Publication: Sierra Leone : Social Protection Assessment
Date
2013-06-14
ISSN
Published
2013-06-14
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
The objective of this assessment is to
respond to the government's call for analytical work to
guide the development of an improved social protection
system. Its goal is to help the government to put the social
protection policy into action and to provide an analytic
underpinning for the social protection pillar of the Agenda
for Prosperity. The basis of the assessment is provided by
the concept of social risk management (SRM), which was
developed by the World Bank in the early 2000s, and the
assessment uses the lifecycle (or life-course) analysis.
Chapter one discusses the main risks facing families in
Sierra Leone and the conceptual framework of this
assessment. Chapter two identifies the country's main
vulnerable groups, discusses the principal risks faced by
these groups and by households in general, and estimates the
number of individuals or households that are at risk.
Chapter three reviews the principal programs that are
already in place to address the risks that have been
identified. Chapter four assesses the adequacy of the social
protection system by analyzing: spending; program coverage,
gaps, and overlaps; benefit generosity; targeting mechanisms
and beneficiary incidence; cost-effectiveness; monitoring
and evaluation; and institutional arrangements and
participation. Chapter five contains recommendations. The
complexity of building social protection systems should not
be underestimated. It entails many different actors,
preferences, programs, policies, instruments, institutions,
and financing, and it often involves difficult trade-offs.
The pace at which any social protection system is developed
must therefore be in line with the country's
institutional and financial conditions and capabilities.
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Citation
“World Bank. 2013. Sierra Leone : Social Protection Assessment. © Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16755 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”