Lessons in Designing Safety Nets

Lessons in Designing Safety Nets

This briefly examines some considerations when designing safety nets: a) local needs; b) financial and political sustainability; c) cost benefit analysis; and d) approach at targeting needy groups. Furthermore, it emphasizes that the poor must be i...

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Main Authors: Aiyar, Swaminathan S.A., Lateef, K. Sarwar, Subbarao, Kalanidhi
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
CASH TRANSFERS
CONFLICT
CREDIT PROGRAMS
DROUGHT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ENERGY SUBSIDIES
EXCESS DEMAND
FOOD STAMPS
FORESTRY
INCENTIVE COSTS
INCOME
INFORMAL SAFETY NETS
INSURANCE
INTEREST RATES
OLD AGE
POLITICAL SUPPORT
POOR
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRICE SUBSIDIES
PRIVATE TRANSFERS
PRODUCTIVITY
PUBLIC WORKS
PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS
SAFETY NETS
SAVINGS
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
TARGETING
TRADEOFFS
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNIVERSAL SUBSIDIES
WAGES
WRITEOFFS POVERTY REDUCTION
SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
SAFETY NET POLICIES
POOR & GOVERNMENT POLICY
GROWTH POLICY
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
MANPOWER NEEDS
LABOR PLANNING
FISCAL POLICY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1998/04/438767/lessons-designing-safety-nets
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11554
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Summary:This briefly examines some considerations when designing safety nets: a) local needs; b) financial and political sustainability; c) cost benefit analysis; and d) approach at targeting needy groups. Furthermore, it emphasizes that the poor must be included in productive activity, so that safety nets complement growth, as well as, the combination with long-term programs, that build human capital and transfer assets to the needy, thus raising growth potential. The note provides design guidelines and suggestions for the safety net selection, either through cash transfers, in-kind transfers, public works programs and credit programs. Certainly, the approach taken will be determined by the country's circumstances, be it the nature of poverty and external shocks, or fiscal and delivery constraints.

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