1st Edition
Non-State Social Protection Actors and Services in Africa Governance Below the State
1. Introduction, N. Awortwi and G. Walter-Drop
2. Governance Characteristics and Policy Relevance of Informal Social Protection Services in Ethiopia, Amdissa Teshome, Adanech Dutu, KassaTeshager, Terefe Zeleke
3. Governance of Non-State Social Protection Services in Ghana: Communication as Accountability Mechanisms in Mutual Aid Organisations in Wassa, Ellen Bortei-Doku Aryeetey, Stephen Afranie, Daniel Doh and Paul Andoh
4. Social Protection and Citizenship Rights of Vulnerable Children: A Perspective on Interventions by Non-state Actors in Western Kenya, Auma Okwany and Elizabeth Ngutuku
5. Governance Mechanisms of Burial Societies in Western Uganda, Asingwire Narathius, Muhangi Denis, Namara Rose, and Kemigisa Margaret
6. Hedging Against Vulnerability: Associational Life as a Social Insurance Strategy by the poor in the Central Region of Ghana, Akosua K. Darkwah, Mavis Dako-Gyeke and Edward Nketiah-Amponsah
7. Women’s Economic Empowerment in Kenya: Lessons from Non-State Social Protection Actors and Services in Nyanza Region, Akinyi Nzioki and Winnie Mwasiaji
8. Governance of non-state social protection initiatives for addressing gendered poverty in Uganda: Beyond counting of women on governance committees? Florence Kyoheirwe Muhanguzi
9. Governance Dynamics in the Provision of Community Based Social Protection Services in Tanzania, Kamanzi Adalbertus, Emmanuel Nyankweli, and Auma Okwany
10. Conclusion, Implications for Public Policy and Governance Theory, N. Awortwi and G. Walter-Drop
Biography
Nicholas Awortwi is the Director of Research Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR), a Pan-African organisation based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Gregor Walter-Drop is the Managing Director of the Center for Area Studies at the Free University of Berlin, Germany.
