In many African countries, routine social protection programmes are concentrated in rural areas. The perception that wealth and employment opportunities are found disproportionately in urban areas can result in the urban poor being relatively neglected (Gentilini, 2015; Cuesta et al., 2020) In addition to that, the complexity of reaching urban caseloads - via innovative approaches to registration, eligibility determination, and payments - should not be under-estimated. This webinar sought to complement the one led by the FAO ([ Ссылка ]) on rural areas to address these issues, building on experiences of COVID-19 responses in some selected Sub-Saharan African countries from both government and non-government actors.
Read more about the webinar discussion and access the slide presentation: [ Ссылка ]
Panellists:
Tayllor Spadafora - UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa (ESARO)
Krishna Pahari - WFP Regional Bureau for East & Central Africa
Erica Mattellone - UNICEF Madagascar
Jules Simpeze Banga - Advisor to the Minister of Energy and Water Resources for North Kivu, DRC
Moderator:
Lena Gronbach - University of Cape Town
This was the twenty-eighth webinar of the “Social protection responses to COVID-19” webinar series. The series is a joint effort initiated by the IPC-IG, GIZ, and DFAT, in collaboration with the socialprotection.org platform, and in cooperation with partners from different organisations. Join the online community ''Social protection responses to COVID-19 [Task force]'' to learn more about the initiative and future webinars: [ Ссылка ]
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