RHVP is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of Social Protection in Africa by Edward Elgar Publishing, which is due to appear in paperback and hardback in early 2009.

Based on the REBA studies and examination of large social protection programmes elsewhere in Africa, Social Protection in Africa explores the shift in thinking about how best to tackle chronic hunger and vulnerability, from a reliance on emergency responses - mainly in the form of food aid - towards predictable, guaranteed provision for those most affected.

The book assesses ongoing efforts to put this new thinking into practice in Africa through case studies of social transfer programmes ranging from social pensions and other cash transfers to school feeding and farm inputs. This experience is used to draw out distinctions between features that do and don't work well within different policy contexts and to illuminate current debates about key issues in social protection, such as targeting and delivery options, market impacts, institutional frameworks and cost-effectiveness.

Further details are available at:
http://www.e-elgar-publicpolicy.com/Bookentry_Main.lasso?id=13393