Social Safety Nets and Gender : Learning from Impact Evaluations and World Bank Projects

Poverty reduction is the overarching objective of the World Bank Group and is reflected in the institution s commitment to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). More recently, the twin goals of the institution, eradicating extreme poverty by 203...

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Main Author: Independent Evaluation Group
Format: Publications & Research
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
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SSN
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/23888781/social-safety-nets-gender-learning-impact-evaluations-world-bank-projects
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topic ACCESS TO INFORMATION
ACCESS TO RESOURCES
ADULTHOOD
ALTERNATIVE EMPLOYMENT
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
ATTENDANCE RATES
BARGAINING MODELS
BENEFICIARIES
BENEFICIARY
BENEFITS FOR WOMEN
CASH ASSISTANCE
CASH TRANSFER
CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS
CASH TRANSFERS
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD LABOR
CHILDHOOD
CONDITIONAL CASH
CONFLICT
CONTRACEPTION
CONTRIBUTORY PENSIONS
CUSTOMARY LAWS
DISCRIMINATION
DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT
DIVORCE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
ECONOMIC BARRIERS
ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN
EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
EU
FAMILY WELFARE
FATHER
FEMALE
FEMALE EMPLOYMENT
FEMALE HEADS
FEMALES
FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE
FOOD CONSUMPTION
FOOD SECURITY
FOOD TRANSFERS
FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION
FUTURE EARNINGS
GENDER
GENDER ACTION
GENDER ASPECTS
GENDER CONSIDERATIONS
GENDER DEVELOPMENT
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GENDER DIMENSION
GENDER DISCRIMINATION
GENDER DISPARITIES
GENDER EQUALITY
GENDER EQUALITY GOAL
GENDER EQUALITY GOALS
GENDER GAPS
GENDER GAPS IN ACCESS
GENDER IMPLICATIONS
GENDER INDICATORS
GENDER INEQUALITIES
GENDER INEQUALITY
GENDER INTERVENTIONS
GENDER ISSUES
GENDER MAINSTREAMING
GENDER MAINSTREAMING STRATEGY
GENDER ROLES
GENDER SEGREGATION
GIRLS
HEALTH CARE SERVICES
HEALTH FACILITY
HEIGHT-FOR-AGE
HOME
HOME RATION
HOUSEHOLD ALLOCATION
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD POVERTY
HOUSEHOLDS
HOUSING
HUMAN RIGHTS
HUSBAND
INCOME SECURITY
INCOME SUPPORT
INFORMAL INSURANCE
INFORMAL SECTOR
INHERITANCE
INSURANCE
INTEGRATION OF GENDER
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY
INTERVENTION
INTERVENTIONS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR SUPPLY
LABOUR ORGANIZATION
LAND OWNERSHIP
LEGAL STATUS
LIVING ARRANGEMENTS
MAINTENANCE PROGRAM
MARRIAGE LAWS
MARRIAGES
MATERNAL HEALTH
MATERNAL MORTALITY
MOTHER
MOTHERHOOD
MOTHERS
NURSES
NUTRITION
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
OCCUPATIONS
OLD AGE
OLD AGE PENSION
OLD AGE PENSIONS
PENSION
PENSIONS
PHYSICIANS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POOR
POVERTY INTERVENTIONS
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY REDUCTION
POWER OF WOMEN
PREGNANCIES
PREGNANCY
PRENATAL CARE
PRODUCTIVE ASSETS
PROGRAM DESIGNS
PROTECTION SYSTEM
PROTECTION SYSTEMS
PUBLIC WORKS
PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
SAFETY
SAVINGS
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
SEX
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
SITE FEEDING
SOCIAL ACTION
SOCIAL ACTION FUND
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
SOCIAL INSURANCE
SOCIAL INSURANCE PROGRAMS
SOCIAL PENSIONS
SOCIAL POLICIES
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL SAFETY NET
SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS
SOCIAL SERVICES
SOCIAL WELFARE
SSN
STRUCTURAL REFORMS
TARGETING
TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT
TRANSFER RECIPIENT
UNITED NATIONS
URBAN AREAS
VICTIMS
VOUCHERS
VULNERABLE GROUP
VULNERABLE GROUPS
WELFARE PROGRAMS
WILL
WOMAN
WOMEN'S HEALTH
WORK PROGRAMS
WORKS PROJECTS
WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
YOUNG WOMEN
spellingShingle ACCESS TO INFORMATION
ACCESS TO RESOURCES
ADULTHOOD
ALTERNATIVE EMPLOYMENT
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
ATTENDANCE RATES
BARGAINING MODELS
BENEFICIARIES
BENEFICIARY
BENEFITS FOR WOMEN
CASH ASSISTANCE
CASH TRANSFER
CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS
CASH TRANSFERS
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD LABOR
CHILDHOOD
CONDITIONAL CASH
CONFLICT
CONTRACEPTION
CONTRIBUTORY PENSIONS
CUSTOMARY LAWS
DISCRIMINATION
DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT
DIVORCE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
ECONOMIC BARRIERS
ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN
EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
EU
FAMILY WELFARE
FATHER
FEMALE
FEMALE EMPLOYMENT
FEMALE HEADS
FEMALES
FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE
FOOD CONSUMPTION
FOOD SECURITY
FOOD TRANSFERS
FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION
FUTURE EARNINGS
GENDER
GENDER ACTION
GENDER ASPECTS
GENDER CONSIDERATIONS
GENDER DEVELOPMENT
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GENDER DIMENSION
GENDER DISCRIMINATION
GENDER DISPARITIES
GENDER EQUALITY
GENDER EQUALITY GOAL
GENDER EQUALITY GOALS
GENDER GAPS
GENDER GAPS IN ACCESS
GENDER IMPLICATIONS
GENDER INDICATORS
GENDER INEQUALITIES
GENDER INEQUALITY
GENDER INTERVENTIONS
GENDER ISSUES
GENDER MAINSTREAMING
GENDER MAINSTREAMING STRATEGY
GENDER ROLES
GENDER SEGREGATION
GIRLS
HEALTH CARE SERVICES
HEALTH FACILITY
HEIGHT-FOR-AGE
HOME
HOME RATION
HOUSEHOLD ALLOCATION
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD POVERTY
HOUSEHOLDS
HOUSING
HUMAN RIGHTS
HUSBAND
INCOME SECURITY
INCOME SUPPORT
INFORMAL INSURANCE
INFORMAL SECTOR
INHERITANCE
INSURANCE
INTEGRATION OF GENDER
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY
INTERVENTION
INTERVENTIONS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR SUPPLY
LABOUR ORGANIZATION
LAND OWNERSHIP
LEGAL STATUS
LIVING ARRANGEMENTS
MAINTENANCE PROGRAM
MARRIAGE LAWS
MARRIAGES
MATERNAL HEALTH
MATERNAL MORTALITY
MOTHER
MOTHERHOOD
MOTHERS
NURSES
NUTRITION
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
OCCUPATIONS
OLD AGE
OLD AGE PENSION
OLD AGE PENSIONS
PENSION
PENSIONS
PHYSICIANS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POOR
POVERTY INTERVENTIONS
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY REDUCTION
POWER OF WOMEN
PREGNANCIES
PREGNANCY
PRENATAL CARE
PRODUCTIVE ASSETS
PROGRAM DESIGNS
PROTECTION SYSTEM
PROTECTION SYSTEMS
PUBLIC WORKS
PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
SAFETY
SAVINGS
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
SEX
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
SITE FEEDING
SOCIAL ACTION
SOCIAL ACTION FUND
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
SOCIAL INSURANCE
SOCIAL INSURANCE PROGRAMS
SOCIAL PENSIONS
SOCIAL POLICIES
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL SAFETY NET
SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS
SOCIAL SERVICES
SOCIAL WELFARE
SSN
STRUCTURAL REFORMS
TARGETING
TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT
TRANSFER RECIPIENT
UNITED NATIONS
URBAN AREAS
VICTIMS
VOUCHERS
VULNERABLE GROUP
VULNERABLE GROUPS
WELFARE PROGRAMS
WILL
WOMAN
WOMEN'S HEALTH
WORK PROGRAMS
WORKS PROJECTS
WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
YOUNG WOMEN
Independent Evaluation Group
Social Safety Nets and Gender : Learning from Impact Evaluations and World Bank Projects
description Poverty reduction is the overarching objective of the World Bank Group and is reflected in the institution s commitment to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). More recently, the twin goals of the institution, eradicating extreme poverty by 2030 and boosting shared prosperity, expressed a renewed commitment toward the Bank Group s vision of a world free of poverty. This message is intimately related to another main goal of the institution: advancing gender equality. The shared prosperity goal calls for ensuring that men and women and boys and girls are included in the development process. This review focuses on a core set of poverty reduction interventions: Social Safety Net (SSN) programs. SSNs, a subset of social protection programs, are noncontributory transfer programs. Their main objective is to protect the poor against destitution and promoting equality of opportunity. The need to integrate gender considerations into the design of SSNs (and social protection interventions more generally) is an explicit objective of the World Bank Social Protection (SP) strategy. This report analyzes whether SSN interventions produce results and help to improve gender equality for men and women and boys and girls, either as a deliberate outcome or as an unplanned consequence. The report discusses whether SSN interventions aim to empower women and achieve greater gender equality, or impact other gender outcomes as one of their main goals. The report also looks at what type of actions and indicators these interventions adopt and what results they obtain. The report reviews evidence of results on SSN-specific outcomes.
