Bangladesh Social Protection Public Expenditure Review
Bangladesh’s economy is growing at a healthy pace and macro conditions are strong. Progress in social outcomes in Bangladesh is inspiring other countries, but deep challenges persist as the pace of poverty reduction slows down. Bangladesh labor mar...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Dhaka
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/829251631088806963/Bangladesh-Social-Protection-Public-Expenditure-Review http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36236 |
| Summary: | Bangladesh’s economy is growing at a
healthy pace and macro conditions are strong. Progress in
social outcomes in Bangladesh is inspiring other countries,
but deep challenges persist as the pace of poverty reduction
slows down. Bangladesh labor market is dominated by
low-productivity and informality. Urbanization also has
important consequences for social protection spending and
design. Bangladesh is ranked as the most vulnerable country
in the world to climate related shocks. Social protection in
Bangladesh has been evolving since the 1970s, through
innovation and experimentation. The core issue in
Bangladesh, more than the overall resources devoted to
social protection, seems to be around how well these
resources are deployed. This public expenditure review
focuses on four aspects of quality of spending, which
together point to elements that could be reformed to
increase the overall impact of the resources devoted to this
sector. The first key question is whether these important
resources are allocated in a manner that focuses on the
issues they are meant to address (discussed in Chapter 2).
The second set of questions relate to whether the program
themselves are designed to be impactful, that whether they
are reaching the intended beneficiaries in a manner that’s
adequate or commensurate with their needs (discussed in
Chapter 3). A third set of issues relate to whether the
processes used to prioritize, budget and finance these
programs are efficient (discussed in chapter 4). Finally,
the last elements essential to the overall effectiveness of
the social protection expenditure is the efficiency in the
delivery of the programs to their beneficiaries, from the
central to the local level (discussed in chapter 5). |
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