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Social Development: Government Information: Library Guide: Social protection/development: Africa

A guide to finding government information for Social Development students.

Africa

International Labour Organization. World social protection report, 2020-2022: regional companion report for Africa. Geneva: International Labour Organization, 2022.

International Labour Organization. Africa Regional Social Protection Strategy, 2021-2025: towards 40 %: a social protection coverage acceleration framework to achieve the SDGs. Geneva. International Labour Organization, 2021. 

World Bank. Office of the Chief Economist for the Africa Region. Boosting resilience: the future of social protection in Africa. Africa's Pulse, Vol. 25 (April 2022). Washington DC: World Bank, 2022.

Southern Africa

Southern African Development Community. Guidelines on the Portability of Social Security Benefits in SADC (Popular Version). Gaborone: Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat, October 2020.

Websites

International Labour Organization. Social Protection in Africa

UNDP. Social Assistance in Africa Data Platform. Includes national policies and legislation.

UNDP, African Union in partnership with ILO, UNECA, UNICEF. The state of social assistance in Africa, 2019.

World Bank. Africa Social Safety Net and Social Protection Assessment Series

Botswana

Botswana. Botswana National Social Protection Recovery Plan. Part 1: Analysis and Recommendations ;  Part 2 : The Action Plan. 7th July 2020.

Botswana. A Social Development Policy Framework for Botswana. Phase I: Situation Analysis. 26 May, 2010.

Botswana. A Social Development Policy Framework for Botswana Phase II: Framework and Strategy. 26 May, 2010.

East Africa

OECD (2017), Social Protection in East Africa: Harnessing the Future, OECD Publishing, Paris.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264274228-en Access: OECDiLibrary database.

Eswatini/Swaziland

Raju, Dhushyanth and Stephen D. Younger. Social Assistance Programs and Household Welfare in Eswatini. Washington DC: The World Bank, 2021. (Discussion paper no. 2106, June 2021)

Swaziland. Deputy Prime Minister's Office. National social development policy. Mbabane: Deputy Prime Minister's Office, November 2010.

Ethiopia

Ethiopia. Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. National social protection policy. November 2014. Shelf no. G 63 E.SOCI.14.NATI

Ethiopia. Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. National social protection policy of Ethiopia: final draft.  Addis Ababa: Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, March 2012.

Ethiopia. Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. National social protection strategy of Ethiopia: accelerating social transformation. Addis Ababa: Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, January 2016.

International Labour Organization. Mapping of the national social protection system in Ethiopia, including social health protection: final report. Geneva: International Labour Organization, 2021.

Gabon

Gabon. Code de protection sociale : loi no 028/2016 du 6 février 2017 portant Code de protection sociale en République gabonaise, décret no 00051/PR du 6 février 2017 portant promulgation la loi no 028/2016 portant Code de protection sociale en République gabonaise. Libreville: Direction des publications officielles, 2017. Shelf no. G  6721 FL.SOCI.17.CODE

Gambia

Gambia. Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. National social protection policy, 2015-2025.

Gambia. Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. National Social Protection (NSPP) Plan 2015-2020.  

Gambia, UNICEF, UNDP, UNAIDS, WFP, ILO, IMF. Moving towards and integrated and equitable social protection in the Gambia: analysis of social protection systems in the Gambia.

World Bank. Social Protection and Jobs Practice: Africa Region. The Gambia: social safety nets diagnostic, 9 June 2018. New York: World Bank.  

Ghana

Ghana. Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection. Ghana National Social Protection Policy. Ghana: Republic of Ghana, Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, 2015. Shelf no. G 667 E.SOCI.15.GHAN

 

Kenya

Kenya. Ministry of Labour and Social Protection. State Department for Social Protection. Kenya Social Protection Sector Review 2017. Nairobi: Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, State Department for Social Protection, 2017.

Kenya. Ministry of Labour and Social Protection. State Department for Social Protection. Kenya Social Protection Sector Review 2017: executive report. Nairobi: Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, State Department for Social Protection, 2017.

Kenya. Kenya social protection sector review 2017. Draft report, version 3, June 2017.

Kenya. Sessional paper no. 2 of 2014 on the national social security policy. [Nairobi : Republic of Kenya,] March 2014. Shelf no. G 6762 ESP 2/12014.

Kenya. Ministry of State for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030. Kenya social protection sector review. Nairobi: Ministry of State for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030, June 2012.

Kenya. Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Development. Kenya national social protection policy. Nairobi: Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Development, June 2011. 

Kenya. National Social Protection Secretariat. Social Protection

United Nations Development Programme. Social Protection, Growth and Employment: Evidence from India, Kenya, Malawi, Mexico, Peru and Tajikistan. May 2013.

