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wahenga.net promotes awareness and advocacy on social transfer and social protection in southern Africa. Our aim is to increase understanding of social protection issues within six focus countries - Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

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RHVP on panel to launch the Chronic Poverty Report 2008-09: Escaping Poverty Traps
RHVP on panel to launch the Chronic Poverty Report 2008-09

Nicholas Freeland, Programme Director of RHVP, was invited to be part of the panel to launch The Chronic Poverty Report 2008-09: Escaping Poverty Traps in Bruxelles on 17 July 2008. The event was hosted by the European Working Group on Social Protection and Decent Work and was held at the International Press Centre. The First Chronic Poverty Report, published in 2004, highlighted the key processes by which many millions of people are trapped in chronic poverty. This second report, which draws on research carried out over three years, provides a policy response to the first. And for the 320 to 443 million people trapped in chronic poverty, it presents a set of policy solutions, with an emphasis on tackling exclusion, extending social protection and building assets.


RHVP National Social Protection Awareness Day in Malawi
Debate on “Food price inflation: the role of social protection in combating food insecurity”: A summary
RHVP National Social Protection Awareness Day in Lesotho
Regional Evidence Building Agenda (REBA) Thematic Briefs
RHVP launch of short films on social transfers in practice: evidence from southern Africa

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What happens when we neglect the poor?
July 2008
Image credit: (c) 2002 Joanna Sekula, Courtesy of Photoshare

Three quarters of the world’s “ultra poor” live in sub-Saharan Africa. That such a situation persists when world governments and development agencies…

Tailored to context: some reflections on social protection in a diverse and dynamic world
April 2008
Image credit: Ugo Gentilini

Although social protection (SP) is of the utmost importance in Africa, current debates are often overly simplistic, with a risk for SP to be added to…



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What will higher global food prices mean for poor consumers and small farmers in southern Africa?
April 2008
Image credit: Josee Koch

Rising food prices present a very real threat to ongoing efforts to combat poverty and hunger in southern Africa, but that is not necessarily the full…

Lessons from Ethiopia on a scaled-up national safety net programme
August 2007
Image credit: IFAD/Alberto Conti

This brief examines the lessons that can be learnt from Ethiopia's Productive Safety Nets Programme (PSNP).



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Online News:  How do Poverty and Democracy interact?
24 July 2008,  Idasa

What is the impact of poverty on development and democracy?  Afrobarometer has developed a "Lived…


Online News:  Africa must unite to tackle rising food prices - AU
23 July 2008,  Reuters

African Union states must unite to reduce the impact of soaring food prices that have hit their citizens…


Online News:  Tanzania: Malnutrition Dogs Pemba´s Fishing Communities
22 July 2008,  AllAfrica.com

Against the idyllic palm-fringed backdrop of Tanzania´s tropical island of Pemba, almost 9,000…


Online News:  UN increases food aid by $1.2bn
21 July 2008,  BBC

The UN is to provide an additional $1.2bn (£613m) of food aid for 75 million people in the 60 nations…


Online News:  International Poverty Centre newletter launched
18 July 2008,  UNDP International Poverty Centre

The Brazil-Africa Cooperation Programme on Social Protection aims at promoting technical…


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