Ngoni Munemo Presented at 'Moving Forward with Pro-poor Reconstruction in Zimbabwe' International Conference, Harare, Zimbabwe, (25 and 26 August 2009)

1. Social Protection
Presented at “Moving Forward in Zimbabwe: Reducing
Poverty and Promoting Productivity” Round Table
Conference, August 25-26 (Harare, Zimbabwe)
Ngoni Munemo, Assistant Professor
Williams College, MA USA
nm1@williams.edu

2. What is Social Protection?
‘all public, private [and] informal initiatives that are aimed at
protecting the vulnerable against livelihood risks, promoting the
vulnerable members livelihoods and capabilities; …’ (Wutete
2008)
‘protect poor people from the grave hazards they face and
thereby prevent households descending into abysmal poverty …’
(Stewart 2008)
Public action(s) undertaken to address vulnerability, risk and
deprivation within the population (Barrientos Hulme 2008;
Conway 2000)
Reactive and proactive
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3. 3 Aspects of Social Protection
Tab lAep s1cet:s o fSoac lPi rtecotio n
Aseptc o fScoia Plrotectino Oebctjvi e Normuarcel o S fSoupr pt o
Soiacl Irnanscu e Prteoctio frno mLife-cycle
and w-cycoler ckhanesg
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Emper laony Edmypeleo
Contiroibn us
Larb-Moakre tReglautio n Proevs siadtnardds w aortk Pub–l liegcis latio n
Soiac lAsisstance Prteoctio frno mpoervt y Pub–l tiaxc-f innaecd

4. Social Assistance in Zimbabwe
1980s
expansive and coordinated
1990s (the reform years)
rolled-back and haphazard
Crisis years
Society polarized, access to assistance politicized
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5. Why government, why now?
Scale
Re-establishing engagement
Social contract view of government
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