Publication: Cote d'Ivoire: Modernizing Social Protection and Labor Policies for Inclusive Growth
Loading...
Published
2019-11
ISSN
Date
2020-01-29
Author(s)
Editor(s)
Abstract
The main objective of this policy note is to assess key social protection and labor (SPL) policies, program expenditures and institutional arrangements in Cote d'Ivoire. The note aims to identify policy options for improving allocative and technical efficiency for key programs, including how to modernize and coordinate financing arrangements, delivery systems and benefit packages across different populations. The main policy question addressed by the note is to what extent spending levels and institutional arrangements have been effective in terms of reaching and supporting the poorest households. The first part of the policy note focuses on providing an overview of current programs; the second part focuses on policy options moving forward; the final part concludes with a framework for reform. As an initial analysis, the first part of the note takes stock and reviews key aspects of the main SPL programs in terms of: (i) financing, (ii) access and coverage, and (iii) governance and administration in service delivery. The second part of the note evaluates options for strengthening risk management as a well-coordinated, integrated system across different programs, with a focus on (i) fiscal implications, (ii) distributional effects, and (iii) modernizing design features. Finally, the last part discusses a framework for reform, political economy considerations and recommendations for structuring social dialogue on reforms.
Link to Data Set
Citation
“World Bank. 2019. Cote d'Ivoire: Modernizing Social Protection and Labor Policies for Inclusive Growth. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33252 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”
Digital Object Identifier
Associated URLs
Associated content
Other publications in this report series
Journal
Journal Volume
Journal Issue
Collections
Related items
Showing items related by metadata.
Publication Uruguay : Income Transfer Policies in Uruguay, Closing the Gaps to Increase Welfare(Washington, DC, 2007-10-18)Uruguay's Government is currently analyzing several reform strategies for the social sectors. These include a health reform, the introduction of a new poverty alleviation program, possible changes in pensions and unemployment insurance, and also a tax reform, that impacts the income transfer policies in several aspects. The purpose of this report is to contribute to the debate around the design of the income transfer policies for the medium and long term. The report is divided in five sections. Section two presents the conceptual discussion; section three describes the current policies, including an assessment of coverage, impacts, and fiscal effects. The fourth section presents a simulation to assess the potential impacts of the new Plan de Equidad, and the fifth section discusses conclusions and the central challenges for the future.Publication Lithuania - Country Economic Memorandum : Converging to Europe - Policies to Support Employment and Productivity Growth(Washington, DC, 2002-10-07)Lithuania's long-term economic strategy aims at building the foundations for achieving rapid convergence with Western European countries. The medium-term objective of the economic policy is to meet the economic criteria for accession and to get ready for membership in the European and Monetary Union (EMU) after accession. This will be acheived through continued macroeconomic stability, fiscal consolidation, and further implementation of structural reforms needed for an efficient functioning of the market economy, improved productivity, and enhancement of competitiveness. This report focuses on three critical elements of the structural reform agenda: 1) labor market reform, aimed at increasing labor market flexibility and improving the utilization of labor resources throughout the economy; 2) regulatory reform and reform of the business environment, to support private sector development and growth in both urban and rural areas; and 3) social protection reform, to improve targeting, effectiveness, and efficiency.Publication Sri Lanka : Strengthening Social Protection(Washington, DC, 2007-01-16)This report reviews Sri Lanka's social protection programs and proposes strategic options for enhancing their role in promoting growth with equity. Well designed social protection (SP) systems can help address poverty and inequality through redistribution, and mitigate risks and facilitate employment opportunities, thus contributing to both growth and equity goals. The report first identifies the poor and vulnerable (chapter 1) and then reviews and evaluates employment protection and promotion policies and programs (chapter 2), social security/insurance schemes (chapter 3), and safety net programs (chapter 4) and proposes policy options The concluding chapter summarizes key analytical findings and presents a unified policy framework to improve social protection. The report relies mainly on extensive existing literature from Sri Lankan and international researchers. The remaining part of this section summarizes the main issues and policy options.Publication Côte d’Ivoire - Public Expenditure Management and Financial Accountability Review : Volume 1. Main Report(Washington, DC, 2008-11)This review was conducted in Cote d'Ivoire