Mexico's Temporary Employment Program : Case Study

Mexico's Temporary Employment Program : Case Study

Mexico's Temporary Employment Program or PET (Programa de Empleo Temporal) is an example of a social safety net (SSN) program in a middle-income country that has integrated disaster risk management and climate change adaptation into its operat...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES BASES CITIZEN CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CO COMMERCIAL BANKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY NETWORK CONTINGENCY PLANNING DAMAGE ASSESSMENT DECLARATION DELIVERY MECHANISMS DENGUE DISASTER DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER PREVENTION DISASTER RESPONSE DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DISASTER RISKS DISEASES DROUGHT DROUGHTS EARLY WARNING EARTHQUAKES EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES ELECTRICITY EMERGENCIES EMERGENCY RESPONSE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EXTREME EVENTS FIRE FLOOD FLOODING FLOODS FOOD BANK FORESTRY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH SERVICES HEAVY RAINFALL HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HURRICANES IMPACT EVENTS INFORMATION SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS INSURANCE LANDSLIDE LANDSLIDES LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE MEDICAL SERVICES METEOROLOGICAL DISASTERS MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POPULATION NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL ENVIRONMENT NATURAL HAZARDS NATURAL RESOURCES NUTRITION PET POLICY LEVEL POPULATION COMMISSION PREVENTIVE ACTIONS PRIMARY EDUCATION PROGRESS PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY OF LIFE RAIN RAINWATER RECONSTRUCTION RELIEF RESOURCE NEEDS RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL POPULATIONS SAFETY SAFETY NET SEX SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL PARTICIPATION SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SECURITY SOIL EROSION STORM STORMS TRANSPORTATION TROPICAL CYCLONES TROPICAL STORMS TSUNAMIS TYPE OF DISASTER UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT LEVELS URBAN AREAS VOLCANOES VULNERABILITY VULNERABLE GROUPS VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WATER DISTRIBUTION WATER SHORTAGES WATER TREATMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/18780418/mexicos-temporary-employment-program-pet-case-study http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17621

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Summary:	Mexico's Temporary Employment Program or PET (Programa de Empleo Temporal) is an example of a social safety net (SSN) program in a middle-income country that has integrated disaster risk management and climate change adaptation into its operations. PET is a cash-for-work program providing temporary transfers in exchange for labor in community projects to eligible households in marginalized municipalities or whose livelihoods have been affected by natural disasters or other crises. Some of the PET's interesting features include: a highly collaborative and formalized institutional relationship that has been developed between social protection, disaster management and sectoral agencies; the creation of a quick and efficient disaster response mechanism and contingency fund; the incorporation of disaster and climate sensitive targeting criteria and into sectoral public works programs; and a payment system that recognizes the mobility constraints of some beneficiaries. Mexico's PET is a social safety net program managed by the Government of Mexico (GoM). It provides temporary transfers in exchange for participation in public works projects to households in communities that is highly marginalized; suffer high unemployment levels, and/or whose livelihoods have been affected by the impact of natural disasters and other systemic crises. PET aims to reach the poor with labor-intensive public work programs that build infrastructure as well as environmental or sustainable agricultural improvements.