Argentina : Income Support Policies toward the Bicentennial
Argentina approaches its bicentennial as an independent republic; it has a window of opportunity in social protection policy. Following the most serious economic crisis in its history during 2001-02, the country mobilized an unprecedented effort to provide income support to the population in need. N...
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access to employment access to health care accounting administrative costs Baseline Data Beneficiaries Cash Transfer Programs cash transfers Child allowances child care childbirth citizens civil servants collective bargaining combat poverty commodity prices community development community services conditionalities conditionality consumption smoothing coverage of population crowding out cycle of poverty debt debt service delivery of services Descriptive Statistics development policies disability dissemination economic conditions economic crises economic cycle economic downturns economic growth Economic policy economic recovery economies of scale Elderly employment opportunities Employment Programs Family Allowances family benefits federal budget Federal spending financial resources financial support fiscal pressure fiscal side fiscal sustainability foreign direct investment GDP general revenues general taxation Gini coefficient government agencies government expenditure growth model health care health clinics Health insurance health services household size human capital Human Development income distribution Income inequality Income Support Income Support Programs Income Transfer Program Income Transfers indicator targeting Inequality Inflation Information systems innovations insurance schemes interventions job training labor market labor markets legal status living conditions local community local currency Marginal cost market incentives Ministry of Economy municipal authorities municipal governments municipal level national agencies National Council national government national income national level national strategy negative incentives number of people nutrition old age old-age opinion leaders opportunity cost opportunity costs pension reform pension scheme pension systems pensions Per Capita Income perfect targeting policy goals Policy Impacts policy makers policy response political economy Poor population groups poverty alleviation Poverty rates practitioners Price subsidies private sector Program Design program implementation programs Provincial governments Provincial Level provincial levels Public Expenditure Public Expenditures Public Revenues public sector public spending purchasing power quality of services respect retirement safety safety net School Attendance sector policies Simulations social assistance social consequences Social Development social development goals social indicators social insurance social insurance programs social policies Social policy Social Programs Social Protection Social Protection Sector Social Sectors Social security social security coverage social security programs social security system Social Spending structural reforms targeting trade unions training opportunities Transfer Programs Unemployed Unemployment unemployment benefits unemployment rate Urban Population vicious cycle vulnerability vulnerable groups vulnerable populations wage distribution wage increases wages war Wars welfare indicators welfare state workfare programs |
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access to employment access to health care accounting administrative costs Baseline Data Beneficiaries Cash Transfer Programs cash transfers Child allowances child care childbirth citizens civil servants collective bargaining combat poverty commodity prices community development community services conditionalities conditionality consumption smoothing coverage of population crowding out cycle of poverty debt debt service delivery of services Descriptive Statistics development policies disability dissemination economic conditions economic crises economic cycle economic downturns economic growth Economic policy economic recovery economies of scale Elderly employment opportunities Employment Programs Family Allowances family benefits federal budget Federal spending financial resources financial support fiscal pressure fiscal side fiscal sustainability foreign direct investment GDP general revenues general taxation Gini coefficient government agencies government expenditure growth model health care health clinics Health insurance health services household size human capital Human Development income distribution Income inequality Income Support Income Support Programs Income Transfer Program Income Transfers indicator targeting Inequality Inflation Information systems innovations insurance schemes interventions job training labor market labor markets legal status living conditions local community local currency Marginal cost market incentives Ministry of Economy municipal authorities municipal governments municipal level national agencies National Council national government national income national level national strategy negative incentives number of people nutrition old age old-age opinion leaders opportunity cost opportunity costs pension reform pension scheme pension systems pensions Per Capita Income perfect targeting policy goals Policy Impacts policy makers policy response political economy Poor population groups poverty alleviation Poverty rates practitioners Price subsidies private sector Program Design program implementation programs Provincial governments Provincial Level provincial levels Public Expenditure Public Expenditures Public Revenues public sector public spending purchasing power quality of services respect retirement safety safety net School Attendance sector policies Simulations social assistance social consequences Social Development social development goals social indicators social insurance social insurance programs social policies Social policy Social Programs Social Protection Social Protection Sector Social Sectors Social security social security coverage social security programs social security system Social Spending structural reforms targeting trade unions training opportunities Transfer Programs Unemployed Unemployment unemployment benefits unemployment rate Urban Population vicious cycle vulnerability vulnerable groups vulnerable populations wage distribution wage increases wages war Wars welfare indicators welfare state workfare programs World Bank Argentina : Income Support Policies toward the Bicentennial |
