The Role of International Policy Transfer and Diffusion for Policy Change in Social Protection - A Review of the State of the Art

Katja Bender, Sonja Keller and Holger Willing
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Katja Bender: Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, International Centre for Sustainable Development (IZNE)
Sonja Keller: Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, International Centre for Sustainable Development (IZNE)
Holger Willing: Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, International Centre for Sustainable Development (IZNE)

No 14/1, IZNE Social Protection Working Paper from International Centre for Sustainable Development (IZNE), Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences

Abstract: Over the past two decades many governments of low and middle income countries have started to introduce social protection measures or to extend the coverage and improve the functioning of public social protection systems. These reforms are a "global phenomenon" and can be observed in many African, Asian and Latin American countries. This paper focuses on international determinants for policy change within social protection by assessing the state of the art of both policy diffusion and policy transfer studies. Empirical studies of policy transfer and diffusion in the field of social protection are furthermore assessed in light of the theoretical background.

Keywords: Development Policy; Policy Change; Policy Diffusion; Policy Learning; Policy Transfer; Political Economy; Social Protection; Transgovernmental Networks; Policy Networks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 2015-02
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DOI: 10.18418/978-3-96043-017-9

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