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Informality and Social Protection in African Countries: A Forward-looking Assessment of Contributory Schemes
In recent years, African governments have made significant efforts to develop a range of contributory social protection schemes that cover workers in the informal economy. This report aims to provide an overview of these extension practices in the region through seven country case studies selected to illustrate the range of emergent design practices.
UNDP Renewed Strategic Offer In Africa
UNDP's Strategic Offer in Africa supports Africa’s people, its governments and institutions as they seek to consolidate recent gains and effectively address the challenges that remain. These include persistent inequalities, weak governance institutions, climate change, rapid population growth, stalled industrialization and rising violence.
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1,126 billion
Population
47%
Poverty rate
$1,871
Per capita income
0.4837
Human Dev. Index