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Argentina approaches its bicentennial as an independent republic; it has a window of opportunity in social protection policy. Following the most serious economic crisis in its history during 2001-02, the country mobilized an unprecedented effort to provide income support to the population in need. Now, as growth has returned and social indicators have recovered to pre-crisis levels, there is an opening to move from emergency income support programs to a more comprehensive, long-term, and sustainable strategy for social protection. The emergency response was effective, as it helped the country to overcome the worst of the crisis. The centerpiece of the strategy, plan Jefes y Jefas, provided benefits to nearly two million households during a period when poverty affected more than half the population and unemployment reached record levels. The number of beneficiaries slowly declined beginning in 2003, and was at nearly one-third of its maximum value by early 2008. This reduction was achieved by the reentry of beneficiaries into the formal labor market, the loss of eligibility, and the shift of beneficiaries to familias and seguro de capacitacion y empleo (Seguro), the successor programs to Jefes. Now that the crisis has passed, the policy debate has shifted toward the future of social protection over the longer term. The improvement in overall economic conditions since 2003 has resulted in a decline in unemployment, poverty, and inequality, and a recovery of formal employment and real salaries to pre-crisis levels. These positive trends have generated opportunities to consider longer-term and structural issues, including a debate over the future of whether this new type of noncontributory social policies, based on income transfers to households and individuals, should continue. |
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okr-10986-135312021-04-23T14:03:10Z Argentina : Income Support Policies toward the Bicentennial World Bank access to employment access to health care accounting administrative costs Baseline Data Beneficiaries Cash Transfer Programs cash transfers Child allowances child care childbirth citizens civil servants collective bargaining combat poverty commodity prices community development community services conditionalities conditionality consumption smoothing coverage of population crowding out cycle of poverty debt debt service delivery of services Descriptive Statistics development policies disability dissemination economic conditions economic crises economic cycle economic downturns economic growth Economic policy economic recovery economies of scale Elderly employment opportunities Employment Programs Family Allowances family benefits federal budget Federal spending financial resources financial support fiscal pressure fiscal side fiscal sustainability foreign direct investment GDP general revenues general taxation Gini coefficient government agencies government expenditure growth model health care health clinics Health insurance health services household size human capital Human Development income distribution Income inequality Income Support Income Support Programs Income Transfer Program Income Transfers indicator targeting Inequality Inflation Information systems innovations insurance schemes interventions job training labor market labor markets legal status living conditions local community local currency Marginal cost market incentives Ministry of Economy municipal authorities municipal governments municipal level national agencies National Council national government national income national level national strategy negative incentives number of people nutrition old age old-age opinion leaders opportunity cost opportunity costs pension reform pension scheme pension systems pensions Per Capita Income perfect targeting policy goals Policy Impacts policy makers policy response political economy Poor population groups poverty alleviation Poverty rates practitioners Price subsidies private sector Program Design program implementation programs Provincial governments Provincial Level provincial levels Public Expenditure Public Expenditures Public Revenues public sector public spending purchasing power quality of services respect retirement safety safety net School Attendance sector policies Simulations social assistance social consequences Social Development social development goals social indicators social insurance social insurance programs social policies Social policy Social Programs Social Protection Social Protection Sector Social Sectors Social security social security coverage social security programs social security system Social Spending structural reforms targeting trade unions training opportunities Transfer Programs Unemployed Unemployment unemployment benefits unemployment rate Urban Population vicious cycle vulnerability vulnerable groups vulnerable populations wage distribution wage increases wages war Wars welfare indicators welfare state workfare programs Argentina approaches its bicentennial as an independent republic; it has a window of opportunity in social protection policy. Following the most serious economic crisis in its history during 2001-02, the country mobilized an unprecedented effort to provide income support to the population in need. Now, as growth has returned and social indicators have recovered to pre-crisis levels, there is an opening to move from emergency income support programs to a more comprehensive, long-term, and sustainable strategy for social protection. The emergency response was effective, as it helped the country to overcome the worst of the crisis. The centerpiece of the strategy, plan Jefes y Jefas, provided benefits to nearly two million households during a period when poverty affected more than half the population and unemployment reached record levels. The number of beneficiaries slowly declined beginning in 2003, and was at nearly one-third of its maximum value by early 2008. This reduction was achieved by the reentry of beneficiaries into the formal labor market, the loss of eligibility, and the shift of beneficiaries to familias and seguro de capacitacion y empleo (Seguro), the successor programs to Jefes. Now that the crisis has passed, the policy debate has shifted toward the future of social protection over the longer term. The improvement in overall economic conditions since 2003 has resulted in a decline in unemployment, poverty, and inequality, and a recovery of formal employment and real salaries to pre-crisis levels. These positive trends have generated opportunities to consider longer-term and structural issues, including a debate over the future of whether this new type of noncontributory social policies, based on income transfers to households and individuals, should continue. 2013-05-23T19:48:22Z 2013-05-23T19:48:22Z 2009 978-0-8213-8051-2 0253-2123 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13531 en_US World Bank Country Study; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean ARGENTINA |