Liberia - A Diagnostic of Social Protection
In recent years, the Government of Liberia launched efforts to develop a coordinated strategy for social protection. Indeed, social protection will be one of the key policy issues addressed within the Human Development pillar of the Poverty Reducti...
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Washington, DC
2013
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/16228705/liberia-diagnostic-social-protection-liberia-diagnostic-social-protection http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12344 |
| Summary: | In recent years, the Government of
Liberia launched efforts to develop a coordinated strategy
for social protection. Indeed, social protection will be one
of the key policy issues addressed within the Human
Development pillar of the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS)
II. This strategy development, the objective of this paper
is to inform the development of an integrated, national
social protection strategy targeting the needs of 'the
most neglected categories of households in Liberia'.
This report is organized as follows. After the introductory
first chapter, chapter two presents the profile of poverty
and vulnerability in Liberia. It focuses on income poverty
and economic vulnerability. Chapter three defines social
protection and presents the theoretical role of social
protection as a strategic policy option to address
vulnerability and poverty, with a focus on the national
institutional framework. Chapter four illustrates current
spending in social protection programs. Chapter five reviews
existing contributory programs. Chapter six outlines
existing non-contributory programs with a view on the
various actors (government, technical and financial
partners, and key actors of civil society), the main
programs, and the financial resources allocated. An analysis
of their relevance, effectiveness and efficiency in order to
identify best practices is also reported. Chapter seven
details the coverage of social safety net (SSN) in Liberia
at present. Chapter eight presents possible options for
increasing or better allocating the spending on SSN in
Liberia. Chapter nine suggests a multi-sectoral approach to
SSN, including an analysis of the complementarily of food
and cash transfers. Chapter ten provides an overview of
field research conducted on the coping mechanisms and
informal social protection networks used by Liberian
households. Finally, the last chapter provides key policy
recommendations for improving the effectiveness of existing
social safety nets and the reach of the sector to protect
the poor and vulnerable and respond to future crises. |
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