with the goal of establishing the reference situation of the management and system of public finances, including procurement, and facilitating the monitoring of the impact of the reforms to improve the management and efficiency of public policies and their fiduciary framework. The review presents three in-depth analyses. After summarizing the main conclusions and recommendations of the priority measures, the review presents the results of the following analyses: i) public expenditure review, which analyses recent macro-economic and fiscal developments in relation to the budget execution and Cote d'Ivoire's poverty reduction strategy; ii) review of the public financial management system, conducted on the basis of the findings of the "Public Financial Management Performance Report" (PFM PR), which constitutes volume two of this review. The PFM PR was prepared using the "Public Financial Management Performance Measurement Framework" established in the context of the partnership under the "Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability" (PEFA) program; and iii) review of the public procurement system prepared on the basis of findings of the "Public Procurement Assessment Report". This report, which constitutes three volumes of this review, was prepared according to the methodology for assessment of national procurement systems approved by the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD's) Development Assistance Committee (DAC). At the end of each review, the report proposes an exhaustive action plan of corrective measures for enhancing the efficiency and transparency in the use of government resources and improving the public finance management system and the quality of procurement.Publication Côte d’Ivoire - Public Expenditure Management and Financial Accountability Review : Volume 3. Public Procurement Assessment Report(Washington, DC, 2008-11)This review was conducted in Cote d'Ivoire with the goal of establishing the reference situation of the management and system of public finances, including procurement, and facilitating the monitoring of the impact of the reforms to improve the management and efficiency of public policies and their fiduciary framework. The review presents three in-depth analyses. After summarizing the main conclusions and recommendations of the priority measures, the review presents the results of the following analyses: i) public expenditure review, which analyses recent macro-economic and fiscal developments in relation to the budget execution and Cote d'Ivoire's poverty reduction strategy; ii) review of the public financial management system, conducted on the basis of the findings of the "Public Financial Management Performance Report" (PFM PR), which constitutes volume two of this review. The PFM PR was prepared using the "Public Financial Management Performance Measurement Framework" established in the context of the partnership under the "Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability" (PEFA) program; and iii) review of the public procurement system prepared on the basis of findings of the "Public Procurement Assessment Report". This report, which constitutes three volumes of this review, was prepared according to the methodology for assessment of national procurement systems approved by the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD's) Development Assistance Committee (DAC). At the end of each review, the report proposes an exhaustive action plan of corrective measures for enhancing the efficiency and transparency in the use of government resources and improving the public finance management system and the quality of procurement.
Users also downloaded
Showing related downloaded files
Publication Egypt Country Climate and Development Report(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2022-11-08)This Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) explores the challenges and opportunities of improving the alignment of Egypt’s development goals with its climate ambition. The CCDR offers a set of policy options and investment opportunities that, if implemented within five years, can deliver short-term benefits in selected sectors while also creating momentum toward important long-term benefits. The options identified in this report provide: Cost-effective adaptation approaches to reduce the negative impacts of climate change; Policy interventions to improve efficiency in the use of natural resources, and complement the creation of fiscal space to finance projects that reduce the vulnerability of people and the economy to climate shocks; Actions that can help avoid carbon lock-in through low-cost policy changes; Interventions to strengthen the country’s competitiveness while reducing negative externalities (such as pollution) and incentivize Egypt’s move towards a low carbon growth path in a manner consistent with its development objectives. Overall, the report identifies opportunities to reduce inefficiencies, manage risk, and strengthen the foundation for increased private sector participation.Publication Digital Opportunities in African Businesses(Washington, DC: World Bank, 2024-05-16)Adoption of digital technologies is widely acknowledged to boost productivity and employment, stimulate investment, and promote growth and development. Africa has already benefited from a rapid diffusion of information and communications technology, characterized by