Social Protection Situational Analysis : North Macedonia
North Macedonia has strengthened its social protection system through comprehensive reforms in social assistance, social services, and pensions. This note considers, based on existing evidence, the extent to which the social protection system in No...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2022
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099730108092234345/P176230056cd8e0690826605d07701e8bd2 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37873 |
| Summary: | North Macedonia has strengthened its
social protection system through comprehensive reforms in
social assistance, social services, and pensions. This note
considers, based on existing evidence, the extent to which
the social protection system in North Macedonia satisfies
four basic principles: adequacy; balance and effectiveness;
equity; and sustainability. The situational analysis note is
structured as follows: section two reviews the main poverty
and labor market outcomes in North Macedonia, comparing it
with peers and relevant country groups. Section 3 introduces
a framework to consider the performance of the social
protection system and then outlines the broad
characteristics of social protection in North Macedonia, by
program type and expenditure. Section 4 looks at
non-contributory cash transfers to support the poor, the
vulnerable and persons with disabilities and assesses the
recent social assistance reform. Section 5 discusses social
services and assesses the changes in social services as a
result of the social protection reform as well as the
introduction of case management, which aims to help ensure
the provision of integrated services to the poor and
vulnerable. Section 6 discusses pensions. Section 7 explores
employment and active labor market programs (ALMPs). Section
8 considers the recent social protection response to the
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and section 9
concludes by offering an assessment of the main areas for reform. |
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