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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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Dhaka 2021
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spelling okr-10986-362362021-09-15T14:03:00Z Bangladesh Social Protection Public Expenditure Review World Bank SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY BENEFICIARY TARGETING SERVICE DELIVERY 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). 2021-09-08T14:41:52Z 2021-09-08T14:41:52Z 2021-08 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/829251631088806963/Bangladesh-Social-Protection-Public-Expenditure-Review http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36236 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Dhaka Economic & Sector Work :: Public Expenditure Review Economic & Sector Work South Asia Bangladesh
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topic SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY
BENEFICIARY TARGETING
SERVICE DELIVERY
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SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY
BENEFICIARY TARGETING
SERVICE DELIVERY
World Bank
Bangladesh Social Protection Public Expenditure Review
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description 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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title Bangladesh Social Protection Public Expenditure Review
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