Pakistan - Towards an Integrated National Safety Net System : Assisting Poor and Vulnerable Households, An Analysis of Pakistan's Main Cash Transfer Program

The vision of Pakistan's social protection strategy to reach the poor and vulnerable (2007) is 'to develop an integrated and comprehensive social protection system, covering all the population, but especially the poorest and the most vuln...

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Format: Other Social Protection Study
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2013
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topic ACCESS TO EDUCATION
ACCESS TO JOBS
AGRICULTURAL LAND
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
AGRICULTURE
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
BASIC NEEDS
BENEFICIARIES
BENEFICIARY
BENEFICIARY ASSESSMENTS
BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS
BENEFICIARY SURVEY
CALORIC CONSUMPTION
CALORIC INTAKE
CALORIE AVAILABILITY
CASH GRANT
CASH GRANTS
CASH TRANSFER
CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM
CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS
CASH TRANSFERS
CASH-TRANSFER
CHEAPER FOOD
CHILD LABOR
CHILD LABOUR
CHILD SUPPORT
CHILD WELFARE
CHRONICALLY POOR
CONDITIONAL CASH
CONSUMER PRICES
COOKING
COPING MECHANISMS
COPING STRATEGIES
CREDIT MARKETS
DAIRY
DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY
DROUGHT
ECONOMIC DOWNTURN
ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC POLICIES
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
EMPLOYMENT PROMOTION
EXTERNAL SHOCKS
FINANCIAL CRISES
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FOOD ASSISTANCE
FOOD CONSUMPTION
FOOD EXPENDITURE
FOOD EXPENDITURES
FOOD INSECURITY
FOOD INTAKE
FOOD ITEMS
FOOD PRICE
FOOD PRICES
FOOD PROGRAM
FOOD STAPLES
FOOD TRANSFERS
FRUIT
GRAINS
GRANT PROGRAM
HEALTH EXPENDITURES
HEALTH FACILITY
HEALTH INSURANCE
HEALTH INTERVENTIONS
HEALTH SERVICES
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HYGIENE
IDIOSYNCRATIC SHOCKS
IMPACT OF SHOCKS
IMPACT ON POVERTY
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME SHOCK
INCOME SHOCKS
INCOME SUPPORT
INDICATORS OF POVERTY
INEQUALITY
INSURANCE
INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE
LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS
LIMITED ACCESS
LIVING CONDITIONS
LIVING STANDARDS
LOSS OF EMPLOYMENT
LOSS OF INCOME
MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS
MALNUTRITION
MARKET FAILURES
MEANS TEST
MEAT
MILK
MINIMUM INCOME
NATURAL DISASTER
NATURAL DISASTERS
NATURAL SHOCKS
NEAR POOR
NEEDS ASSESSMENT
NUTRITION OUTCOMES
OLD AGE
PENSION
PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
POOR
POOR CHILDREN
POOR FAMILIES
POOR HOUSEHOLD
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POOR POPULATION
POOR WOMEN
POORER HOUSEHOLDS
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
POVERTY DYNAMICS
POVERTY ESTIMATES
POVERTY INDICATORS
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY RATES
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER
POVERTY SITUATION
POVERTY STATUS
PREVENTATIVE HEALTH
PREVENTIVE HEALTH
PRICE SUBSIDIES
PRICE SUBSIDY
PRODUCTIVE ASSETS
PROTECTION MECHANISMS
PROTECTION POLICY
PROTECTION SYSTEM
PUBLIC SERVICE
PURCHASING POWER
QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENTS
REDUCTION IN POVERTY
REFORM PROCESS
REGIONAL TARGETING
REGIONAL VARIATION
RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS
RESOURCE MOBILIZATION
RURAL
RURAL AREAS
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
SAFETY NET
SAFETY NET PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
SAFETY NET PROGRAMS
SAFETY NET SYSTEM
SAFETY NETS
SAVINGS
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS
SCHOOLING
SHOCK
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
SOCIAL CARE
SOCIAL INSURANCE
SOCIAL INSURANCE PROGRAMS
SOCIAL PROGRAMS
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL SAFETY NET
SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS
SOCIAL WELFARE
SPICES
STAPLE FOODS
SUBSISTENCE
SUGAR
SUPPORT PROGRAM
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
TARGETING
TARGETING MECHANISMS
TRANSFER BENEFIT
TRANSFER PROGRAM
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
VEGETABLES
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS
VULNERABLE CHILDREN
VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS
VULNERABLE SEGMENTS
VULNERABLE WOMEN
