This paper analyzes the complex effects and risks of social protection programmes in Ghana and Kenya on poor people’s human wellbeing, voice and empowerment and interactions with the social protection regulatory framework and policy instruments. For this purpose, it adopts a comprehensive...

pt. 1. Objectives and political economy of social protection reforms -- pt. 2. The legal framework of social protection reforms -- pt. 3. Political feasibility of basic social protection -- pt. 4. Social protection systems : between fragmentation and integration -- pt. 5. Social protection...