Social protection in East Africa: harnessing the future (One pager)

The European Union Social Protection Systems (EU-SPS) project has recently published a report on the future of social protection in six countries in East Africa: Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia (OECD 2017).1 The report examines key demographic, economic, social and environmental trends that are likely to affect the demand for social protection between now and 2065, a timeframe aligned to the African Union’s Agenda 2063—its vision for the future of the continent in which social protection has a key role to play.

The report also explores ways in which social protection can positively influence some of these major trends and harness their potential to ensure that the six countries can continue the impressive progress achieved since the start of the 21st century