the widespread adoption of mobile phones. However, access to and use of digital technology among firms is uneven in the region, varying not just among countries but also within them. Consequently, African businesses may not be reaping the full potential benefits offered by ongoing improvements in digital infrastructure. Using rich datasets, “Digital Opportunities in African Businesses” offers a new understanding of the region’s incomplete digitalization—namely, shortfalls in the adoption and effective use of digital technology by firms to perform productive tasks. The research presented here also highlights the challenges in addressing incomplete digitalization, finding that the cost of machinery, equipment, and software, as well as the cost of connectivity to the internet, is significantly more expensive in Africa than elsewhere. “Digital Opportunities in African Businesses” outlines ways in which the private sector, with support from policy makers, international institutions, and regulators, can help bring down these costs, stimulating more widespread digitalization of the region’s firms, thereby boosting productivity and, by extension, economic development. This book will be relevant to anyone with an interest in furthering digitalization across Africa.Publication Digital Africa(Washington, DC: World Bank, 2023-03-13)All African countries need better and more jobs for their growing populations. "Digital Africa: Technological Transformation for Jobs" shows that broader use of productivity-enhancing, digital technologies by enterprises and households is imperative to generate such jobs, including for lower-skilled people. At the same time, it can support not only countries’ short-term objective of postpandemic economic recovery but also their vision of economic transformation with more inclusive growth. These outcomes are not automatic, however. Mobile internet availability has increased throughout the continent in recent years, but Africa’s uptake gap is the highest in the world. Areas with at least 3G mobile internet service now cover 84 percent of Africa’s population, but only 22 percent uses such services. And the average African business lags in the use of smartphones and computers as well as more sophisticated digital technologies that catalyze further productivity gains. Two issues explain the usage gap: affordability of these new technologies and willingness to use them. For the 40 percent of Africans below the extreme poverty line, mobile data plans alone would cost one-third of their incomes—in addition to the price of access devices, apps, and electricity. Data plans for small- and medium-size businesses are also more expensive than in other regions. Moreover, shortcomings in the quality of internet services—and in the supply of attractive, skills-appropriate apps that promote entrepreneurship and raise earnings—dampen people’s willingness to use them. For those countries already using these technologies, the development payoffs are significant. New empirical studies for this report add to the rapidly growing evidence that mobile internet availability directly raises enterprise productivity, increases jobs, and reduces poverty throughout Africa. To realize these and other benefits more widely, Africa’s countries must implement complementary and mutually reinforcing policies to strengthen both consumers’ ability to pay and willingness to use digital technologies. These interventions must prioritize productive use to generate large numbers of inclusive jobs in a region poised to benefit from a massive, youthful workforce—one projected to become the world’s largest by the end of this century.Publication World Bank Annual Report 2024(Washington, DC: World Bank, 2024-10-25)This annual report, which covers the period from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024, has been prepared by the Executive Directors of both the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA)—collectively known as the World Bank—in accordance with the respective bylaws of the two institutions. Ajay Banga, President of the World Bank Group and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors, has submitted this report, together with the accompanying administrative budgets and audited financial statements, to the Board of Governors.Publication Argentina Country Climate and Development Report(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2022-11)The Argentina Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) explores opportunities and identifies trade-offs for aligning Argentina’s growth and poverty reduction policies with its commitments on, and its ability to withstand, climate change. It assesses how the country can: reduce its vulnerability to climate shocks through targeted public and private investments and adequation of social protection. The report also shows how Argentina can seize the benefits of a global decarbonization path to sustain a more robust economic growth through further development of Argentina’s potential for renewable energy, energy efficiency actions, the lithium value chain, as well as climate-smart agriculture (and land use) options. Given Argentina’s context, this CCDR focuses on win-win policies and investments, which have large co-benefits or can contribute to raising the country’s growth while helping to adapt the economy, also considering how human capital actions can accompany a just transition.