The State of Social Safety Nets 2015

doi:10.1596/978-1-4648-0543-1

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The State of Social Safety Nets 2015

dc.contributor.author	World Bank
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-01T16:43:51Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-01T16:43:51Z
dc.date.issued	2015-06-29
dc.description.abstract	Over the last decade, a policy revolution has been underway in the developing and emerging world. Country after country is systematically providing non-contributory transfers to poor and vulnerable people, in order to protect them against economic shocks and to enable them to invest in themselves and their children. Social safety nets or social transfers, as these are called, have spread rapidly from their early prominence in the middle-income countries of Latin America and Europe increasingly to nations in Africa, Asia and the Middle East - and today, over 130 developing countries have made investments in social safety nets an important pillar of economic development policies. The statistics and analysis in The State of Social Safety Nets 2015 capture this revolution, and reveal it in many dimensions at the country, regional, and international levels. This latest edition of a periodic series brings together a large body of data that was not previously available, drawing on the World Bank's ASPIRE database and other sources. Why have so many countries made a firm commitment to incorporate social safety nets as part of their social and economic policy architecture? Because social safety nets work. This report also reports on the rigorous evidence that demonstrates their impact, and also points the way to making them even more efficient and effective at meeting their development goals. This latest edition of a periodic series brings together a large body of data that was not previously available, drawing on the World Bank's ASPIRE database and other sources to examine trends in coverage, spending, and safety nets program performance.	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/978-1-4648-0543-1
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-4648-0543-1
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/22101
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Washington, DC
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	cash transfer
dc.subject	conditional cash transfer
dc.subject	in-kind transfer
dc.subject	non-contributory transfer
dc.subject	poverty
dc.subject	social assistance
dc.subject	social pension
dc.subject	social protection
dc.subject	social safety net
dc.subject	social spending
dc.subject	social transfer
dc.subject	subsidies
dc.title	The State of Social Safety Nets 2015	en
dc.type	Book	en
dc.type	Livre	fr
dc.type	Libro	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.date.disclosure	2015-07-01
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Publication
okr.externalurl	http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2015/07/07/social-safety-nets-expand-in-developing-countries-but-majority-of-the-poorest-still-lack-coverage
okr.globalpractice	Social Protection and Labor
okr.globalpractice	Poverty
okr.guid	415491467994645020
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/978-1-4648-0543-1
okr.identifier.report	97882
okr.language.supported	en
okr.topic	Governance::National Governance
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Access of Poor to Social Services
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Conditional Cash Transfers
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Poverty Reduction Strategies
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor::Safety Nets and Transfers
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor::Social Protections & Assistance
okr.unit	Social Protection and Labor Global Practice (GSPDR)