WELFARE DISTRIBUTION
WHEAT
WHEAT SUBSIDY
WORLD FOOD PROGRAM
ZAKAT
spellingShingle ACCESS TO EDUCATION
ACCESS TO JOBS
AGRICULTURAL LAND
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
AGRICULTURE
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
BASIC NEEDS
BENEFICIARIES
BENEFICIARY
BENEFICIARY ASSESSMENTS
BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS
BENEFICIARY SURVEY
CALORIC CONSUMPTION
CALORIC INTAKE
CALORIE AVAILABILITY
CASH GRANT
CASH GRANTS
CASH TRANSFER
CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM
CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS
CASH TRANSFERS
CASH-TRANSFER
CHEAPER FOOD
CHILD LABOR
CHILD LABOUR
CHILD SUPPORT
CHILD WELFARE
CHRONICALLY POOR
CONDITIONAL CASH
CONSUMER PRICES
COOKING
COPING MECHANISMS
COPING STRATEGIES
CREDIT MARKETS
DAIRY
DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY
DROUGHT
ECONOMIC DOWNTURN
ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC POLICIES
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
EMPLOYMENT PROMOTION
EXTERNAL SHOCKS
FINANCIAL CRISES
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FOOD ASSISTANCE
FOOD CONSUMPTION
FOOD EXPENDITURE
FOOD EXPENDITURES
FOOD INSECURITY
FOOD INTAKE
FOOD ITEMS
FOOD PRICE
FOOD PRICES
FOOD PROGRAM
FOOD STAPLES
FOOD TRANSFERS
FRUIT
GRAINS
GRANT PROGRAM
HEALTH EXPENDITURES
HEALTH FACILITY
HEALTH INSURANCE
HEALTH INTERVENTIONS
HEALTH SERVICES
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HYGIENE
IDIOSYNCRATIC SHOCKS
IMPACT OF SHOCKS
IMPACT ON POVERTY
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME SHOCK
INCOME SHOCKS
INCOME SUPPORT
INDICATORS OF POVERTY
INEQUALITY
INSURANCE
INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE
LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS
LIMITED ACCESS
LIVING CONDITIONS
LIVING STANDARDS
LOSS OF EMPLOYMENT
LOSS OF INCOME
MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS
MALNUTRITION
MARKET FAILURES
MEANS TEST
MEAT
MILK
MINIMUM INCOME
NATURAL DISASTER
NATURAL DISASTERS
NATURAL SHOCKS
NEAR POOR
NEEDS ASSESSMENT
NUTRITION OUTCOMES
OLD AGE
PENSION
PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
POOR
POOR CHILDREN
POOR FAMILIES
POOR HOUSEHOLD
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POOR POPULATION
POOR WOMEN
POORER HOUSEHOLDS
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
POVERTY DYNAMICS
POVERTY ESTIMATES
POVERTY INDICATORS
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY RATES
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER
POVERTY SITUATION
POVERTY STATUS
PREVENTATIVE HEALTH
PREVENTIVE HEALTH
PRICE SUBSIDIES
PRICE SUBSIDY
PRODUCTIVE ASSETS
PROTECTION MECHANISMS
PROTECTION POLICY
PROTECTION SYSTEM
PUBLIC SERVICE
PURCHASING POWER
QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENTS
REDUCTION IN POVERTY
REFORM PROCESS
REGIONAL TARGETING
REGIONAL VARIATION
RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS
RESOURCE MOBILIZATION
RURAL
RURAL AREAS
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
SAFETY NET
SAFETY NET PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
SAFETY NET PROGRAMS
SAFETY NET SYSTEM
SAFETY NETS
SAVINGS
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS
SCHOOLING
SHOCK
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
SOCIAL CARE
SOCIAL INSURANCE
SOCIAL INSURANCE PROGRAMS
SOCIAL PROGRAMS
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL SAFETY NET
SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS
SOCIAL WELFARE
SPICES
STAPLE FOODS
SUBSISTENCE
SUGAR
SUPPORT PROGRAM
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
TARGETING
TARGETING MECHANISMS
TRANSFER BENEFIT
TRANSFER PROGRAM
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
VEGETABLES
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS
VULNERABLE CHILDREN
VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS
VULNERABLE SEGMENTS
VULNERABLE WOMEN
WELFARE DISTRIBUTION
WHEAT
WHEAT SUBSIDY
WORLD FOOD PROGRAM
ZAKAT
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Pakistan - Towards an Integrated National Safety Net System : Assisting Poor and Vulnerable Households, An Analysis of Pakistan's Main Cash Transfer Program
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Pakistan
