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This publication is based on an extensive literature review of documents produced by African governments,
international organisations and researchers. All documents used in this inventory are listed at the end of the
publication. In addition, 33 UNICEF Country Offices in Africa and government officials from Kenya, Liberia, Togo
and Zimbabwe have helped to update outdated information and/or fill in gaps. These valuable sources are not
listed at the end of the document but are acknowledged below.
Contributing UNICEF Country Offices include:
Algeria; Angola; Botswana; Congo (Brazzaville); Congo (DRC); Djibouti; Egypt; Ethiopia; Ghana; Guinea; Kenya;
Lesotho; Liberia; Madagascar; Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; Morocco; Mozambique; Namibia; Niger; Nigeria; Rwanda;
Sierra Leone; South Africa; Sudan; Swaziland; Tanzania; Togo; Tunisia; Uganda; Zambia; and Zimbabwe.
Contributing government officials:
Gabriel Fernandez (National Social Protection Coordinator, Liberia), Samuel Ochieng (MIS Coordinator, Kenya)
and Zororo Gandah (Chief Social Services Officer, Zimbabwe)
All the programme profiles presented in this publication are going to be made available at the socialprotection.org
platform, where the information will be constantly updated.
This inventory is part of an initial effort by socialprotection.org; suggestions and corrections are welcome.
Please contact: Cristina Cirillo (cristina.cirillo@hotmail.com) or Raquel Tebaldi (raquel.tebaldi@ipc-undp.org).
For further information, please feel free to contact publications@ipc-undp.org.
Acknowledgments: We would like to thank Catalina Gomez (Social Protection Consultant, UNICEF HQ),
Gabriel Fernandez (National Social Protection Coordinator, Liberia), Samuel Ochieng (MIS Coordinator, Kenya),
Alicia Spengler, Fabio Soares Veras and Mario Gyoeri for their inputs, and acknowledge Sacha Harris, Zhongwen
Zhang, Isadora Steffens and Isabela Coelho for their contributions.