Working Paper
Policy Pollination: A Brief History of Social Protection’s Brief History in Africa
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
The relatively recent emergence and sustained rise of social protection as a policy agenda in Africa can be understood as either a nationally owned or ‘donor-driven’ process. While elements of both can be seen in different countries at different times, this paper focuses on the pivotal role of transnational actors, specifically international development agencies, as ‘policy pollinators’ for social protection.