Safety nets are noncontributory transfer programs targeted to the poor
or vulnerable. They play important roles in social policy. Safety nets
redistribute income, thereby immediately reducing poverty and
inequality; they enable households to invest in the human capital of
their children and in the livelihoods of their earners; they help
households manage risk, both ex ante and ex post; and they allow
governments to implement macroeconomic or sectoral reforms that support
efficiency and growth.
To be effective, safety nets must not only be well intended, but
also well designed and well implemented. A good safety net system and
its programs are tailored to country circumstances, adequate in their
coverage and generosity, equitable, cost-effective, incentive
compatible, and sustainable. Good safety nets are also dynamic and
change over time as the economy changes or as management problems are
solved and new standards are set.
Drawing on a wealth of research, policy, and operational documents
from both academia and the World Bank’s work in over 100
countries, For Protection and Promotion provides pragmatic and
informed guidance on how to design and implement safety nets, including
useful information on how to define eligibility and select
beneficiaries, set and pay benefits, and monitor and evaluate programs
and systems. The book synthesizes the literature to date and enriches
it with new examples on various program options—cash transfers
(conditional and unconditional), in-kind transfers, price subsidies,
fee waivers, and public works. It concludes with a comprehensive
diagnostic for fitting safety net systems and programs to specific
circumstances.
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