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Occasional Paper 20: Unveiling Social Safety Nets

WFP,
Ugo Gentilini,
Steven Were Omamo

Published in : 2009

Available in : English

Interest in safety nets and social protection is growing exponentially. Ways of strengthening them are called for in high-level statements, researched in academic articles, and implemented by practitioners. Such developments are encouraging and may help to shed light on some long-standing humanitarian and development challenges. The concept remains controversial, however, and several issues must be clarified. This paper delineates core areas of tension, and lays out key issues underpinning them at the analytical, policy, institutional and implementation level.

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Originally posted at : WFP - Publications

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Themes: Household Food Security and community nutrition, general, Nutrition planning, policy and programme, general, Vulnerable groups, general, Conditional cash transfers, Food and nutrition policies and strategies, Poverty, Programmes

Resource types: Scientific/background documents