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author Independent Evaluation Group
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title Social Safety Nets and Gender : Learning from Impact Evaluations and World Bank Projects
title_short Social Safety Nets and Gender : Learning from Impact Evaluations and World Bank Projects
title_full Social Safety Nets and Gender : Learning from Impact Evaluations and World Bank Projects
title_fullStr Social Safety Nets and Gender : Learning from Impact Evaluations and World Bank Projects
title_full_unstemmed Social Safety Nets and Gender : Learning from Impact Evaluations and World Bank Projects
title_sort social safety nets and gender : learning from impact evaluations and world bank projects
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2015
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/23888781/social-safety-nets-gender-learning-impact-evaluations-world-bank-projects
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21365
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spelling okr-10986-213652021-04-23T14:04:01Z Social Safety Nets and Gender : Learning from Impact Evaluations and World Bank Projects Independent Evaluation Group ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO RESOURCES ADULTHOOD ALTERNATIVE EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS ATTENDANCE RATES BARGAINING MODELS BENEFICIARIES BENEFICIARY BENEFITS FOR WOMEN CASH ASSISTANCE CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CASH TRANSFERS CHILD HEALTH CHILD LABOR CHILDHOOD CONDITIONAL CASH CONFLICT CONTRACEPTION CONTRIBUTORY PENSIONS CUSTOMARY LAWS DISCRIMINATION DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT DIVORCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ECONOMIC BARRIERS ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY EU FAMILY WELFARE FATHER FEMALE FEMALE EMPLOYMENT FEMALE HEADS FEMALES FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD SECURITY FOOD TRANSFERS FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION FUTURE EARNINGS GENDER GENDER ACTION GENDER ASPECTS GENDER CONSIDERATIONS GENDER DEVELOPMENT GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DIMENSION GENDER DISCRIMINATION GENDER DISPARITIES GENDER EQUALITY GENDER EQUALITY GOAL GENDER EQUALITY GOALS GENDER GAPS GENDER GAPS IN ACCESS GENDER IMPLICATIONS GENDER INDICATORS GENDER INEQUALITIES GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER INTERVENTIONS GENDER ISSUES GENDER MAINSTREAMING GENDER MAINSTREAMING STRATEGY GENDER ROLES GENDER SEGREGATION GIRLS HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH FACILITY HEIGHT-FOR-AGE HOME HOME RATION HOUSEHOLD ALLOCATION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING HUMAN RIGHTS HUSBAND INCOME SECURITY INCOME SUPPORT INFORMAL INSURANCE INFORMAL SECTOR INHERITANCE INSURANCE INTEGRATION OF GENDER INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR SUPPLY LABOUR ORGANIZATION LAND OWNERSHIP LEGAL STATUS LIVING ARRANGEMENTS MAINTENANCE PROGRAM MARRIAGE LAWS MARRIAGES MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL MORTALITY MOTHER MOTHERHOOD MOTHERS NURSES NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS OCCUPATIONS OLD AGE OLD AGE PENSION OLD AGE PENSIONS PENSION PENSIONS PHYSICIANS POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POVERTY INTERVENTIONS POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY REDUCTION POWER OF WOMEN PREGNANCIES PREGNANCY PRENATAL CARE PRODUCTIVE ASSETS PROGRAM DESIGNS PROTECTION SYSTEM PROTECTION SYSTEMS PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE RESOURCE ALLOCATION SAFETY SAVINGS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SEX SEXUAL VIOLENCE SITE FEEDING SOCIAL ACTION SOCIAL ACTION FUND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL INSURANCE PROGRAMS SOCIAL PENSIONS SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY NET SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL WELFARE SSN STRUCTURAL REFORMS TARGETING TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT TRANSFER RECIPIENT UNITED NATIONS URBAN AREAS VICTIMS VOUCHERS VULNERABLE GROUP VULNERABLE GROUPS WELFARE PROGRAMS WILL WOMAN WOMEN'S HEALTH WORK PROGRAMS WORKS PROJECTS WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME YOUNG WOMEN Poverty reduction is the overarching objective of the World Bank Group and is reflected in the institution s commitment to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). More recently, the twin goals of the institution, eradicating extreme poverty by 2030 and boosting shared prosperity, expressed a renewed commitment toward the Bank Group s vision of a world free of poverty. This message is intimately related to another main goal of the institution: advancing gender equality. The shared prosperity goal calls for ensuring that men and women and boys and girls are included in the development process. This review focuses on a core set of poverty reduction interventions: Social Safety Net (SSN) programs. SSNs, a subset of social protection programs, are noncontributory transfer programs. Their main objective is to protect the poor against destitution and promoting equality of opportunity. The need to integrate gender considerations into the design of SSNs (and social protection interventions more generally) is an explicit objective of the World Bank Social Protection (SP) strategy. This report analyzes whether SSN interventions produce results and help to improve gender equality for men and women and boys and girls, either as a deliberate outcome or as an unplanned consequence. The report discusses whether SSN interventions aim to empower women and achieve greater gender equality, or impact other gender outcomes as one of their main goals. The report also looks at what type of actions and indicators these interventions adopt and what results they obtain. The report reviews evidence of results on SSN-specific outcomes. 2015-01-30T15:12:35Z 2015-01-30T15:12:35Z 2014 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/23888781/social-safety-nets-gender-learning-impact-evaluations-world-bank-projects http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21365 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper