To What Extent Does the Existing Safety Net Protect the Poor?

To What Extent Does the Existing Safety Net Protect the Poor?

The objective of social protection policies is to help families, individuals and communities with the prevention and mitigation of social and economic risks. Social protection policies are a range of public interventions to support the poor and vul...

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Main Author: Gassmann, Franziska
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:
safety nets
poverty reduction
social protection
social assistance
social assistance targeting
coverage
social transfers
non-contributory
poverty line
extreme poverty
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/914301486988386789/To-what-extent-does-the-existing-safety-net-protect-the-poor
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spelling okr-10986-261262021-04-23T14:04:33Z To What Extent Does the Existing Safety Net Protect the Poor? Gassmann, Franziska safety nets poverty reduction social protection social assistance social assistance targeting coverage social transfers non-contributory poverty line extreme poverty The objective of social protection policies is to help families, individuals and communities with the prevention and mitigation of social and economic risks. Social protection policies are a range of public interventions to support the poor and vulnerable, and assist families, individuals and communities to better manage social and economic risks. The objective of this paper is to assess the effectiveness of the Kyrgyz social safety net in protecting the poor using data from the 2008 Kyrgyz Integrated Household Survey (KIHS). The analysis focuses on non-contributory social benefits targeted to poor and vulnerable households. The next section provides an overview of the current system of social benefits and recent reforms. Section three presents the results of the empirical analysis, focusing on coverage, distribution, adequacy and impact of the current non-contributory social transfers. Section four discusses the potential impact of the reform and further challenges. 2017-02-22T17:54:14Z 2017-02-22T17:54:14Z 2011-06-28 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/914301486988386789/To-what-extent-does-the-existing-safety-net-protect-the-poor http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26126 English en_US 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 Europe and Central Asia Kyrgyz Republic
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poverty reduction
social protection
social assistance
social assistance targeting
coverage
social transfers
non-contributory
poverty line
extreme poverty
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poverty reduction
social protection
social assistance
social assistance targeting
coverage
social transfers
non-contributory
poverty line
extreme poverty
Gassmann, Franziska
To What Extent Does the Existing Safety Net Protect the Poor?
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
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description The objective of social protection policies is to help families, individuals and communities with the prevention and mitigation of social and economic risks. Social protection policies are a range of public interventions to support the poor and vulnerable, and assist families, individuals and communities to better manage social and economic risks. The objective of this paper is to assess the effectiveness of the Kyrgyz social safety net in protecting the poor using data from the 2008 Kyrgyz Integrated Household Survey (KIHS). The analysis focuses on non-contributory social benefits targeted to poor and vulnerable households. The next section provides an overview of the current system of social benefits and recent reforms. Section three presents the results of the empirical analysis, focusing on coverage, distribution, adequacy and impact of the current non-contributory social transfers. Section four discusses the potential impact of the reform and further challenges.
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author Gassmann, Franziska
author_facet Gassmann, Franziska
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title To What Extent Does the Existing Safety Net Protect the Poor?
title_short To What Extent Does the Existing Safety Net Protect the Poor?
title_full To What Extent Does the Existing Safety Net Protect the Poor?
title_fullStr To What Extent Does the Existing Safety Net Protect the Poor?
title_full_unstemmed To What Extent Does the Existing Safety Net Protect the Poor?
title_sort to what extent does the existing safety net protect the poor?
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/914301486988386789/To-what-extent-does-the-existing-safety-net-protect-the-poor
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26126
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