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
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/18780418/mexicos-temporary-employment-program-pet-case-study
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spelling okr-10986-176212021-04-23T14:03:39Z Mexico's Temporary Employment Program : Case Study World Bank 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 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. 2014-04-07T16:28:27Z 2014-04-07T16:28:27Z 2013-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/18780418/mexicos-temporary-employment-program-pet-case-study http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17621 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Mexico
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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
World Bank
Mexico's Temporary Employment Program : Case Study
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description 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.
format Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author World Bank
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title Mexico's Temporary Employment Program : Case Study
title_short Mexico's Temporary Employment Program : Case Study
title_full Mexico's Temporary Employment Program : Case Study
title_fullStr Mexico's Temporary Employment Program : Case Study
title_full_unstemmed Mexico's Temporary Employment Program : Case Study
title_sort mexico's temporary employment program : case study
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url 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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