Negotiating space for rural communities? Market orthodoxy and the changing concept of social welfare services in Africa

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Description:

The paper examines how market reforms are reconstituting the notion of social welfare services in Africa within the context of the rural-urban divide. Market reforms in the social welfare sector seek to reverse this divide and negotiate a new consensus in the rural-urban equation. Priority and funding re-adjustment by the state, decentralisation, deregulation, and commercialisation are new elements in the provision of social welfare services in Africa. The objectives, among others, are to facilitate equity and access to those services, especially by the rural population. But the extent to which those objectives have been realised remain questionable.

Date Issued:

2000-06-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

African Journal of Political Science

Place:

Africa and Africa

Subject Topic:

Public welfare and Rural conditions

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m56689w46