Documents & Reports
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Natural disasters : what is the role for social safety nets? (English)
The frequency of dramatic natural shocks around the world is a reminder that governments and the international community need to do more to prevent and mitigate the human misery and economic costs that...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 63415 Document Date: June 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Clay, Edward
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How to make public works work : a review of the experiences : Como hacer que los programas publicos de empleo funcionen : analisis de experiencias (Spanish)
Public work programs (PWPs) have been an important safety nets instrument used in diverse country circumstances at different points in time in both middle income and low income countries. Well-designed...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 56751 Document Date: September 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Del Ninno,Carlo,Subbarao,Kalanidhi,Milazzo,Annamaria
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How to make public works work : a review of the experiences (English)
Public work programs (PWPs) have been an important safety nets instrument used in diverse country circumstances at different points in time in both middle income and low income countries. Well-designed...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 56751 Document Date: September 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Del Ninno,Carlo,Subbarao,Kalanidhi,Milazzo,Annamaria
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Reducing error, fraud, and corruption (EFC) in social protection programs : Reduccion de errores, fraude, y corrupcion en los programas de proteccion social (Spanish)
Social Protection (SP) and Social Safety Net (SSN) programs channel a large amount of public resources, it is important to make sure that these reach the intended beneficiaries. Error, fraud, or corruption...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 52150 Document Date: January 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Tesliuc,Emil Daniel,Milazzo,Annamaria
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Social safety nets in World Bank lending and analytical work : FY2002-2007 : Redes de seguridad social en el financiamiento y el trabajo analitico del Banco Mundial : EE2002 a 2007 (Spanish)
During FY 2002-2007 the World Bank engaged with 118 countries on social safety net (SSN) issues, providing lending in 68, analytic products in 86, training in 87, and a combined package of all three services...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 47291 Document Date: January 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Andrews,Colin
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Levels and patterns of safety net spending in developing and transition countries : Niveles y patrones de gasto en seguridad social en paises en desarrollo y en transicion (Spanish)
This paper offers a new set of data compiled from individual World Bank country reports and covering 87 developing and transition countries during 1996-2006. The findings show that mean spending on safety...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 47292 Document Date: January 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Andrews,Colin
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Levels and patterns of safety net spending in developing and transition countries (English)
This paper offers a new set of data compiled from individual World Bank country reports and covering 87 developing and transition countries during 1996-2006. The findings show that mean spending on safety...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 47292 Document Date: January 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Andrews,Colin
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Social safety nets in World Bank lending and analytical work : FY2002-2007 (English)
During FY 2002-2007 the World Bank engaged with 118 countries on social safety net (SSN) issues, providing lending in 68, analytic products in 86, training in 87, and a combined package of all three services...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 47291 Document Date: January 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Andrews,Colin
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High labor intensive (HIMO) public works in Madagascar : issues and policy options (English)
High labor intensive (HIMO) public work programs have been very popular in recent years in Madagascar. They have been one of the most common safety net program used to address poverty and vulnerability...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 47554 Document Date: December 31, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Milazzo, Anna Maria
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Management information systems in social safety net programs : a look at accountability and control mechanisms (English)
The paper aims to provide practitioners working on Social Safety Net (SSN) projects with practical ways to use information management practices to mitigate accountability and control risks. The paper outlines...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 47555 Document Date: January 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Andrews,Colin
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Reducing error, fraud, and corruption (EFC) in social protection programs (English)
Social Protection (SP) and Social Safety Net (SSN) programs channel a large amount of public resources, it is important to make sure that these reach the intended beneficiaries. Error, fraud, or corruption...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 52150 Document Date: January 1, 2007 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Tesliuc,Emil Daniel,Milazzo,Annamaria
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Aging and poverty in Africa and the role of social pensions (Russian)
In many low income African countries, three factors are placing an undue burden on the elderly: 1) the burden on the elderly has enormously increased with the increase in mortality of prime age adults...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 33369 Document Date: June 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Subbarao,Kalanidhi
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Strengthening public safety nets from the bottom up : Fortalecimiento desde la base de las redes de proteccion publica (Spanish)
Public safety nets in developing countries address the vulnerability of the poor and the near-poor to income disruption, but such formal programs do not operate in a vacuum. Private and informal mechanisms...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 33358 Document Date: January 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Weigand,Christine
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Price and tax subsidies: effectiveness and challenges : Subvenciones a precios e impuestos: eficacia y desafios (Spanish)
Many governments use price and tax subsidization to meet social protection objectives. They endeavor to reduce the cost of living for their population-or for a subset of the population-by subsidizing the...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 33354 Document Date: January 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Mackintosh,Fiona J.,Del Ninno,Carlo
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Incentives and the role of institutions in the provision of social safety nets : Incentivos y funcion de las instituciones en las redes de proteccion social (Spanish)
The institutional environment can determine the effectiveness and efficiency of social safety net programs. An otherwise perfectly designed program may fail if it does not take into account the role of...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 33357 Document Date: January 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Weigand,Christine
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Targeting methods for transfers : Metode penetapan sasaran untuk program transfer (Indonesian-Malay)
Of the commonly used methods for directing transfers to the poor, there is little consensus about which is best. Policymakers need to know how effective different targeting mechanisms are, how the effectiveness...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 33360 Document Date: January 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Grosh,Margaret Ellen,Coady, David,Hoddinott,John
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Social safety nets in OECD countries (English)
The focus of the note is on non-contributory social programs for low-income households, or other vulnerable groups in OECD countries. These programs, typically referred to as social safety net (SSN) programs...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 35631 Document Date: January 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Tesliuc,Emil Daniel
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Safety nets in transition economies : Jaring pengaman di perekonomian dalam transisi (Indonesian-Malay)
Transition economies are commonly understood to be countries that have moved or are moving from a primarily state-planned to a market-based economic system with private ownership of assets and market-supporting...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 33352 Document Date: January 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Del Ninno,Carlo
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Price and tax subsidies: effectiveness and challenges : Catatan penting jaring pengaman nasiona (Indonesian-Malay)
Many governments use price and tax subsidization to meet social protection objectives. They endeavor to reduce the cost of living for their population-or for a subset of the population-by subsidizing the...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 33354 Document Date: January 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Mackintosh,Fiona J.,Del Ninno,Carlo
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Disability and social safety nets in developing countries : Discapacidad y redes de proteccion social en paises en desarrollo (Spanish)
The two-way relationship between poverty and disability fosters: disability increases the risk of poverty and the conditions of poverty increase the risk of disability, yet little attention has been given...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 33371 Document Date: January 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Mitra,Sophie