description The vision of Pakistan's social protection strategy to reach the poor and vulnerable (2007) is 'to develop an integrated and comprehensive social protection system, covering all the population, but especially the poorest and the most vulnerable'. Consistent with this vision, the goals of the strategy are identified as: 1) to support chronically poor households and protect them against destitution, food insecurity, exploitation and social exclusion; 2) to protect poor and vulnerable households from the impacts of adverse shocks to their consumption and well-being that, if not mitigated, would push non poor households into poverty, and poor households into deeper poverty; and 3) to promote investment in human and physical assets, including health, nutrition, and education, by poor households capable of ensuring their resilience in the medium run and of interrupting the intergenerational cycle of poverty. This vision is fully consistent with the World Bank's social protection and labor strategy for 2012-2022, which recognizes that effective social protection and labor policies and programs help create the resilience, equity and access to jobs and opportunities essential to save lives, reduce poverty and promote sustainable growth. The focus of this report is Pakistan's main safety net program: the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP), which is only one part of the broader poverty reduction and social protection interventions. In particular, social protection includes labor policy, contributory social insurance, and social care services as well as safety nets. Pakistan's social protection system comprises safety nets, social security and employment promotion and protection.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Other Social Protection Study
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title Pakistan - Towards an Integrated National Safety Net System : Assisting Poor and Vulnerable Households, An Analysis of Pakistan's Main Cash Transfer Program
title_short Pakistan - Towards an Integrated National Safety Net System : Assisting Poor and Vulnerable Households, An Analysis of Pakistan's Main Cash Transfer Program
title_full Pakistan - Towards an Integrated National Safety Net System : Assisting Poor and Vulnerable Households, An Analysis of Pakistan's Main Cash Transfer Program
title_fullStr Pakistan - Towards an Integrated National Safety Net System : Assisting Poor and Vulnerable Households, An Analysis of Pakistan's Main Cash Transfer Program
title_full_unstemmed Pakistan - Towards an Integrated National Safety Net System : Assisting Poor and Vulnerable Households, An Analysis of Pakistan's Main Cash Transfer Program
title_sort pakistan - towards an integrated national safety net system : assisting poor and vulnerable households, an analysis of pakistan's main cash transfer program
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17286460/pakistan-towards-integrated-national-safety-net-system
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13254
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spelling okr-10986-132542021-04-23T14:03:06Z Pakistan - Towards an Integrated National Safety Net System : Assisting Poor and Vulnerable Households, An Analysis of Pakistan's Main Cash Transfer Program World Bank ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO JOBS AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS BASIC NEEDS BENEFICIARIES BENEFICIARY BENEFICIARY ASSESSMENTS BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS BENEFICIARY SURVEY CALORIC CONSUMPTION CALORIC INTAKE CALORIE AVAILABILITY CASH GRANT CASH GRANTS CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CASH TRANSFERS CASH-TRANSFER CHEAPER FOOD CHILD LABOR CHILD LABOUR CHILD SUPPORT CHILD WELFARE CHRONICALLY POOR CONDITIONAL CASH CONSUMER PRICES COOKING COPING MECHANISMS COPING STRATEGIES CREDIT MARKETS DAIRY DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY DROUGHT ECONOMIC DOWNTURN ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA EMPLOYMENT PROMOTION EXTERNAL SHOCKS FINANCIAL CRISES FINANCIAL CRISIS FOOD ASSISTANCE FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD EXPENDITURE FOOD EXPENDITURES FOOD INSECURITY FOOD INTAKE FOOD ITEMS FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOOD PROGRAM FOOD STAPLES FOOD TRANSFERS FRUIT GRAINS GRANT PROGRAM HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH FACILITY HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH SERVICES HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HYGIENE IDIOSYNCRATIC