Publication: Social Protection Situational Analysis : Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Date
2022
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Published
2022
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World Bank
Abstract
Bosnia and Herzegovina faces
significant labor market challenges. While recovering from
the COVID-19 crisis, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is
struggling with persistent unemployment and a predicted rise
in poverty. To further reduce the incidence of poverty,
measures to create more job opportunities for all BiH
citizens must be complemented by an effective social
protection framework. This note presents a situational
analysis of the social protection system in Bosnia and
Herzegovina. It assesses the extent to which the social
protection system fulfills its purpose; it also proposes
policy priorities as well as areas for reform in the short,
medium, and long term. The remainder of the note is
organized as follows. Section 2 reviews the country’s main
poverty and labor market outcomes; section 3 provides a
brief overview of the social protection system; section 4
looks at non-contributory cash transfers to support the
poor, the vulnerable and people with disabilities; section 5
examines social care services; section 6 analyzes pensions;
section 7 explores employment and active labor market
programs; section 8 reviews the social protection response
to the COVID-19 pandemic; and section 9 concludes by
identifying knowledge gaps and policy priorities for reform.
Citation
“World Bank. 2022. Social Protection Situational Analysis : Bosnia and Herzegovina. © Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/38141 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”