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Colombia : Reforming the Social Safety Net

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dc.contributor.authorRawlings, Laura B.
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-13T11:20:35Z
dc.date.available2012-08-13T11:20:35Z
dc.date.issued2003-02
dc.description.abstractHistorically, Colombia's "safety nets" were economic growth and a now unsustainable expansion of social services, notably in health, education, and pensions. Social assistance (SA) was not included in the dramatic social sector reforms of the 1990s, implying that the social safety net did not benefit from increased spending, decentralization and the strategic prioritization afforded to other social sector areas. SA remains under-financed compared to national demands and international norms (Box 1). Furthermore, the SA programs that could have provided a safety net during the crisis were hampered by structural constraints, including poor poverty targeting in certain programs, institutional inflexibility, and unfocused mandates. The Government of Colombia asked the World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to help craft Colombia's social safety net was reviewed and a number of steps taken, including: (i) rapid crafting of a short-term emergency safety net investment program called the Social Support Network (Red de Apoyo Social, RAS); (ii) a poverty assessment and a social safety net assessment; and (iii) implementation of two social sector adjustment operations focused on medium term reforms of the social safety net, health and education systems. The Colombia Social Safety Net Assessment included: (i) a risk and vulnerability assessment based on the analysis of new and existing household survey data as well as a rapid qualitative study and (ii) an institutional analysis of Colombia's new and existing federal social assistance programs. With the Colombia Poverty Assessment, this analytical work provided an empirical basis and a participatory process for outlining priorities for reforming the social protection system.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/02/2538773/colombia-reforming-social-safety-net
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/10394
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/10394
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesen breve; No. 18
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectADOLESCENTS
dc.subjectANALYTICAL WORK
dc.subjectCASH TRANSFERS
dc.subjectCHILD LABOR
dc.subjectCIVIL SOCIETY
dc.subjectCONFLICT
dc.subjectCOST RECOVERY
dc.subjectCRIME
dc.subjectECONOMIC RECESSION
dc.subjectECONOMIC SHOCKS
dc.subjectEDUCATION
dc.subjectEXPENDITURE REVIEW
dc.subjectFAMILIES
dc.subjectFISCAL CONSTRAINTS
dc.subjectHEALTH
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE
dc.subjectHEALTH INSURANCE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subjectHOUSING
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectINCOME SUPPORT
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectINFORMAL SECTOR
dc.subjectINSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectMALNUTRITION
dc.subjectMEANS TESTING
dc.subjectMIGRATION
dc.subjectNATIONAL INCOME
dc.subjectNET ASSESSMENT
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectPENSION SYSTEM
dc.subjectPOOR
dc.subjectPOVERTY ASSESSMENT
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPOVERTY TARGETING
dc.subjectPREGNANCY
dc.subjectPRESCHOOL CHILDREN
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subjectPROSTITUTION
dc.subjectPUBLIC EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectRISK GROUPS
dc.subjectRISK MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectSAFETY
dc.subjectSAFETY NET
dc.subjectSAFETY NET OPERATIONS
dc.subjectSAFETY NET PROGRAMS
dc.subjectSAFETY NETS
dc.subjectSCHOOL FEEDING
dc.subjectSOCIAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectSOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
dc.subjectSOCIAL INDICATORS
dc.subjectSOCIAL INSURANCE PROGRAMS
dc.subjectSOCIAL PROGRAMS
dc.subjectSOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectSOCIAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS
dc.subjectSOCIAL SAFETY NETS
dc.subjectSOCIAL SERVICES
dc.subjectSOCIAL SPENDING
dc.subjectSOCIAL SUPPORT
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectVICTIMS
dc.subjectVIOLENCE
dc.subjectVULNERABLE GROUPS
dc.subjectVULNERABLE PEOPLE
dc.subjectWORKERS
dc.subjectYOUNG ADULTS SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
dc.subjectSOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
dc.subjectEXTERNAL SHOCKS
dc.subjectSAFETY NET ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectINVESTMENT PROGRAMS
dc.subjectPOVERTY ASSESSMENT
dc.subjectSOCIAL SECTOR INVESTMENT
dc.subjectSECTOR ADJUSTMENT LOANS
dc.subjectHEALTH REFORM
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL REFORM
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEYS
dc.subjectVULNERABLE GROUPS
dc.subjectRISK MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectASSISTANCE STRATEGIES
dc.subjectINSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS
dc.titleColombia : Reforming the Social Safety Neten
dc.title.alternativeColombia : reforma de la red de proteccion socialen
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okr.doctypePublications & Research::Brief
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/02/2538773/colombia-reforming-social-safety-net
okr.globalpracticeSocial Protection and Labor
okr.globalpracticePoverty
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okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000160016_20031007143248
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum2538773
okr.identifier.report26905
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okr.region.administrativeLatin America and Caribbean
okr.region.countryColombia
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Safety Nets and Transfers
okr.topicServices and Transfers to Poor
okr.topicHealth Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Assessment
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.unitHuman Development (LCSHD)
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