http://www.wahenga.net/index.php Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:56:00 +0200 en develop@octoplus.co.za Copyright 2009 2009-06-17T12:56:00+02:00 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/comments_view/remittances_and_social_protection_in_zimbabwes_transition/ Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:56:00 +0200 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/comments_view/remittances_and_social_protection_in_zimbabwes_transition/#When:12:56:00Z Remittances from Zimbabweans abroad to buy food and other necessities, pay school fees etc are on a vast scale - just the support that humanitarian aid and social protection seek to offer. And yet programmes and procedures are not designed with this reality in mind. English, Zimbabwe 2009-06-17T12:56:00+02:00 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/comments_view/targeting_the_debate_goes_on_but_what_does_it_mean_in_practice/ Fri, 05 Jun 2009 05:45:00 +0200 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/comments_view/targeting_the_debate_goes_on_but_what_does_it_mean_in_practice/#When:05:45:00Z The ongoing debates on targeting featured on wahenga highlight that we are no closer to reaching a consensus on best practices. Nevertheless, several southern African countries have established on-budget social transfer schemes without getting embroiled in the search for targeting perfection. English 2009-06-05T05:45:00+02:00 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/comments_view/what_is_the_future_for_poverty_targeting/ Wed, 27 May 2009 09:26:00 +0200 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/comments_view/what_is_the_future_for_poverty_targeting/#When:09:26:00Z The recent exchange of comments on www.wahenga.net has raised heated debate on poverty-targeting of social transfers. Is community-based poverty targeting the answer? Or is the only option a universal or categorically-targeted approach? Or is there a solution that lies somewhere in between? English 2009-05-27T09:26:00+02:00 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/comments_view/response_to_social_protection_and_the_global_crisis/ Thu, 14 May 2009 12:49:01 +0200 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/comments_view/response_to_social_protection_and_the_global_crisis/#When:12:49:01Z Stephen Devereux's recent Comment, Social Protection and the Global Crisis, makes some good points but, unfortunately, others which are erroneous, at times a little naïve, and even contradictory. This Comment discusses where he gets it right and wrong in understanding the role of a minimum package of social protection. English 2009-05-14T12:49:01+02:00 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/comments_view/social_protection_and_the_global_crisis/ Fri, 08 May 2009 07:02:00 +0200 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/comments_view/social_protection_and_the_global_crisis/#When:07:02:00Z The G20's commitment to allocate US$ 50 billion "to support social protection, boost trade and safeguard development" has reopened several debates in the social protection discourse, including the role of cash transfers and whether social grants should be targeted or 'universal'. English 2009-05-08T07:02:00+02:00 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/comments_view/the_world_banks_rapid_social_response_fund_must_not_be_misspent_on_poverty_/ Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:08:00 +0200 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/comments_view/the_world_banks_rapid_social_response_fund_must_not_be_misspent_on_poverty_/#When:09:08:00Z The recent G20 summit concluded with a commitment to make funds available for social protection in the world's poorest countries. This recognition of social protection as a means to reduce poverty by giving money directly to those who need it most is a huge step forward. The next challenge will be to ensure the funding is not misspent. English 2009-04-15T09:08:00+02:00 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/comments_view/book_review_of_seasons_of_hunger_fighting_cycles_of_quiet_starvation_among_/ Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:53:00 +0200 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/comments_view/book_review_of_seasons_of_hunger_fighting_cycles_of_quiet_starvation_among_/#When:10:53:00Z This short volume addresses a regularly overlooked aspect of hunger in the developing world: seasonality: although relatively infrequent high impact food crises and famines are largely focused on, the reality is that a large number of people have to deal with the annual problem of seasonal hunger. English 2009-01-27T10:53:00+02:00 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/comments_view/an_economic_stimulus_package_for_developing_countries/ Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:22:00 +0200 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/comments_view/an_economic_stimulus_package_for_developing_countries/#When:13:22:00Z Keynesian economics is back. In response to the current economic crisis President-Elect Obama, Gordon Brown and other world leaders have not been slow in recognising the role that social spending can play in stimulating the economy. In addition to tax cuts and lowered interest rates, they are proposing spending billions to put cash into the hands of consumers by expanding social security programmes. English 2008-12-11T13:22:00+02:00 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/comments_view/five_out_of_ten/ Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:40:00 +0200 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/comments_view/five_out_of_ten/#When:09:40:00Z RHVP has always encouraged constructive debate over key issues of social protection policy through the publication of independent wahenga.comments on our website. These are personal opinions, intended to be provocative and to elicit a response. Some of the reactions to the most recent thinkpiece ("One Out of Ten: Social Cash Transfer Pilots in Malawi and Zambia") suggest that we might have over-stepped the mark. It is true that there is a fine line between being challenging and being confrontational; between stimulating debate and fuelling acrimony; between encouraging compromise and reinforcing entrenched positions. English, Malawi, Zambia 2008-12-08T09:40:00+02:00 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/comments_view/malawis_director_of_social_protection_responds_to_one_out_of_ten_comment/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:02:00 +0200 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/comments_view/malawis_director_of_social_protection_responds_to_one_out_of_ten_comment/#When:10:02:00Z Malawi's Director of Social Protection, Mr Harry Mwamlima, and the Social Cash Transfer Secretariat Manager, Mr Reagan Kaluluma, have responded to wahenga.net's Comment "One Out of Ten: Social Cash Transfer Pilots in Malawi and Zambia", saying it has painted an extremely negative perception of the practical and conceptual design of the Malawi Social Cash Transfer Programme (SCT). English, Malawi, Zambia 2008-12-02T10:02:00+02:00