Lesotho

Lesotho. Lesotho national social protection strategy II, 2021-2031. [Maseru: Ministry of Social Development, 2021.] Shelf no. G 6871 E.SOCI.21.LESO

World Bank. Lesotho Social Protection Programs and Systems Review. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2021.

Lesotho. National social protection strategy, 2014/15-2018/19. [Maseru: Ministry of Social Development, 2015.] Shelf no. G 6871 E.SOCI.15.NATI. Online and print copies are slightly different.

Liberia

Malawi

Malawi. Ministry of Economic Planning and Development. National Social Support Policy. July 2012. Shelf no. G 6897 E.ECON.12.NATI

International Labour Organization. Towards a Malawian social protection floor: assessment of social protection programmes in Malawi. Geneva: International Labour Office, 2015?

United Nations Development Programme. Discussion Paper Malawi Case Study: Social Protection Measures and Labour Markets. November 2012 

United Nations Development Programme. Social Protection, Growth and Employment: Evidence from India, Kenya, Malawi, Mexico, Peru and Tajikistan. May 2013.

 

Mozambique

Mozambique. National basic social security strategy (2016-2024). Maputo: Republic of Mozambique, February 2016.

Mozambique. Estratégia Nacional de Segurança Social Básica, 2016-2024. [Maputo: Republic of Mozambique, 2016.]

United Nations in Mozambique. Capitalising on UN experience: the development of a social protection floor in Mozambique. Maputo: United Nations in Mozambique, February 2015.

Namibia

Namibia. Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare. Social protection policy, 2021-2030. Windhoek: Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare, March 2021. 

Schade, Klaus, Justina La and Alexander Pick. Financing Social Protection in Namibia. Paris: OECD Publishing, 2019. (OECD Development Policy Papers No. 19, April 2019) 

International Labour Office, Geneva, International Labour Office Decent Work Team for Eastern and Southern Africa and Country Office, Pretoria, and Oxford Policy Management (OPM) South Africa Office, Pretoria. Report to the Government: Namibia social protection floor assessment. Geneva: ILO, 2014.

Namibia. Ministry of Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare. Social Protection Policy   Windhoek, Namibia: Ministry of Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare,], 2018. Shelf no. G 688 E.SOCI.18.SOCI

Namibia. Ministry of Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare. Draft social protection policy. Windhoek: Ministry of Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare, November 2018.

Schade, Klaus, Justina La and Alexander Pick. Financing Social Protection in Namibia. Paris: OECD Publishing, 2019. (OECD development policy papers ; no. 19, April 2019)

Nigeria

Nigeria. Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget, and National Planning. Revised Draft National Social Protection Policy. Abuja: Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, June 2021.

Nigeria. Federal Ministry of Budget and National Planning. Draft National Social Protection Policy. Abuja: Ministry of Budget and National Planning, August 2016. 

Rwanda

Rwanda. Ministry of Local Government. National Social Protection Strategy. January 2011.

South Sudan

South Sudan. Ministry of Gender, Child & Social Welfare. National Social Protection Policy Framework. Juba, South Sudan: [Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Welfare, Republic of South Sudan,], 2016. Shelf no. G 624 E.SOCI.16.NATI

Tanzania

Tanzania. Ministry of Labour, Youth Development and Sports. The national social security policy. [Dar es Salaam] : Ministry of Labour, Youth Development and Sports, January 2003.

Research paper: 

Ulriksen, Marianne S. The development of social protection policies in Tanzania, 2000-2015. Rondebosch: Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town, May 2016.  (CSSR Working Paper No. 377)

Uganda

Uganda. Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development. The National Social Protection Policy : Income Security and Dignified Lives for All. Kampala: Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, 2015.

Zambia

Zambia. Ministry of Community Development and Social Services. Implementation plan (2019-2023) for the operationalisation of the Integrated framework of basic social protection programmes. Lusaka: Ministry of Community Development and Social Services, August 2019.

Zambia. Ministry of Community Development and Social Services. Integrated framework of basic social protection programmes. Lusaka: Ministry of Community Development and Social Services, November 2018. Shelf no. G 6894 E.SOCI.18.INTE

Zambia. Ministry of Community Development, Mother and Child Health. National social protection policy: "reducing poverty, inequality and vulnerability." June 2014.

Zambia. Ministry of Community Development, Mother and Child Health. Easy-to-read version of the 2014-2018 National social protection policy. United Nations Zambia, June 2017.

Zanzibar

International Labour Organization. Social Security Department. Zanzibar: Social Protection Expenditure and Performance Review and Social Budget: executive summary. Geneva: International Labour Organization, March 2010.

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe. Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare. National social policy protection framework for Zimbabwe. [Harare]: Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, 2016.