Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report Report No.: ISR37483 Document Date: JUL 11, 2019

Author: Wang,Dewen Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Program-for-Results Technical Assessment Report No.: Document Date: FEB 21, 2019

Author: Wang,Dewen Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Program-for-Results Environmental and Social Systems Assessment Report No.: Document Date: FEB 21, 2019

Author: Wang,Dewen Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Home- and community-based aged care services (HCBS) are favored universally by the elderly across countries and is considered more cost-effective than institutional care and helpful for containing aged care expenditures. ... See More + Following the thirteenth five-year Plan (FYP) for the development of Aged Care Services and Building of Aged Care System, the Chinese government endeavors to better the three-tier aged care service system with home-based care as its bedrock, supported by community-based care, and supplemented by institutional care. The implication of such a service system is that a significant share of the aged care services is going to be provided at home or communities, and this makes financing HCBS a relevant policy issue for the vast majority of the elderly in the country. This paper examines the prevalence of HCBS needs among the elderly, the preferences over various HCBSs, the willingness-to-pay (WTP) for them (including the highest price for which a consumer will purchase one unit of a product out of his or her own pocket), and the variation in these indicators across socio-economic characteristics of individuals based on a household survey that was designed specifically to assess the demand and supply of aged care services in Anhui Province, China  See Less -

Document Type: Report Report No.: 139555 Document Date: JAN 01, 2019

Author: Huang,Yang; Hu,Linlin; Zhuang,Xiaowei; Zhang,Yixing; Glinskaya,Elena E.; Wang,Dewen Disclosure Status: Disclosed

The development objectives of the Guangdong Social Security Integration and Rural Worker Training Project for China are to enhance portability of social security data and beneficiary entitlements, and to strengthen the skills base and employment prospects of rural Hukou workers in Guangdong. ... See More + The restructuring changes are: (i) extension of the loan closing date from December 31, 2018 to October 31, 2020; (ii) modification of results framework; (iii) the disbursements are estimated to reflect the pace of the project implementation and the extended period. The remaining funds in urban and rural workers training (URWT) component will be fully disbursed in 2019; and (iv) changes in implementation schedule.  See Less -

Document Type: Project Paper Report No.: RES33497 Document Date: NOV 09, 2018

Author: Wang,Dewen Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report Report No.: ISR31257 Document Date: FEB 25, 2018

Author: Wang,Dewen Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report Report No.: ISR26759 Document Date: FEB 10, 2017

Author: Wang,Dewen Document also available in: Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report Report No.: ISR13607 Document Date: JUN 27, 2014

Author: Wang,Dewen

Using a simple framework, this paper discusses the underlying reason of the variation of threshold level in developed countries, from the least generous 20 percent to around 60 percent of median wage, with an average of 35 percent. ... See More + The generosity of minimum guarantee social assistance programs is deeply rooted in social values and principles that further underpin the policy objectives. Many Organizations for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries set their policy targets for minimum living standard programs beyond basic needs and aim to guarantee a minimum socially acceptable level for a decent living. Thresholds are also refined to reflect the differences in family size and demographic structure, difference in regional cost of living and changes in prices and local wages. In some countries the thresholds show some regional variation due to local discretionary powers of sub-national authorities to set the threshold depending on the co-financing mechanisms. These lessons are valuable for China as the Chinese government has made efforts to standardize the implementation and management of its own minimum income guarantee (Di Bao) programs. The policy recommendations for China include accelerating the convergence of localized approaches, raising the administrative level for setting thresholds to higher level, defining the roles of central and local governments in financing and management, and establishing a transparent budgetary management system to transfer and allocate social assistance funds.  See Less -

Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 83118 Document Date: NOV 01, 2013

Author: Umapathi, Nithin; Wang, Dewen; O'Keefe, Philip Disclosure Status: Disclosed

This paper first reviews the history of social insurance policy and coverage in urban China, documenting the evolution in the coverage of pensions and medical and unemployment insurance for both local residents and migrants, and highlighting obstacles to expanding coverage. ... See More + The paper then uses two waves of the China Urban Labor Survey, conducted in 2005 and 2010, to examine the correlates of social insurance participation before and after implementation of the 2008 Labor Contract Law. A higher labor tax wedge is associated with a lower probability that local employed residents participate in social insurance programs, but is not associated with participation of wage-earning migrants, who are more likely to be dissuaded by fragmentation of the social insurance system. The existing gender gap in social insurance coverage is explained by differences in coverage across industrial sectors and firm ownership classes in which men and women work.  See Less -

Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS6497 Document Date: JUN 01, 2013

Author: Giles, John; Wang, Dewen; Park, Albert Disclosure Status: Disclosed