SHOCKS IMPACT OF SHOCKS IMPACT ON POVERTY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME SHOCK INCOME SHOCKS INCOME SUPPORT INDICATORS OF POVERTY INEQUALITY INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS LIMITED ACCESS LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LOSS OF EMPLOYMENT LOSS OF INCOME MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS MALNUTRITION MARKET FAILURES MEANS TEST MEAT MILK MINIMUM INCOME NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL SHOCKS NEAR POOR NEEDS ASSESSMENT NUTRITION OUTCOMES OLD AGE PENSION PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES POOR POOR CHILDREN POOR FAMILIES POOR HOUSEHOLD POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR POPULATION POOR WOMEN POORER HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY DYNAMICS POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY LINE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER POVERTY SITUATION POVERTY STATUS PREVENTATIVE HEALTH PREVENTIVE HEALTH PRICE SUBSIDIES PRICE SUBSIDY PRODUCTIVE ASSETS PROTECTION MECHANISMS PROTECTION POLICY PROTECTION SYSTEM PUBLIC SERVICE PURCHASING POWER QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENTS REDUCTION IN POVERTY REFORM PROCESS REGIONAL TARGETING REGIONAL VARIATION RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS RESOURCE MOBILIZATION RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS SAFETY NET SAFETY NET PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SAFETY NET SYSTEM SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS SCHOOLING SHOCK SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL CARE SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL INSURANCE PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY NET SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS SOCIAL WELFARE SPICES STAPLE FOODS SUBSISTENCE SUGAR SUPPORT PROGRAM SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TARGETING TARGETING MECHANISMS TRANSFER BENEFIT TRANSFER PROGRAM UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS VEGETABLES VOCATIONAL TRAINING VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS VULNERABLE CHILDREN VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS VULNERABLE SEGMENTS VULNERABLE WOMEN WELFARE DISTRIBUTION WHEAT WHEAT SUBSIDY WORLD FOOD PROGRAM ZAKAT The vision of Pakistan's social protection strategy to reach the poor and vulnerable (2007) is 'to develop an integrated and comprehensive social protection system, covering all the population, but especially the poorest and the most vulnerable'. Consistent with this vision, the goals of the strategy are identified as: 1) to support chronically poor households and protect them against destitution, food insecurity, exploitation and social exclusion; 2) to protect poor and vulnerable households from the impacts of adverse shocks to their consumption and well-being that, if not mitigated, would push non poor households into poverty, and poor households into deeper poverty; and 3) to promote investment in human and physical assets, including health, nutrition, and education, by poor households capable of ensuring their resilience in the medium run and of interrupting the intergenerational cycle of poverty. This vision is fully consistent with the World Bank's social protection and labor strategy for 2012-2022, which recognizes that effective social protection and labor policies and programs help create the resilience, equity and access to jobs and opportunities essential to save lives, reduce poverty and promote sustainable growth. The focus of this report is Pakistan's main safety net program: the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP), which is only one part of the broader poverty reduction and social protection interventions. In particular, social protection includes labor policy, contributory social insurance, and social care services as well as safety nets. Pakistan's social protection system comprises safety nets, social security and employment promotion and protection. 2013-04-22T20:30:04Z 2013-04-22T20:30:04Z 2013-01-24 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17286460/pakistan-towards-integrated-national-safety-net-system http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13254 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Social Protection Study Economic & Sector Work South Asia Pakistan