The politics of social protection policy reform in Malawi, 2006-2017

Working paper number: 447
Author: Hangala Siachiwena
Unit: CSSR
Abstract:

The literature on the expansion of social protection in Africa contends that domestic politics matters for policy reforms. This includes literature that argues that repeated competitive elections and changes of government create opportunities for political leaders in newly elected governments to expand the provision of programmatic social protection. In Malawi, donor efforts to persuade the national 

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