Botswana's welfare state is both a parsimonious laggard in comparison with some other middle-income countries in Africa (such as Mauritius and South Africa) and extensive (in comparison with its low-income neighbours to the north and east). Coverage is broad but cash transfers are modest. This...

Since the early 2000s international development agencies have actively promoted social protection as a new global public policy. This process can be understood as flowing from related shifts within the global political economy and of development ideology, and involved international development...

Cover -- Half-Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction: Neoliberalism, Social Democracy and Poverty -- 1.1 The legacy of poverty and the promise of change -- 1.2 Disappointment and the spectre of neoliberalism -- 1.3...