Entering the City : Emerging Evidence and Practices with Safety Nets in Urban Areas
Most safety net programs in low and middle-income countries have hitherto been conceived for rural areas. Yet as the global urban population increases and poverty urbanizes, it becomes of utmost importance to understand how to make safety nets work...
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okr-10986-224822021-04-23T14:04:09Z Entering the City : Emerging Evidence and Practices with Safety Nets in Urban Areas Gentilini, Ugo urban areas urban poverty social protection systems safety nets social assistance cash transfers migration social inclusion urban development urbanization cities Most safety net programs in low and middle-income countries have hitherto been conceived for rural areas. Yet as the global urban population increases and poverty urbanizes, it becomes of utmost importance to understand how to make safety nets work in urban settings. This paper discusses the process of urbanization, the peculiar features of urban poverty, and emerging experiences with urban safety net programs in dozens of countries. It does so by reviewing multidisciplinary literature, examining household survey data, and presenting a compilation of case studies from a ‘first generation’ of programs. The paper finds that urban areas pose fundamentally different sets of opportunities and challenges for social protection, and that safety net programs are at the very beginning of a process of urban adaptation. The mixed-performance and preliminary nature of the experiences suggest putting a premium on learning and evidence-generation. This might include revisiting some key design choices and better connecting safety nets to spatial, economic and social services agendas compelling to urban areas. 2015-08-18T19:21:17Z 2015-08-18T19:21:17Z 2015-07 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24841441/entering-city-emerging-evidence-practices-safety-nets-urban-areas http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22482 English en_US Social protection and labor discussion paper,no. 1504; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper |
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Most safety net programs in low and
middle-income countries have hitherto been conceived for
rural areas. Yet as the global urban population increases
and poverty urbanizes, it becomes of utmost importance to
understand how to make safety nets work in urban settings.
This paper discusses the process of urbanization, the
peculiar features of urban poverty, and emerging experiences
with urban safety net programs in dozens of countries. It
does so by reviewing multidisciplinary literature, examining
household survey data, and presenting a compilation of case
studies from a ‘first generation’ of programs. The paper
finds that urban areas pose fundamentally different sets of
opportunities and challenges for social protection, and that
safety net programs are at the very beginning of a process
of urban adaptation. The mixed-performance and preliminary
nature of the experiences suggest putting a premium on
learning and evidence-generation. This might include
revisiting some key design choices and better connecting
safety nets to spatial, economic and social services agendas
compelling to urban areas. |
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Working Paper |
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Gentilini, Ugo |
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Gentilini, Ugo |
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Gentilini, Ugo |
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Entering the City : Emerging Evidence and Practices with Safety Nets in Urban Areas |
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Entering the City : Emerging Evidence and Practices with Safety Nets in Urban Areas |
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Entering the City : Emerging Evidence and Practices with Safety Nets in Urban Areas |
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Entering the City : Emerging Evidence and Practices with Safety Nets in Urban Areas |
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Entering the City : Emerging Evidence and Practices with Safety Nets in Urban Areas |
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entering the city : emerging evidence and practices with safety nets in urban areas |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2015 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24841441/entering-city-emerging-evidence-practices-safety-nets-urban-areas http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22482 |
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