Making The Case For Social Protection: Why Invest in It?
Making The Case For Social Protection: Why Invest in It?
Making The Case For Social Protection: Why Invest in It?
PROTECTION
Why invest in it?
Name of presenter
Economic Policy Research Institute (EPRI), Cape Town, South Africa
Save the Children Course, Abuja, Date
Session objectives
• Generate understanding and familiarity with
multi-dimensional impacts of social
protection programmes
8.0
6.0
4.0
2.0
0.0
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 (e) 2017 (p) 2018 (p)
-2.0
-4.0
Congo, Dem. Rep. Ethiopia* Ghana
Kenya Nigeria Senegal
Uganda AFRICA
Social protection – why invest?
HOWEVER, INEQUALITY IS STILL RIFE ACROSS THE CONTINENT
Inequality across Africa, as measured by the Gini coefficient
Social protection – why invest?
SO IS POVERTY…
Per cent of people living below USD 2 per day
Social protection – why invest?
…WHICH IS EVEN ON THE RISE.
Poverty headcount across the continent, 1990 and 2013
(ILO, 2017)
Social protection – why invest?
Post-tax/transfer poverty levels in selected OECD member states
Social protection – why invest?
Pre-tax/transfer poverty levels in selected OECD member states
Trust in Human
government capital
Social Risk
cohesion management
Economic
resilience
Multi-dimensional impacts of
social protection
Poverty Poverty reduction
reduction
(EPRI)
Multi-dimensional impacts of
social protection
Human capital development
Poverty
reduction
Low
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Years
Building human capital
…WHEN RATES OF RETURNS ARE HIGHEST.
Rates of return to public interventions
Pre-school
Intervention
Brain
Growth
Schooling
Job Training
0.3
0.25
0.2
0.15
0.1
0.05
0
South Africa South Africa Mexico Nicaragua Colombia Honduras
(girls) (boys)
Building human capital
…OR SCHOOL FEEDING…
(http://www.schoolsandhealth.org/Pages/SchoolNutritionFoodforEducation.aspx)
Building human capital
…THEREBY ENABLING CHILDREN TO EXPLOIT OPPORTUNITIES.
35%
attributable increase in school attendance rate
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
Bangladesh Cambodia Kenya Mexico boys Mexico girls Turkey
Multi-dimensional impacts of
social protection
Poverty
Livelihoods
reduction
CSG = Child Support Grant (monthly cash transfer to poor households with children).
Multi-dimensional impacts of
social protection
Poverty
reduction Risk management
Human capital
• Subtle but powerful impact
Social
Protection
• Protects people from shocks and
Livelihoods
directly supports well-being
Human
capital
• Enables economy to better
withstand external shocks
Social
Protection • Provides an automatic stabiliser
Livelihoods
for economy
(OECD, 2014)
Stimulating economic growth
…AND IN NIGERIA
Expected benefit drivers of national cash transfer over long-term
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Current 3 years 10 years 15 years 20 years
Improved health Increased wage earning capacity Local economy effects
(EPRI, 2017)
Stimulating economic growth
…AND IN NIGERIA
Expected benefit drivers of national school feeding programme over long-term
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Current 3 years 10 years 15 years 20 years
Improved nutrition Increased wage earning capacity Increased structured demand
(EPRI, 2017)
Multi-dimensional impacts of
social protection
Poverty Social cohesion
reduction
Human
capital • Social protection as one of the
most concrete and valued
forms of government delivery
Social Social
cohesion Protection
Livelihoods • Inclusion in the productive
sector strengthens willingness
Economic
to pay
resilience Risk
management