Social Protection in the Sahel and West Africa
Strengthening resilience for Food Security and Nutrition
The brief aims at summarizing the efforts of FAO to maximize the impacts of social protection interventions in the Sahel and West Africa by strengthening the linkages with resilience, food security, nutrition and economic growth; ensuring the effective reach of most vulnerable households and making national social protection programmes risk-informed and shock-responsive.
Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Year: 2016
Country/ies: Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Zambia
Geographical coverage: Africa, Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD), Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Type: Policy brief/paper
Full text available at: http://www.fao.org/3/a-i6226e.pdf
Content language: English