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Thousands of people do not have access to basic services (health, education, safe water, and shelter), social protection and a minimum income worldwide. Many boys, girls and young people, constituting one of the most vulnerable groups, can be found among the marginalized from the basic services, leading to a wide range of deprivations. As a solution, different international organizations, agencies and governments promote social programs that offer conditional cash transfers, generally related to child school attendance and family visits to health centers. Based on what we understand public. ; Millones de personas alrededor del mundo no tienen acceso a servicios básicos (salud, educación, agua potable y vivienda digna), protección social y un mínimo ingreso. Muchos niños, niñas y adolescentes, uno de los grupos más vulnerables, se encuentran entre los directamente excluidos de dichos servicios básicos, dando lugar a un amplio espectro de privaciones. A modo de solución, diferentes organismos internacionales, agencias y gobiernos impulsan programas sociales que ofrecen transferencias directas de dinero sujetas a una serie de condiciones, que por lo general están relacionadas con la asistencia de los hijos menores a la escuela y de la familia a los centros de salud. Basándonos en lo que las políticas sociales representan: instrumentos que permiten fortalecer la ciudadanía, la participación, la inclusión social y la equidad, el imponer condiciones a los grupos más carenciados, para que así alcancen beneficios económicos, constituye una contradicción o una paradoja significativa que requiere ser analizada.

Intro -- NTRODUCTION Gustave Nébié, Chinyere Emeka-Anuna, Felix Fofana N'Zue, and Enrique Delamonica -- PART I: CONTEXT -- CHAPTER 1 FRAMING SOCIAL PROTECTION WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF GROWING INEQUALITY Jan Vandemoortele -- CHAPTER 2 CLUSTERING COUNTRIES IN WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA FOR IMPROVED POLICY AND TECHNICAL ENGAGEMENT IN SOCIAL PROTECTION1 Gustave Nébié -- PART II: CHILD POVERTY, INEQUITY, AND INEQUALITY -- CHAPTER 3 MEASURING MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY ACCORDING TO NATIONAL DEFINITIONS - OPERATIONALISING TARGET 1.2.2 OF THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN BENIN, GABON, GUINEA, LIBERIA, AND MALI Marco Pomati and Shailen Nandy -- CHAPTER 4 MULTIDIMENSIONAL CHILD POVERTY AND CHILD WELL-BEING IN CAMEROON, CÔTE D'IVOIRE, AND NIGERIA Ismael Cid-Martinez -- CHAPTER 5 CHILD POVERTY AND INEQUALITY IN GHANA: POSITIVE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE NEW HOUSEHOLD SURVEY Sarah Hague, Edgar F.A. Cooke, and Andy McKay -- PART III: CHILD POVERTY, HUMANITARIAN CRISES, AND SOCIAL PROTECTION -- CHAPTER 6 CHILD POVERTY AND DISASTER RISK IN MAURITANIA Daniela Gregr -- CHAPTER 7 THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL PROTECTION PROGRAMMES ON THE EBOLA SCOURGE IN SIERRA LEONE: LESSONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Maryam Abdu -- CHAPTER 8 CHILD POVERTY AND ECONOMIC SHOCKS IN TOGO: POLICIES MATTER Aristide Kielem -- PART IV: SOCIAL PROTECTION, SOCIAL EXCLUSION, AND CHILD PROTECTION -- CHAPTER 9 A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON SOCIAL PROTECTION: THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSIDERING CHILD POVERTY IN THE CONTEXT OF EXTENDED FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES IN BURKINA FASO, THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, AND THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO Diana Skelton and Jacqueline Plaisir -- CHAPTER 10 CHILD DOMESTIC SERVITUDE IN GHANA: EXPLORING THE CONTOURS OF CHILD POVERTY, CHILD PROTECTION, AND SOCIAL PROTECTION C. Nana Derby, Samuel Okposin, Shelley Okposin, and Christiana O. Adetunde.