Beyond the social protection paradigm: social policy in Africa's development

Adésínà, Jìmí O.

doi:10.1080/02255189.2011.647441

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“…Perhaps by chance rather than by design, the move towards a more productivist focus may well be in line with the social policy (rather than social protection) approach that has been promoted through the UNRISD research led by Mkandawire (2004), articulated in Adesina's (2010Adesina's ( , 2011 background paper for the European Development Report and promoted by the African Union (2006). This argues for social policy -health, education, social protection, labour -in a developmental sense.…”

Section: Social Protection: Progress Pitfalls and Politicsmentioning

confidence: 96%

The Rise of Social Protection in Development: Progress, Pitfalls and Politics

Haan

2014

Eur J Dev Res

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The rise of social protection on the development agenda is now an established fact. The global financial and economic crisis since 2008 at least temporarily reinforced this, though 5 years later the emphasis seems to have shifted somewhat to so-called productive sectors and the potential of graduation out of social protection. This article reflects on the context in which this rise of social protection has taken place. It argues that reflection on the way approaches in international development practices are embedded in global politics is critical for the legitimacy and sustainability of progressive approaches. In particular, it is important that debates on social protection simultaneously keep an eye on the return of a developmentalist approach partly driven by the new international role of emerging economies, and ensure that the analysis of and advocacy for social protection are embedded in a broader notion of national policymaking in globalised contexts.L'ascension fulgurante du sujet de la protection sociale au sein de l'agenda du développement est maintenant un fait accompli. La crise financière et économique a renforcé ce thème, au moins depuis 2008, même si cinq ans plus tard le centre d'attention s'est maintenant déplacé sur les soi-disant secteurs productifs, et la possibilité de progresser au-delà de la protection sociale. Cet article analyse le contexte dans lequel la croissance du sujet de la protection sociale a eu lieu. L'argument exposé ci-dedans est basé sur l'idée que la légitimité et durabilité des approches progressives dépendent fortement de la façon dans laquelle les pratiques de développement international sont logées dans la politique globale. En particulier, il est important que les débats sur la protection sociale soient vigilants du retour d'une approche focalisée sur le développement, en partie soutenu par le nouveau rôle international des économies émergentes, et que ces débats s'assurent que l'analyse et le plaidoyer de la protection sociale soient ancrés au sein d'une notion plus large de prises de décisions politiques au niveau national dans un contexte globale.

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Section: Social Protection: Progress Pitfalls and Politicsmentioning

confidence: 96%

The Rise of Social Protection in Development: Progress, Pitfalls and Politics

Haan

2014

Eur J Dev Res

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“…During the 1990s, as new thinking emerged in areas such as "rights-based approaches," "sustainable livelihoods," and the multidimensional nature of poverty and vulnerability, safety nets began to be criticized as residualist and paternalistic, and more sophisticated alternatives began to be proposed. As this agenda has evolved, the broader potential of social protection began to be recognized, and bigger claims are now being made for what social protection can and should strive to achieve (Adesina, 2011). The view of the protagonists of the social protection paradigm is encapsulated in the assertion of the Asian Development Bank (2011, pp.…”

Section: Debate On the Social Protection Paradigmmentioning

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“…In this sense, social policy plays a distinctly transformative role in economic and social development (Adesina, 2011). The UNRISD program highlighted the use of social policy "to transform gender, social and other relationsthrough, for example, 'affirmative action', anti-discrimination legislation and laws pertaining to marriage and the family" (UNRISD, 2006;Adesina, 2011). A careful examination of the scope of social policy indicates that it encapsulates social protection and many other policy issues.…”

Section: Transformative Social Protection Approachmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…What the poor do need are radical institutional reforms on a scale far outside the field enclosed by reasoning about growth and redistribution accounted for in terms of money." Commenting on what is required, Adesina (2011) stated that transformative social policy offers the conceptual tools and the policy parameters for a return to the wider vision of development grounded in the norms of equality and social solidarity.…”

Section: Transformative Social Protection Approachmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…The research program outlined the multiple roles of social policy in such context, and beyond the residual role of addressing market failure (Mkandawire, 2007), highlighting its "production" role-beyond redistribution, reproduction, and protection. In this sense, social policy plays a distinctly transformative role in economic and social development (Adesina, 2011). The UNRISD program highlighted the use of social policy "to transform gender, social and other relationsthrough, for example, 'affirmative action', anti-discrimination legislation and laws pertaining to marriage and the family" (UNRISD, 2006;Adesina, 2011).…”

Section: Transformative Social Protection Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Current Debate on the Social Protection Paradigm and Its Implication for Nigeria

Umukoro

2013

Journal of Policy Practice

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This article examines the current debate on the social protection paradigm as a strategy for development. Many scholars view social protection as useful for achieving development while some disagree, advocating the transformative social policy approach. It also identifies the implication of the contributions of these scholars to social policy in Nigeria. This article argues that attacking poverty and vulnerabilities in Nigeria requires the integration of social protection with other social policies, entrenchment of good governance, diversifying the economy, and formulating effective policies that can help stimulate employment generation.

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The Future of Social Protection in a Borderless Africa: Social Innovation for the Management of Risk and Uncertainty amongst Informal Africa Migrants.

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2016

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This is a conceptual paper that proposes a shift of traditional social policy prerogative from the nation‐state to a regional supra agent in the body of the African Union. That will improvise for a social policy response to the high vulnerability of informal African migrants within Africa. The paper builds on research findings and literature that indicate enduring informal mobility and vulnerability across national borders in Africa. It argues that the African Union as a supra‐political agent can directly affect and protect the well‐being of vulnerable African migrants. Existing in a vacuum between two governments (the host and home government), the socio‐political context of these vulnerable migrants effectively exclude them from international or national social intervention targeting vulnerable groups in Africa. Their situation requires an institutional innovation in the African Union that will deviate from traditional social policy dispensation by a national government. This argument brings an integrative and long‐term approach to social protection for poor African migrants and raises grounds for empirical inquiry into institutional innovation in social policy dispensation within the African Union.

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Beyond the social protection paradigm: social policy in Africa's development

Cited by 77 publications

References 22 publications

The Rise of Social Protection in Development: Progress, Pitfalls and Politics

The Rise of Social Protection in Development: Progress, Pitfalls and Politics

Current Debate on the Social Protection Paradigm and Its Implication for Nigeria

The Future of Social Protection in a Borderless Africa: Social Innovation for the Management of Risk and Uncertainty amongst Informal Africa Migrants.

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