Zimbabwe’s social protection system and its harmonized social cash transfer programme

"Zimbabwe is a low-income, land-locked country in Southern Africa with an estimated population of 13,061,239 people, according to the latest census (ZIMSTAT 2012). Two thirds (67 per cent) of Zimbabweans live in rural areas, and 51.9 per cent of the total population are female (ibid.). Between...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Arruda, Pedro
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2018
Country:Brasil
Institution:Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA)
Repository:Repositório Institucional da IPEA (RCIpea)
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.ipea.gov.br:11058/15939
Online Access:https://repositorio.ipea.gov.br/handle/11058/15939
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Zimbabwe
social protection
system
harmonized
social
cash transfer
programme
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Summary:"Zimbabwe is a low-income, land-locked country in Southern Africa with an estimated population of 13,061,239 people, according to the latest census (ZIMSTAT 2012). Two thirds (67 per cent) of Zimbabweans live in rural areas, and 51.9 per cent of the total population are female (ibid.). Between 1996 and 2008, Zimbabwe experienced a systemic crisis with consecutive decreases in gross domestic product (GDP). The crisis generated an extremely high incidence of poverty (people living below the total consumption poverty line) and a deepening of food/extreme poverty (people living below the food poverty line)". (...)