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The Future Politics of Social Protection in Africa

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posted on 2024-10-24, 16:16 authored by Jeremy Seekings

International organisations and their local allies continue to press for the further expansion of social protection across Africa, often in the face of resistance. The future politics of social protection in Africa will be shaped by endogenous and exogenous changes. Endogenous changes involve feedback effects from the past and continuing expansion of social protection; these can be either positive or negative in terms of further expansion. Exogenous effects result from the changing structural context, including especially population growth, urbanisation, and climate change. As the Covid-19 pandemic and related lockdowns showed, even those exogenous shocks which reveal gaps in current provision need not prompt enduring expansions of social protection. Neither endogenous nor exogenous changes are likely to shift African countries off their current varied pathways; considerable political obstacles to the further expansion of social protection will persist.

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Institute of Development Studies

Citation

Seekings, J. (2024) 'The Future Politics of Social Protection in Africa', IDS Bulletin 55.2: 57–70, https://doi.org/10.19088/1968-2024.121

Editors

Stephen Devereux Jeremy Lind Keetie Roelen Rachel Sabates-Wheeler

Series

IDS Bulletin 55.2

Volume

55

Issue

2

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  • VoR (Version of Record)

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Article

Copyright holder

Institute of Development Studies

Language

en

IDS team

Rural Futures

Identifier ISSN

1759-5436

Pagination

57–70

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    Volume 55. Issue 2: Social Protection in a Time of Global Uncertainty

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