The Non-Formal Social Protection Systems Among Rural Communities: A Case of the Elderly in Kashongi Sub-County, Kiruhura District, Uganda - Softcover

Nuwamanya Katabyama, Alfred

 
9783847318262: The Non-Formal Social Protection Systems Among Rural Communities: A Case of the Elderly in Kashongi Sub-County, Kiruhura District, Uganda
Softcover
ISBN 10: 3847318268 ISBN 13: 9783847318262
Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

The study was concerned with the viability of non-formal social protection systems for vulnerable groups; particularly elderly group in Kashongi sub-county. The study was guided by four objectives to explore the existing non-formal systems of social assistance among the rural communities, to examine how social assistance systems operate as social protection forms for the elderly in rural areas, to determine non-formal systems’ strengths and weaknesses as forms of social protection for the elderly, and to recommend the necessary policy reforms needed to improve on interventions to enhance the non-formal systems’ performance as forms of social protection.There is an emerging consensus among multilateral institutions about the need for developing countries to strengthen and develop social protection policies and programmes in response to economic crisis and rising vulnerability.The study employed both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection and these included structured interviews, key informant interviews and focus group discussions. It concludes that non-formal systems are feasible institutions to meet social protection needs of the elderly.

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Reseña del editor

The study was concerned with the viability of non-formal social protection systems for vulnerable groups; particularly elderly group in Kashongi sub-county. The study was guided by four objectives to explore the existing non-formal systems of social assistance among the rural communities, to examine how social assistance systems operate as social protection forms for the elderly in rural areas, to determine non-formal systems' strengths and weaknesses as forms of social protection for the elderly, and to recommend the necessary policy reforms needed to improve on interventions to enhance the non-formal systems' performance as forms of social protection.There is an emerging consensus among multilateral institutions about the need for developing countries to strengthen and develop social protection policies and programmes in response to economic crisis and rising vulnerability.The study employed both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection and these included structured interviews, key informant interviews and focus group discussions. It concludes that non-formal systems are feasible institutions to meet social protection needs of the elderly.

Biografía del autor

Nuwmanya K Alfred is a Ugandan who studied Anthropology at he University of Makerere and has since taught Anthropology at Makerere University and other Universities in Uganda. He has always been intregued by the changes that are going on in Uganda and the Great Lakes Region societies as well as the institutional mechanisms that meet peoples' needs

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Verlag
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
3847318268
ISBN 13 
9783847318262
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
96
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