Table of Contents

Contents:

Foreword xxi
James Midgley
Acknowledgements xxv
List of abbreviations xxvi
Introduction to the Handbook on Social Protection and Social Development in
the Global South 1
Leila Patel, Sophie Plagerson and Isaac Chinyoka

PART I THE NEXUS BETWEEN SOCIAL PROTECTION, SOCIAL
WELFARE AND THE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT APPROACH
1 The social development approach to social protection and social welfare 12
Leila Patel and James Midgley
2 A social contract approach to social protection: its potential and limitations 28
Sophie Plagerson
3 The politics of social protection in the global South 44
Sarah M. Brooks

PART II NATURE, SCOPE AND GOALS OF SOCIAL PROTECTION:
GLOBAL AND REGIONAL OVERVIEWS
4 The state of social protection around the world 64
Lutz Leisering
5 Social protection in Latin America 97
Armando Barrientos
6 Social protection in Africa 112
Renata Nowak-Garmer
7 Social protection in Southeast Asia 130
Charles Knox-Vydmanov and Nuno Cunha
8 Social protection systems in MENA: past, present and future 147
Charlotte Bilo, João Pedro Dytz, Maya Hammad, Lucas Sato and Fábio
Veras Soares

PART III DESIGN FEATURES OF SOCIAL PROTECTION AND
INSTITUTIONAL CAPABILITY
9 Social protection systems and their linkages 168
Stephen Devereux
10 Universal, categorical and targeted social protection: issues, debates and
solutions 188
Rachel Slater
11 Social protection modes of financing and capability challenges in lowand
middle-income countries 205
Marianne S. Ulriksen

PART IV WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL
PROTECTION?
12 Evaluating social protection policies 220
Michael Samson
13 Social protection impacts, gaps and future research 239
Esther Schüring, Valentina Barca and Sajanika Sivanu
14 Understanding the role of nutrition-sensitive social protection
interventions in child nutritional outcomes 260
Wanga Zembe-Mkabile

PART V SOCIAL PROTECTION LINKAGES AND INNOVATIONS
15 Linking social protection with complementary services: approaches and
country innovations 277
Sudhanshu Handa, Marwa Ibrahim and Tia Palermo
16 Social protection for workers in the informal economy: opportunities
and constraints for informal worker-led schemes 289
Laura Alfers, Annie Devenish and Temilade Sesan
17 Financial capability and asset building: innovations in social protection
and development 308
David Ansong, Moses Okumu, Jin Huang, Sicong Sun, Aytakin Huseynli,
Isaac Koomson, Gina Chowa, Fred Ssewamala, Margaret S. Sherraden and
Michael Sherraden
18 Linking formal and informal social protection in an insecurity regime:
The case of Zimbabwe 331
Gift Dafuleya
19 The role of social work in the delivery of conditional cash transfer
programmes: Lessons from Chile 350
Taly Reininger and Cristian Leyton
20 Public employment programmes and their interface with social protection 362
Kate Philip

PART VI SOCIAL PROTECTION, VULNERABILITIES AND SOCIAL
INCLUSION: LINKAGES WITH SOCIAL WELFARE
SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS
21 Cash plus programmes for children and families in eastern and southern
Africa: Examples from practice and lessons learnt 381
Mayke Huijbregts, Tayllor Spadafora and Leila Patel
22 Gender and social protection in Brazil 399
Natasha Borges Sugiyama
23 Social security for persons with disabilities across low- and
middle-income countries: An overview on lessons learnt and pathways
toward greater inclusivity 416
Stephen Kidd, Diloá Athias and Holly Seglah
24 Social protection for refugees and asylum seekers: A South African case study 437
Marius Olivier and Amanuel Isak Tewolde

PART VII COUNTRY RESPONSES TO COVID-19
25 Global rapid appraisal of social protection responses to COVID-19 456
Isaac Chinyoka
26 The digital delivery of welfare services in India: Achievements,
anomalies and lessons learnt 470
Aishwarya Sivaramakrishnan and Sony Pellissery
27 Social protection responses to COVID-19 in Indonesia 485
David Androff and Sirojudin Abbas
28 Safeguarding vulnerable children in China during COVID-19 and
beyond: An integrated approach to social protection and social governance 499
Suo Deng
29 Social protection responses to COVID-19 in South Africa 512
Jean D. Triegaardt

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About the Author

Edited by Leila Patel, Distinguished Professor of Social Development, University of Johannesburg and Founding Director, Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg, South Africa, Sophie Plagerson, Visiting Associate Professor, Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg, South Africa and Isaac Chinyoka, Research Associate, Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg, South Africa and Global Scholar, Institute for Comparative and International Studies, University of Denver, US

Reviews

‘This Handbook is a very important contribution to further our collective understanding of social protection. Showcasing how countries, including in low-income settings, have prioritized investments and followed differentiated pathways towards the realization of the right to social protection, it reaffirms the importance of context-specific processes, political economy dynamics and innovation. And precisely because of these differentiated pathways, social protection continues to demonstrate its central role for children’s wellbeing, elimination of multidimensional child poverty, enhancing equity, preparedness and social cohesion, and critically, accelerating human development results across the life cycle in times of crises, recovery and peace.’
*Natalia Winder-Rossi, Global Director of Social Policy and Social Protection, UNICEF*