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Mills, Bradford [editor]; del Ninno, Carlo [editor].
Safety nets in Africa : effective mechanisms to reach the poor and most vulnerable (French). Africa Development Forum Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/768751467991026171