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Linking Food and National Security in Africa: Lessons from Russia-Ukraine Conflict

by Theresa ChavezFood Security February 7, 2023March 28, 2023No Comments

Food security refers to the availability of sufficient, safe, nutritious food for all people to maintain a healthy and active life (FAO, 2021; Suleri, 2022). It affects people at global, regional, national, sub-national, and household levels, and presents itself in different forms, including chronic, acute, and transient. Food insecurity exacerbates social tensions arising from poverty …

South Africa’s social welfare system: what happens to policy when champions go away?

by monique kiplangataAfrica August 5, 2020August 8, 2022No Comments

As part of Making All Voices Count’s research project When Does the State Listen? Aalia Cassim looks at the drivers of change in South Africa’s social welfare system since 1997, and identifies lessons about government champions, systemic capacity building, and the critical role of stakeholder coordination. In 1997, the South African government launched its White Paper for Social Welfare, conceived …