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The impact of social cash transfer programmes on community dynamics in sub-Saharan Africa

Year of publication 2015

Pages 4p.

Author Agricultural Development Economics Division

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Social cash transfer programmes are on the rise in sub-Saharan Africa, building on the momentum generated by the African Union’s 2008 Social Policy Framework Plan of Action. This plan motivated member countries to develop their own social policy frameworks and to give greater priority to social protection programmes.

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